Tag: Reinventing Climate Change (page 4)

Gov. Rick Snyder says he'll sign a bill preventing public employers from offering health-care benefits to domestic partners - but only if he's sure university employees are excluded from the ban.

There's some confusion over the ban, which moved through the state House on Thursday a day after Senators approved the bill, striking language that specifically included university employees.

But Republican House leaders said after ban passed 63-45 that workers at the state's 15 public universities would in fact be prohibited from extending the benefits to same-sex and domestic partners.

Snyder spokeswoman Sara Wurfel said the governor's work and understanding on the bill is that public university employees would not not included - hinting at a veto if a review proves otherwise.

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Gov. Rick Snyder and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing met Monday for an hour with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to discuss efforts to improve regional transit in Metro Detroit.

"Secretary LaHood is committed to working with Gov. Snyder and Mayor Bing to help find safe and reliable solutions to the transit challenges facing the residents of the greater Detroit region," the department said in a statement. LaHood "applauds their efforts to work together on a regional transit solution that will offer residents safe, cost-effective ways to reach their schools, jobs, and churches."

Snyder spokeswoman Geralyn Lasher said the meeting stemmed from a confab the three had in Dearborn in October.

"This is a continuation of the task force Secretary LaHood asked the governor and the mayor to chair following his last trip to the Henry Ford," said Lasher, the Republican governor's communications director.

The task force includes Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties working on regional transit issues.

It's unknown whether Snyder and Bing discussed Detroit's finances on the trip. On Friday, the state announced it would conduct a review of Detroit's finances, the first step in evaluating whether the city should be run by an emergency manager to get its finances under control. The city could run out of money by April, according to a financial report.

A few interesting Republican stats:

44.2% believe they are worse off than one year ago.

32.3% remain stuck on Snyder loving Party stupid.

"All of you believe in green chemistry, I believe in green chemistry, it's a wonderful thing," he said. "The world out there doesn't fully agree with that. There are people out there that are challenged when they hear the terms. It's largely one of additional education. It's not about arguing with them about why they're different."

So, repeat the lie until it becomes the indoctrinated truth.  Gotchya, Rick.

In a brief interview after the event, Snyder declined to address the partisan divide between conservatives and liberals on environmental issues. But he said it's natural for people to "resist the concept of change" until they understand issues thoroughly.

Rick's being honest here.  Most folks don't like being fed a line of bullsh!t, and now that they've figured out what a costly lie Al Gore Warming is they have soundly rejected the junk science that has perpetuated the fraud.  Rick, have you taken time to notice that even the White House bailed on you?

Asked whether he believes that people are causing climate change, he said: "I'm reinventing Michigan, so I just stay focused on a lot of key issues right in front of us, but climate change is an issue we need to be concerned about."

Rick, do you feel it when you're flying too?  Rick, maybe see it in the storms?  Yesirree Pete, there's your other RINO buddy sounding like Stabenow.