Granholm protest: 1,000 points of glow

They’ll be holding glow sticks, instead of candles.

But Leon Drolet, head of the Michigan Taxpayers Alliance, said he expects 1,000 conservatives may participate in a Capitol lawn protest and vigil to Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s State of the State address Wednesday, Gongwer News reported.

The event begins at 7 p.m., which is when Granholm begins speaking.

"We're asking citizens from around Michigan to come to Lansing and protest the Legislature's unwillingness to make the changes and reforms that are necessary," said Drolet, a state Senate candidate. "It'll be very short speeches from individual Michigan citizens about what the state of

Michigan's citizens is. ... The State of the State speech is more often is about the state of the government than the state of the citizens."

As far as the glow sticks, Drolet would have preferred candles. But candles are prohibited on the Capitol lawn.