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Tag: DEQ (page 2)

RightMichigan Exclusive: An Interview with Representative Jim Stamas (R-Midland)

By Nick, Section News
Posted on Fri May 08, 2009 at 06:40:10 AM EST
Tags: Stamas, House, Interview, Exclusive, DEQ, Child Safety, Deficit, stimulus, Midland (all tags)

We talk so often here about the things that are going wrong in Lansing and what the tax-and-spenders are up to that I think it's important to check in with the good guys from time to time to get their take on the issues facing taxpayers and the legislature today.

The GOP House minority continues to sponsor and introduce legislation, to work behind the scenes and to try to figure out some sort of positive solution to this tax-hike / budget mess.

We rarely hear about that in the MSM.

Being a member of a legislative minority makes it tough to garner headlines. But they're working hard and they're trying to make a difference.

This week I spoke with freshman Representative Jim Stamas (R-Midland).

Interview after the break...

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DEQ to LS Power: Go back to New Jersey and take your jobs with you

By Nick, Section News
Posted on Mon May 04, 2009 at 06:19:44 AM EST
Tags: LS Power, 2010, Cherry, DEQ, regulation, economy, red tape (all tags)

You get a jump from $785 million to $1.32 billion in a day's time and it's only natural that folks start asking questions. If a sudden swell of red ink that severe doesn't make even the casual political observer scratch his proverbial head, well, he's aaaawfully casual.

In my experience, we on the right have a habit of jumping to immediate concepts, hopes and dreams for solutions. It isn't that we're incapable of addressing the entire mess in our minds, it's just that we tend to be semi-neat and orderly. Solve the immediate problem first then move to long-term solutions.

I know that's the way I typically think. When news of the deficit jump broke mid-week I blogged that the legislature should be called to (or convene themselves) an emergency session to immediately right-size the budget.

Four days later and they haven't (why take your problems seriously when there's on-the-clock drinking to be done?) but they should.

And while they dawdle, it is worth taking a look at the bigger picture. We know what has to be done. The Constitution requires a balanced budget so they're going to have to make some tough cuts and they don't have to but WILL use up a lot of one-time cash via the so-called stimulus package. But how did we get here?

Exhibit A: LS Power.

LS Power is a New Jersey based energy company that was preparing to break ground near Midland, Michigan on a project that was expected to create thousands of new jobs... the construction of a new clean-coal power plant.

On Friday they announced they were canceling those plans because of an unfriendly business climate and insanely complicated permitting requirements foisted on them by the Granholm-Cherry administration and their Department of Environmental Quality.

The project was expected to create 1,500 construction jobs, 241 permanent jobs on-site and billions of dollars in regional economic activity.

Read on...

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A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

The Michigan Coal Stimulus

By Theblogprof, Section News
Posted on Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 04:26:58 PM EST
Tags: coal, DEQ, energy, environment, government, Granholm, Michigan, Mike Cox (all tags)

cross-posted at theblogprof

I wrote about the opinion MI AG Mike Cox made yesterday basically telling Governor Granholm that she can't just do whatever she wants. Specifically, that she exceeded her statutory authority in having the DEQ do things well beyond its charter. Like predict the energy mix in the future. In fact, I pointed out this quote in a prior post (Scrooge takes away Michigan's lump of coal! ) that was made by Russ Harding, former director of the Michigan DEQ:

Requiring the DEQ to make critical decisions about Michigan's future energy mix is a recipe for stagnation or worse.

About sais it all in that one sentence. In yet another former post, I defended the need for new coal power plants and had this to say, amongst much else:

Maybe the environitwits can think of this as "investing in our decaying infrastructure." You know - "creating jobs." There! Is that better now?

Apparently, no - it was not. But that one quote is what I want to expand on in this post for "stimulus" reasons. But first, from today's article in The Citizen Patriot via MLive:

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