Show me what happened. Heck, show me something.
You can look on the Michigan Office of the Budget website at the different years to compile data. FY2006 is predicted at a 773M deficit. FY2005 was a 375M deficit. Engler left with his final budget projecting a 968.2M deficit that ultimately balloned to near 1.8B.
Much of the recent shortfalls have been blamed on unfunded federal mandates.
Still, neither performance is that impressive.