The Rooster
"Okeydoke"
There are many newly elected state representatives in Michigan that ran on cleaning up the waters of the state. The Governor vowed to have clean water and environmental justice for the state.
What exactly doesn't the majority Michigan Republicans understand? I say they CAN'T even begin to understand the brevity of water and clean air when it comes to the State of Michigan.
The obvious answer to the brevity of clean air and water in Michigan are the Great Lakes. That is only part of the picture.
The State of Michigan has over 11,000 inland lakes. They are the source of great pleasure for Michiganders and it's resort and vacation economy. Governor Whitmer wants to end the pollution that results in contamination as the Flint River. The people of Michigan want these bad habits to end as well. There are many methods to remove dangers for air and water and Governor Whitmer is correct; Michigan needs a strong oversight through the government to bring pollution in Michigan under control.
The majority Republicans in the Michigan Congress got used to a Governor that put one man in charge of deregulation of the state's laws. He eliminated protections at every turn and the Flint Crisis is one of them. No one considered the "Snyder Regulation Czar" was also at the heart of the switch to the Flint River without proper controls in place to protect people? Wow.
Then, of course, the corrupt Rich Snyder administration conducted their traditional post election power grab.
December 11, 2019
By Emily Lawler
Lansing – The House of Representatives (click here) on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill limiting the ability of the state to set stricter rules than any federal standard, sending it to Gov. Rick Snyder for consideration.
The bill, HB 4205, sponsored by Rep. Triston Cole, R-Mancelona, would make it so that, in most cases, state agencies could not set rules that were stricter than what the federal government has in place....
This is the level of corruption that still exists with the Michigan legislature. The Snyder Administration and his Republican state congress has always disregarded the voice of the voter. Instead, he destroyed vital regulation that is indicative of Republican administrations since Reagan. The profit taking is simply dangling there in the air for Republicans to tap to pretend to understand what the meaning of an economy actually means.
This is the mess Governor Whitmer has inherited. The changes in the laws to benefit the citizen is going to be a challenge to her and others, but, it needs to go forward. The REAL Michigan economy demands it.
February 6, 2019By Beth LaBlanc and Jonathan Oosting
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, environmental department director Liesl Clark and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist on Feb 4, 2019.
Lansing — House Republicans (click here) voted Wednesday to overturn Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive order revamping the Michigan environmental department, arguing she usurped their power by abolishing oversight panels they created last year.
In her first partisan feud with lawmakers, Whitmer countered by asking Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel for a formal opinion on the legality of the panels. They “create unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles that get in the way of our state government responding to problems with drinking water quickly," she argued.
The concurrent resolution approved by the House in a 58-51 vote and now headed to the GOP-led Senate would nullify Whitmer's executive order to create a new Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. The order would also eliminate new commissions Republicans created to give businesses a greater say in environmental rule-making and permit reviews.
"The governor exercised her constitutional authority; the House has now exercised its constitutional authority," House Speaker Lee Chatfield, R-Levering, said after Wednesday's vote. "I look forward to finding a compromise to ensure the people of our state are served.”
