He faces two felony charges and if convicted could serve up to five years in prison in addition to financial penalties.

So what's happening back in the old House of Representatives, where the good Representative chairs the committee where budgets are hashed out, debated and settled on?  

Well those committee meetings are currently on hold.  It's tough to have them when your chairman's sitting in a courtroom because he's on trial!

Meanwhile, Andy Dillon continues to remove Cushingberry from his committee assignments or censure him in any other way.  Not even a public reprimand.  

Some on the left will be quick to point the finger back at the GOP and say "hey, what about Rep. Garfield?  He's been arrested for drinking and driving!"  And they'd be right.  That's why Minority Leader Craig DeRoche sent a formal letter to Dillon asking him to remove Garfield from his committee assignments.  And it wasn't an "if and only if" sorta request.  No strings attached.  He wants Garfield off his committees.

Didn't the House Dems say something earlier in the year about bringing ethics back to Lansing?