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Tag: National Conference of State Legislatures

Residential Property Values - DESTROYED

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Fri Dec 13, 2013 at 01:56:40 PM EST
Tags: Quality of Life, Costly Energy, Public Act 295 of 2008, SB 213, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, Sure .. he is a 'con'servative, Mandates, Tilting at Windmills, Green Energy, Al Gore Warming, Unicorn farts, Dennis Lennox, a Cat's paw, Democrat-lite, Rockefeller extremists, Michigan Part-Time Legislature Initiative, National Conference of State Legislatures, Committee to Restore Michigan's Part-Time Legislature, constitutionalist insurgency, empowered grassroots operation, constitutionally-restrained government, Transparency, NERD Fund, Rich Baird, The Great Lakes Compact, One term Nerd (all tags)

Another day, and yet another quality of life story on the hidden costs of Michigan's green energy policy.

Local officials and Consumers Energy are at odds over whether a wind plant located south of Ludington meets safety standards.
Those living close to the wind plant continue to be exposed daily to the turbines and their apparent negative impact on health and quality of life.
Allegations that Lake Winds Energy Plant has significant safety issues are not new. On April 1, area residents filed a lawsuit claiming noise, vibrations and flickering lights generated by the 56 turbine facility are adversely impacting their health. Dizziness, sleeplessness and headaches are among the symptoms noted in the lawsuit.
REST

You know what goes unmentioned about who is making a profitable living off this junk science wealth redistribution scheme? Lawyers. You name it, from them changing a bill originated in the Senate into a tax bill, which is now deemed health insurance law under the Unaffordable Care Act, to lawsuits like this - lawyers win. Jefferson warned that lawyers will lay all things at their feet, and they are too well versed in English law to forget the maxim, "boni judicis est ampliare juris-dictionem." We all now live that today. Doubt me, then take it from those with a law degree.

What surprises me (and it shouldn't) is that nobody in the legislature has called out the Snyder administration for destroying evidence. Then again, perhaps a reason for that is explained rather well in comment, here. Still, that's not a good enough excuse for our Forth Highest Compensated in Lansing. Note: "Such legislatures not only cost less; they also tend to spend less."

Speaking of the necessity for a Part-time legislature, it is observed, the always on the wrong side of the tracks Dennis Lennox, stays his quisling rails of squeaky wheel epic Progressivism failure.

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A Badly Needed Set Of Chains

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Sun Dec 08, 2013 at 03:18:36 AM EST
Tags: Michigan Part-Time Legislature Initiative, National Conference of State Legislatures, Committee to Restore Michigan's Part-Time Legislature, constitutionalist insurgency, empowered grassroots operation, constitutionally-restrained government (all tags)

"No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the Legislature is in session" - Gideon J. Tucker, quote circa 1866 (commonly misattributed to Mark Twain as, "No one's life, liberty, or property are safe while Congress is making laws.")

Regardless of whether we're citing Judge Tucker or Mister Clemens, we should note clearly that the reference in question is conspicuously to the legislative arm of the government, and not the executive or judiciary. There's a reason for that, and it's the same reason that a certain initiative is once again gaining traction in Michigan.