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Other highlights of the Engler administration include:

passing the $675 million Clean Michigan Initiative to reduce pollution, fix up state parks, improve water quality and clean up contaminated sites;
trimming state government personnel by more than 20 percent (excluding state troopers, prison guards and other public safety workers);
transforming the $1.8 billion deficit he inherited to a $1.3 billion surplus; [hey, eraser, did 'ya see this?]
restoring Michigan's AAA credit rating;
helping nearly 300,000 families achieve independence from cash welfare and reducing welfare rolls by nearly 70 percent;
restructuring the regulation of energy and telecommunications industries to increase consumer choice and reduce rates;
investing a record-high $1.54 billion to fix our roads in 2001 alone - more than four times the amount spent in 1990;
reducing violent crime by more than 25 percent;
serving an additional 45,000 patients annually with mental health services;
giving Detroit's mayor authority to appoint the local school board and speed up the pace of reform;
increasing K-12 education spending by 84 percent; and,
dramatically improving student reading and math test scores.