EQUAL TIME

Shelley Taub

The Dems aren't the only team looking amateurish – without their revered leader, Republicans are dropping the ball, too, as evidenced by longtime commissioner Shelley Taub (R-Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township) sending out an email to her fellow teammates to “Delete! Delete! Delete! Now” all their emails related to possible exec appointment deals in response to a FOIA request from a local television station news department – though she claims she was talking about getting rid of “porn” and any negative comments on their computers. Others are now asking for her resignation, including Andy Meisner – who said there's the “appearance of criminal wrongdoing” – something that needs an official investigation, even if he has to make the formal request to law enforcement. It would be a sad legacy for Taub, who is not running for another term.