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Tag: Community Benefits Disclosure

Now We're Too "American-centric"

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Fri Nov 04, 2011 at 03:39:25 PM EST
Tags: Governor Snyder, Politcal Patronage, Mackinac Center, Jack McHugh, Community Benefits Disclosure, NITC-DRIC Bridge, Communist China, Public-Private Partnerships, NGO, Corporacracy, Central Planning, Canada, America, Mexico, United Nations, Agenda 21, Follow The Money, Goonion Labor Payola (all tags)

That dosen't sound very positive to me, but, ya, the GoverNerd is across the boarder kissing the Canuck's ring.

Mr. Snyder acknowledged that the new bridge remains a tough sell in Michigan, where relatively few people understand the vital role the bridge plays in getting U.S. exports to markets in Canada and beyond. The project was first proposed more than five years ago.
The perception in many parts of the state is that the project is a political payoff for the heavily Democratic Detroit area, offering jobs and construction contracts to an economically depressed part of the state.
"This is a very tough project," said Mr. Snyder, who is in Ottawa to speak at a cross-border innovation conference organized by the U.S. embassy and Canada 2020. "I wouldn't underestimate the challenges. But we will get this to happen."
He blamed "special interest politics" for poisoning the debate on the U.S. side.

Certainly that has nothing to do with the $500 million gesture that you begged the Canadians for or your PAC.

"I understand why they're spending the money," he said of the Morouns. "It's economic self-interest. The troubling part is the lack of accuracy in what they represent."

Well, that inaccuracy has always been on the governments behalf, GoverNerd. It's well documented here. Simply hit any of the 'Tags'.

God bless Mr. Moroun for fighting for us taxpayers against this NAU abomination.

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Dog Years? Nope. Dog GONE!

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Thu Oct 20, 2011 at 03:31:50 PM EST
Tags: Governor Snyder, Politcal Patronage, Mackinac Center, Jack McHugh, Community Benefits Disclosure, NITC-DRIC Bridge, Communist China, Public-Private Partnerships, NGO, Corporacracy, Central Planning, Canada, America, Mexico, United Nations, Agenda 21, Follow The Money, Goonion Labor Payola (all tags)

This calls for a celebration.

Minutes earlier, a substitute bill supported by Democrats, which provided community benefits for the Delray area of southwest Detroit, where the bridge would be located, was voted down, 5-2, on a party-line vote.
On the main bill, Sens. Judy Emmons, R-Sheridan, and Dave Hildenbrand, R-Lowell, were the only "yes" votes, with Sens. Mike Kowall, R-White Lake Township, Goeff Hansen, R-Hart, and Mike Nofs, R-Battle Creek, voting "no."
The vote is also a blow to Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, R-Monroe (YES!), who backs the bridge and pledged to secure the votes to get the bridge bill out of committee.

Thank you to all the No votes that killed this unwanted boondoggle.

The ball is in your end of the court GoverNerd....

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A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

Where Is The Substitute Bill, Sen. Kowall?

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Thu Oct 20, 2011 at 12:44:38 PM EST
Tags: Michigan, NITC, Governor, Snyder, Politcal Patronage, Mackinac Center, Jack McHugh, Community Benefits Disclosure (all tags)

Just released:

The Michigan Senate's top-ranked Republican expects a committee scheduled to meet Thursday will advance a bill authorizing a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.
The Senate Economic Development Committee is scheduled to vote on the proposal after a one-day delay.
Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville expects there are enough votes in the Republican-led committee to advance the bill to the Senate floor, his spokeswoman Amber McCann said Thursday morning.

Sen. Kowall, I'm not sure what your interpretation of transparency is, but, I've looked here, here, and here... No substitute Sen. Hunter Bill for the constituent class to review.

Am I to assume that you, as Committee Chair, have knuckled under to the expediency of Governor Snyder and a term limited Sen. Richardville to advance a floor vote from your admirable "fair and transparent fashion" just yesterday? What is the "community benefits" component?

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