According to the Canton Eagle, the would-be Senator's time on the outs ended officially yesterday when he was appointed by Jennifer Granholm to the 3rd circuit bench in Wayne County.  

Poor guy, she took so long getting around to this particular political payback that he had to go out and start a re-election campaign for his position on the Canton school board.  No official word yet on whether or not he'll step aside but he sort of has to, doesn't he?

The Eagle notes:

Fellow school board candidate Kurt Heise said he should (end his campaign), though.

"Mr. Slavens must observe Canon 7 of the Michigan Code of Judicial Ethics," said Heise, also an attorney. "You can't be a Judge-designate and a candidate for school board at the same time. (He) can't campaign, solicit funds, or otherwise hold himself out as a candidate for any office other than judge."

But all in all that's a small price to pay for a nice plush gig wearing the black robe.  

He joins Andy Levin, Carl Williams, Alexander Lipsey, Julie Dennis, Bob Emerson, Rich Brown, Mike Murphy, Chris Kolb and Bill McConico on the list of former democrat candidates or members of the legislature who've received a fat pay-day away from the House and Senate courtesy of the Granholm administration.  

You can take the girl out of Wayne County but I guess you can't take the Wayne County out of the girl.  But it makes a guy wonder, what happened to all of those promises of a new way of doing things and an end to cronyism?