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en. Jack Faxon has spent
half of his lifetime in the
Michigan Legislature.
Now — after 30 years in
public service — he is ques-
tioning his political future.
"I am weighing my options,"
he said. "Everybody expects me
to run. It will be one of the
toughest decisions."
Mr. Faxon, 57, who served in
the Michigan House of Repre-
sentatives for six years and has
been in the state Senate for 24
years, is second in state leg-
islative longevity only to state
Sen. William Faust.
His agenda — which in-
cludes support for state fund-
ing of the arts, education and
the more controversial Medic-
aid-funded abortions — has
long made him a target of Re-
publican and religious-right at-
tacks.
But while he said bashing
from the opposition can be ex-
pected, he is no longer certain
he can make a difference in the
legislative process.
"The campaign part is the
most fun," Sen. Faxon said.
wThe dismal part is being in the
minority. I am now giving this
(not running) a lot of thought
"It's discouraging being in the
minority and feeling that you
can't play a vital part any
longer in the legislative
process," he said. "The current
composition of the Senate gives
no credibility to Democratic
ideas. This is the first time in
my political life I ever felt this
way. Before, I always felt we
could regain some control."
Jack Faxon is a known face
in the Jewish community. He
has been a board member of the
Anti-Defamation League, and
he is a member of B'nai B'rith
and the Radomer Aid Society
that supports Israel and other
Jewish causes.
In the Legislature, Mr. Fax-
on wrote the state laws that
gave authority to the Council of
Orthodox Rabbis to monitor
kashrut. He also is a strong ad-
vocate of the separation of
church and state.
An educator by training, Sen.
Faxon, a Democrat from Farm-
ington Hills, has devoted his po-
litical life to working for the
causes closest to his heart: ed-
ucation and the arts.
Yet in the past month, his en-
tire career as a public servant
has come under close media
scrutiny because of a judgement
call with which many disagree.
As he does every year, Sen.
Sen. Jack Faxon
Faxon spent Christmas Eve
dancing in the Nutcracker bal-
let in Detroit. Yet the senator
failed to return to Lansing for
a crucial series of late-night
votes on school finance reform
— the state's biggest political
hotbed.
"Nobody should be forced to
function with sleep depriva-
tion," Sen. Faxon said. "I had a
choice of driving back to Lans-
ing at midnight. But for what?
There was no debate. Everyone
was exhausted. There wasn't
enough time to review the bills.
And I was against it.
"Nobody should expect the
legislative process to function
in the wee hours of the night,"
he said. "I was there every day
for the debates."
Democrats for the past
decade have been the minority
party in the Senate. Some of
Mr. Faxon's elected colleagues,
who declined to comment on the
record, said they would be sur-
prised if he did not run again
for public office. Another ob-
server, who also would only
speak on background, said, "I
have known Jack Faxon for 30
years, and I would never pre-
dict what he would do."
Because of term limits, ap-
proved by Michigan voters in
the 1992 presidential election,
Sen. Faxon — like other elect-
ed officials — is eligible for two
more terms, or eight years max-
imum. And because of congres-
sional and state redistricting to
reflect population shifts, most
of the senator's current district
could drastically change. Dur-
ing his political life, Mr. Fax-
on has moved twice to sustain
his legislative seat. If the cur-