In case you missed it, here is Cheboygan County Drain Commissioner Dennis Lennox's recent letter to the editor in the Northern Express:

Considering that one family has left Michigan every 12 minutes in recent years, you would think politicians in Lansing would wake up and realize that partisan gamesmanship will not turn around our great state.

Michigan cannot afford -- literally and figuratively -- to continue waving goodbye to her future.

With 280,000 jobs lost in 2009 and 22,000 students expected to leave elementary and secondary schools for a brighter future in another state this year, the challenges may be daunting, but they aren’t insurmountable.

We have the workers, agriculture and entrepreneurs, the innovation-ready universities, and abundant natural resources to overcome the Lost Decade and remake this state for the 21st century.

All that is missing is the political leadership to move Michigan forward.

Our great state deserves leaders willing to put Michigan first and work across the aisle in the tradition of former governors Romney and Milliken.