October 1, 2008 – 5:46 pm
With just 34 days to go until Election Day, the choice in this election is becoming clearer by the day. Over the next couple weeks, I hope to highlight the differences my opponent and I have on a number of key issues facing our state and our communities. Today we begin by highlighting our differences [...]
There’s a troubling story in tonight’s MIRS report (subscription required). According to Mark McDaniel, president and CEO of the Great Lakes Capital Fund, the continuing foot dragging on a real solution to the state’s budget problems is costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars - and that’s just in the funds GLCF controls!
According to [...]
October 13, 2006 – 9:47 am
Just 25 days until victory on November 7!
I have worked hard to put forward a positive vision for the Michigan we can build together:
- Building on our strengths to bring good-paying, year-round jobs, creating a statewide entrepreneurial culture, investing in technology and renewable energy, and doing much, much more to promote the year-round opportunities for [...]
September 20, 2006 – 10:07 am
A supporter recently passed along a slick campaign mailing produced by my opponent’s legislative office and mailed out at taxpayer expense. As if the fact that we as taxpayers have to pay for his campaign efforts wasn’t enough, the piece actually contains deceptions as to the industry-friendly diversion loopholes that were written into the Water [...]
September 7, 2006 – 10:17 am
Don’t take my word for it. Those are the words of Dr. Howard Tanner, who ran the Michigan DNR under Governor Milliken, speaking tonight at a forum at Benzie Central High School. Dr. Tanner noted that while Michigan used to have an environmental reputation that was second-to-none, our water and air are now getting dirtier, [...]
The Michigan League of Conservation Voters has once again released their legislative scorecard, and once again, my opponent has received a failing grade for consistently voting against measures designed to protect Michigan’s natural heritage. On the eight issues most important to protecting our state’s environment, the Michigan LCV gave my opponent a score of just [...]
A new report out from the Michigan Land Use Institute sheds some light on a dangerous loophole in Michigan’s new Water Legacy Act that undermines our state’s ability to secure the future of our Great Lakes. Though there is much to like in the new law, the law contains language that allows for the first [...]
February 22, 2006 – 12:19 pm
Yesterday I blogged about need for the Supreme Court, in deciding a pair of cases from Michigan, to preserve the federal government’s ability to protect the environment, and the remarkable success such federal legislation has had in bringing the bald eagle back from the brink of extinction.
But as the Court deliberates the issues raised in [...]
February 13, 2006 – 3:02 pm
Last week, the State House voted to pass the Water Legacy Act, making Michigan the last of the Great Lakes states to live up to a 1985 agreement to limit large-scale water diversions. While the Act represents a first step on this issue, no one who is truly committed to protecting our Great Lakes can [...]
February 3, 2006 – 2:39 pm
Sustainability – the belief that we have a moral responsibility to ensure that today’s actions do nothing to threaten our children’s future – is the thread that ties the issues of this campaign together. As we choose the path to our future, we need to keep the faces of that future – our daughters, our [...]
