September 17, 2008 – 2:44 pm
For the past 2 years, legislators in Lansing have been dragging their feet about whether or not to pass the renewable energy portfolio standard.
C’mon already!
Time and time again I have highlighted the importance of Michigan’s investment in renewable energy. The faster we pass this legislation; the sooner companies will be given the go-ahead that it [...]
Congratulations to the Detroit Tigers as they enter the All Star Break with a one game lead in the AL Central. The Tigers are again giving us something to cheer for – going 14-5 in their last 19 games, including winning their last five, and sweeping the Red Sox, the team with the best record [...]
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 [...]
January 29, 2007 – 12:20 pm
So what do you do if you are a township supervisor who defied government agencies and brought tractors into Grand Traverse Bay to do a little unauthorized beach grooming, repeatedly lied both to the Bingham Township Board and local media and opened up the township to extensive legal liability following the resignation of the township [...]
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, [...]
August 15, 2006 – 10:27 am
Last week, Republicans in the state legislature provided a clear symbol of why change is so desperately needed in Lansing. On Wednesday, the day after the primary, the Republican leadership forced through a vote to repeal the Single Business Tax, creating a $1.9 billion hole in the state’s general fund without offering any details on [...]
August 4, 2006 – 10:48 am
The Small Business Administration of Michigan recently released their “Small Business Barometer” for the second quarter of 2006 (details available at http://www.sbam.org/news.php?id=310) showing that Michigan small business owners are frustrated and displeased with the performance of the state legislature. Just 14% of small business owners give the Republican-controlled legislature positive marks, compared with the 45% [...]
Michigan recently reached an unimpressive milestone: we are now the number two importer of trash of all 50 states. Despite posturing and rhetoric on this issue, the Republican-controlled legislature is failing us on this important issue. As the Republicans maintain “Mission Accomplished” on trash, here is the current state of trash in Michigan:
According to the [...]
I’ve blogged now a couple different times about the political stunts being played by Republicans in the State House with the Single Business Tax.
But don’t just take my word for it. Look at what the Traverse City Record-Eagle has to say. Or the Detroit Free Press. Or the Grand Rapids Press. Or the Muskegon Chronicle. [...]
March 31, 2006 – 11:50 am
As I’ve blogged here and here, Michigan’s Single Business Tax needs an overhaul, an idea that is supported by legislators on both sides of the aisle. This potential bi-partisan consensus makes today’s move by the State House to politics first all the more distressing. This could have been a bi-partisan solution to our state’s business [...]
