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New Energy for Michigan

September 18, 2008 – 12:28 pm

(Part 6 in an 11-week economic plan to get Michigan moving again and get our people back to work)
This week’s installment of our plan to get Michigan moving again focuses squarely on renewable energy issues and their potential to help get Michigan’s economy back on track. I know I’ve covered much of this before, but [...]

By Dan Scripps | Posted in Economy, Investment, Renewable Energy | Comments (0)

Yes, Michigan! Promoting Michigan Tourism to Grow Our Economy

August 28, 2008 – 2:13 pm

(Part 3 in an 11-week economic plan to get Michigan moving again and get our people back to work)
Over the last two weeks we’ve focused on the importance of fundamentals and promoting Michigan’s competitive advantages to get Michigan moving again. This week I’m highlighting the need for greater investment in tourism promotion as a key [...]

By Dan Scripps | Posted in Blog, Economy, Investment, Tourism | Comments (0)

State Republican chair calls for cuts to tourism funding

May 21, 2007 – 11:15 am

In a post this evening on MichiganLiberal.com, Michigan Republican Party chairman Saul Anuzis called for cuts to Michigan’s tourism spending. In listing a series of four cuts to Michigan spending, cutting tourism spending was the number one priority for the state’s top Republican.
Here are the facts:
* Last year Michigan spent just $5.7 million on tourism [...]

By Dan Scripps | Posted in Economy, Issues, Tourism | Comments (0)

The Republican definition of “investment”

May 17, 2007 – 11:20 am

Aha! Eureka! Gadzooks! Zoinks!
While I’ve been under the impression that the Governor and State House leadership want to invest in Michigan, and Mike Bishop and the Senate Republicans want to cut Michigan down, I now see I’ve been mistaken.
Both parties want investment. We just define it differently:
“‘If we invest this money into education for Michigan’s [...]

By Dan Scripps | Posted in Budget, Education, Issues | Comments (0)

Mozambique, Jack Lessenberry, GOP cuts, and the budget crisis

May 16, 2007 – 11:26 am

So it’s been a while since my last post, and I guess I’m coming out swinging for the fences.
Today, PRI’s program The World program featured a story on American philanthropist Greg Carr, who’s spending $40 million to promote eco-tourism in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park. In explaining how he’s been able to convince locals in this [...]

By Dan Scripps | Posted in Education, Health care, Issues, Natural Resources | Comments (0)

21st Century Energy Plan already out of date

February 1, 2007 – 12:13 pm

Yesterday, Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) Chairman J. Peter Lark presented Governor Granholm with the MPSC’s much-anticipated (and overdue) 21st Century Energy Plan. Despite the official fanfare, however, the plan, with its call for watered-down renewable portfolio standards and the immediate construction of new coal-fired power plants, seems better suited to the 19th-century than to [...]

By Dan Scripps | Posted in Economy, Investment, Issues, Natural Resources, Renewable Energy | Comments (0)

Energy Fair Offers Promise of Growth for Northwest Michigan

June 15, 2006 – 11:18 am

In 1925, Henry Ford predicted that cars rolling off his assembly lines would someday be fueled by vegetation “like that sumach out by the road, or from apples, weeds, sawdust – almost anything.” [1] Nearly a century later, renewable, plant-based fuel is on its way to becoming a large-scale reality. This weekend, the Michigan Energy [...]

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