Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel said he will not run for governor next year, even if he still sort of sounds like a potential candidate.

He also believes there won’t be a state government shutdown and predicts there will be a sustainable road funding plan to come out of the Michigan Legislature this year.

Hackel, appearing on the Sunday’s “Spotlight on the News,” said the country’s hyper-politicized environment among far-left or far-right government leaders has led to political gridlock that he doesn’t see as productive.

The lifetime Democrat who counts numerous Republicans as allies said he prefers to work with other officials who focus more on getting things accomplished than being reelected to office.

“I don’t believe that I’m going down that path,” he told WXYZ editorial direct

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