MACKINAC ISLAND (AP) -- An anti-tax activist says the state should sell the governor's residence on Mackinac Island.
Former Republican state lawmaker Leon Drolet of Macomb County suggested Thursday that the sale could bring in up to roughly $3 million for the state's ailing budget and prevent the layoffs of some state troopers planned for next month.
Drolet leads the Michigan Taxpayers Alliance and plans to run for state Senate next year.
The Mackinac Island State Park Commission bought the residence in the mid-1940s. Critics have suggested selling it many times in recent years.
But some commission members have said they don't believe the house can be sold because of a clause that would return the property to the federal government, which held the original title.
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