Posted on 02/21/2009 6:35:25 AM PST by Mikey_1962
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm ''exceeded her legal authority'' when she directed the state Department of Environmental Quality to impose new legal requirements on future coal-fired plants, Attorney General Mike Cox has determined.
State Rep. Kenneth B. Horn, a Frankenmuth Republican, was one of two lawmakers who had asked Cox to issue an opinion on the governor's directive that she announced in her State of the State address this month.
In her announcement, the Democratic governor called for the DEQ to review the need for new coal-fired plants and to explore alternatives before issuing air quality permits. She said the state should set a goal of generating 45 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020.
Consumers Energy delayed construction of a more than $2 billion, 800-megawatt ''clean coal'' power plant near Bay City after the directive, spokesman Jay Jacobs said.
The directive effectively froze the DEQ from issuing air quality permits to coal plants until it reviewed power generating alternatives, he said.
The attorney general's opinion may mean a new coal power plant on the Karn-Weadock site on Saginaw Bay will open in 2015 as originally planned instead in 2017, Jacobs said.
''It will be an interesting twist for us,'' he said. ''Maybe it will give us an opportunity to move (the date) back.''
Horn said he appreciated Granholm's initiative to grow an alternative energy industry that's key to the Great Lakes Bay Region's economy, but he said renewables alone can't meet the area's energy demands.
(Excerpt) Read more at mlive.com ...
Granholm being a Socialist from Canada must view Michigan as the "sunny south".
Hey now. I live here and as I look out my window the sun is shining brig.... oh, nevermind. its starting to snow.
They should change the State motto to: "Three GOOD months".
The idea is to force $5 a gallon gas upon us so that can reap huge taxes while totally controlling our lives. The Eurosocialist “solution” is centralized command control of every aspect of our lives combined with scarcity.
My daughters both moved out of state: Minneapolis and Philadelphia. They have both said that they never realized how cloudy Michigan was until they moved away. We also figured that it is why we have never thought the weather was bad when we went on our trips to the UK. It makes me wonder what the incidence of melanoma is in the state relative to others.
HOUSE BILL No. 6394
September 3, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Elsenheimer and Walker and referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental, Urban and Regional Affairs.
A bill to amend 2006 PA 110, entitled
“Michigan zoning enabling act,”
(MCL 125.3101 to 125.3702) by adding section 409.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
SEC. 409. (1) A PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL MAY
RECOVER EITHER TREBLE DAMAGES, COSTS OF THE ACTION, AND REASONABLE
ATTORNEY FEES, OR THE SUM OF $5,000.00, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, IF
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET:
(A) THE INDIVIDUAL IS A DEFENDANT IN A CIVIL ACTION ARISING
FROM THAT INDIVIDUAL'S COMMUNICATION WITH A LOCAL UNIT OF
GOVERNMENT, A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, OR OTHER PERSON.
(B) THE COMMUNICATION UNDER SUBDIVISION (A) WAS IN FURTHERANCE
OF THAT INDIVIDUAL'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PETITION AND OTHERWISE
PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS OF GOVERNMENT OR, IF APPLICABLE, IN
FURTHERANCE OF THE EXERCISE OF HIS OR HER POWERS OR DUTIES AS A
PUBLIC OFFICIAL.
(C) THE COMMUNICATION UNDER SUBDIVISION (A) WAS INTENDED TO
INFLUENCE GOVERNMENTAL OR ELECTORAL ACTION UNDER THIS ACT OR AN
ORDINANCE ADOPTED UNDER THIS ACT.
(D) THE COURT FINDS BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE THAT
THE CIVIL ACTION WAS INITIATED WITH THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF
HARASSING OR INTIMIDATING THE INDIVIDUAL OR OTHERWISE HINDERING
THAT INDIVIDUAL'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PROCESS OF GOVERNMENT.
(2) SUBSECTION (1) DOES NOT IMPAIR ANY RIGHTS OF THE DEFENDANT
UNDER COMMON OR STATUTORY LAW OR COURT RULE.
(3) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
(A) “COMMUNICATION” MEANS AN ORAL STATEMENT, WRITING,
ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION, PHOTOGRAPH, DEPICTION, PEACEFUL
DEMONSTRATION, OR OTHER EXPRESSION.
(B) “PUBLIC OFFICIAL” MEANS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
(i) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ELECTED OR APPOINTED TO A PUBLIC
OFFICE OF A LOCAL UNIT OF GOVERNMENT.
(ii) A MEMBER OF A ZONING COMMISSION, OF A ZONING BOARD OR
PLANNING COMMISSION EXERCISING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF A ZONING
COMMISSION UNDER SECTION 301, OR OF A ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS.
(iii) AN OFFICIAL DESIGNATED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO
ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
Me neither!
Now I live near Pensacola Florida and I love it.
I think it just shows incredible coping skills we have in the North to assume that everybody has gray skies from January to May.
I just send this bill to my rep. He will give me the answers.
Those of you out of the listening area, you can catch the interview on the Web at www.wtcmradio.com click on the top of the page “listen live”
This State Representative has clearly forgot who he works for! PASS THIS EMIAL ON, LET EVERYONE YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS!
Time to take a stand against this kind of oppressive government right here and right now!
I don’t see how this will get by Mike Cox. We are not allowed to sue government officials but they are allowed to sue us? Na no way. So is Elenheimer a Dem? What was that date again? It is already Saturday 2/21
Energy is being toyed with. We have to have reliable and affordable energy such as nuclear, coal. Renewables are not the answer to our immediate needs.
I moved out of Michigan in 1996 & must say I miss the snow. Of course I’m retired & don’t have to drive on 23 or M-59 on the ice or in a blizzard.
I apologize, it will be on Monday, February 23, 2009, at 10:10 AM on WTCM Radio AM, or on the computer at www.wtcmradio.com listen live and can call in at 1-800-817-0580 and tell this piece of $hit what you really think of this proposed legislation.
On Monday, February 23, 2009, our State Representative, Kevin Elsenheimer GOP (RINO) will be on the Norm Jones Radio Show, WTCM 580 AM at 10:10 AM! He will be talking about his proposed House Bill No. 6394, if adopted into law, will empower government officials, employees, or anyone working for the government with the authority to file a civil action against any taxpaying citizen who challenges them and they perceive they are being harassed, by seeking treble damages or up to $5,000 dollars against that taxpayer! They can find you guilty on a simple preponderance of the evidence, which would deny you or anyone else due process of law, you will not have the right to a jury trial or any discovery, simply put, you will be at the mercy of a Judge who is a government official! Please jam the telephones of WTCM 580 AM at 1-800-817-0580 and tell this State Representative what you think of his proposed Bill.
Those of you out of the listening area, you can catch the interview on the Web at www.wtcmradio.com click on the top of the page “listen live”
This State Representative has clearly forgot who he works for! PASS THIS EMIAL ON, LET EVERYONE YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS!
Time to take a stand against this kind of oppressive government right here and right now!
Lived in Michigan for 70 years....4 seasons, June, July, August and winter......
Good one, I’ll have to remember that......:O)
The Bum Rap on Biofuels
American Thinker | 5-13-08 | Herbert Meyer
Posted on 05/14/2008 3:59:06 AM PDT by Renfield
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2015711/posts
Campaign to vilify ethanol revealed
ethanol producer Magazine | May 16, 2008 | By Kris Bevill
Posted on 05/17/2008 9:22:13 AM PDT by Kevin J waldroup
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017389/posts
Just shoveled my driveway, the sun is now coming out.........well it was, it's getting dark now.
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