HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – ABC’S ‘20/20” will air an hour long episode on the Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat scandal.
The TV news program had been in Michigan investigating and interviewing Gamrat and Courser. WZZM TV 13 in Grand Rapids reports that both the disgraced lawmakers were interviewed for the show along with their former aides Keith Allard and Ben Graham. Both aides are suing their ex-bosses for wrongful termination and violating whistle-blower protection laws.
Removing Cindy Gamrat and Todd Courser from office cost the state $77,000.
Allegan County Commissioner Jim Storey said the costs are shared between the county and various townships and villages in the county.
“We spent roughly $37,500 to conduct the (primary) election, then the direct county costs were in the $12,000 range,” Storey said. Those do not include the costs involved in reprinting the election ballots that were made useless when the state ordered the special election. That cost another $10,000.
If you include those costs, the running total settles at $59,500.
The show will air this Friday on ABC TV at 10 p.m. The promo has been running all week on ABC.
– Mary Ellen Murphy
