JENNERATIONX
She isn’t a Democrat, she thinks of herself more as a QUEEN.
People around town are asking, “What is going on with the air permit?” The only logical answer is that Jennifer Granholm wants Wolverine’s air permit put on hold until the EPA comes out with a plan to implement what the legislature tried to do with Cap and Trade.
You see, Jennifer Granholm does not want this clean coal plant to happen, and she believes that a small town in the frozen north is not going to harm her party’s chances at election time.
The Advance reports in the February 3, 2010 issue,
“Before determining whether to support the construction of a new coal-fired power plant that would cost Michigan ratepayers billions of dollars and affect Michigan’s environment and natural resources, the governor believes it’s important to first understand whether the energy from the plant is needed and whether the plant is the best way to meet our energy needs,” Granholm’s Press Secretary Meghan Brown said.
First of all, the Governor needs to drop the, “I’m only looking out for the ratepayers,” bullcrap. She is not concerned with the people of the north who belong to Co-ops. She made that clear when she fast-tracked a 930 MW power plant downstate.
She can stop patronizing us with the idea that she is concerned this plant will hurt the environment. Her own DEQ affirmed that Wolverine has done everything possible to protect the environment.
Since the beginning of this project, Wolverine has spent over 700 million dollars buying power from downstate utilities as well as Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin. So yes, it is needed.
Most people think that if a person makes it to the Governorship, she must be intelligent. So I have no idea why Granholm seems so thick about what is the best way to create power. The better way to create electric power is to burn something, not wait for the wind to blow.
The decision of whether or not to issue the air permit to Wolverine is not being driven by politics – this is all about whether issuing the permit is the right policy for Michigan under the laws that govern air quality,”
Au contraire, this whole issue is politics. The idea that we need an energy plant is political, the fact that Wolverine wishes to build it in the middle of a limestone quarry is political, the idea that the company has to hold public hearings is political, the environmental concerns are political. And don’t think it has escaped many people’s notice that most of the people against this plant are Democrats, and most for the plant are Republicans.
The only part about this whole saga that is not political is the support from the local townspeople. They are the ones who finally have hope that the schools won’t lose more funding, that the taxes collected from an operation like this along with the added tax base from an increase in population can mean the city can make improvements, the roads can be fixed, and all the other things this plant means. The fact that there will be jobs! Jobs.
What the Governor means by “under the laws that govern air quality,” is that she is waiting for the EPA to create some laws to govern carbon dioxide emissions. At a time when the hoax of global warming is unraveling, and the news that a major scientist admitted he fudged numbers to make the case more compelling, and that there has been no warming since 1995, Granholm is sticking to her plan.
“Processing an air permit of this magnitude is enormously complex. The DNRE staff have received 6,500 individual comments on the proposed air permit, which must be reviewed, considered, and responded to before taking action on the permit. Permits like these take time to process – both in Michigan and around the country – because they have such important stakes,” Brown said.
Knowing everyday people like I do, I am willing to bet that about 6250 of those “individual” comments were drummed up by The Sierra Club and the Michigan Land Institute. The type of comments we all heard at the public hearings. Nit-picking to the nth degree, the environmentalists have nothing better to do but wonder if something may happen. One committee member referred to the tactics by the environmentalists as “death by a thousand papercuts.”
THE ONLY consideration given to the permit is what the law allows, (DNRE) representative Bob McCann asserted, regardless of political pressures from outside organizations, both for and opposed to the power plant, or even from the governor’s office. “There is obviously a great deal of outside interest from a number of parties, however, decisions by our permitting staff are made solely on scientific and legal purposes. Quite simply, the law doesn’t allow for anything else,” McCann said. The wait continues.
If it’s the law that McCann is interested in, laws are made by congress. That is how our system is set up.
But like I said, by the end of March, the EPA will provide the necessary law.
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I MOVED TO THIS PART OF MI FOR THE REASON IT IS THE CLEANEST PART OF THE LP,NOW PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE AND DESTROY THE CLEAN AIR AND RIVERS AROUND ROGERS CITY.HOW STUPID CAN PEOPLE BE?
i am sorry to say this jim but if were stupid here in rogers city why dont you move your ignorant self back south about 250 miles!
I kinda agree Jim. The only reason Wolverine wants the plant here, is not to provide jobs, but to exploit an area of Michigan for it's own money grubbing desires. Wolverine chose this area for because they knew that it would be a shoe in. Pure Capitalism. Plain and simple. It's too bad the residents, because of the serious and legitimate need for jobs here, are too blind to see that it's all about Wolverines' profit motive. Not cheap electricity and jobs.
Well Jason, if you are sure you want to continue, go ahead. Freedom and capitalism are what makes America different from socialism, communism and the dictatorships of third world countries. You were all for this plant when they came into town, you made fun of your neighbors who were against it.
The reason Wolverine wants the plant here is because it is the most logical, economical place to have a base load plant. There is also the fact that they are having to buy electricity from downstate and other states. It is not the purpose of a company to provide jobs, however, it is irrational thought like yours that keeps small towns like Rogers City small while they continue to die out. Capitalism is what has allowed America to become the nation it is, if we can hang on to it.
The reason I was for it is because of the same reason that you are for it now…Jobs. I now see things differently. I think that once it does come, if it does, there will not be the job benefit that everyone seems to think. In fact, you will see many of the jobs taken by people who don't even know where Rogers City is. You can keep buying into the crap about Capitalism being so great, that's fine. That is what the billionaires want you to continue to think. With yours and others who share your viewpoint, there will never be any change. It will continue to be a society that favors greed over principle. Destroy natural resources to gain profit? Not my idea of a lasting philosophy.
Jason, go back to your XBox game. Jen is far more informed than you are.
Can Rogers City not find a way to draw money into the community without giving up the paradise they have, and selling out to Wolverine?
Well, lets see, there was the jail, too much opposition, then there was the casino, too much opposition, then there was a massive ad effort for tourism, but alas, there isn't much to do around here. Since there would be no Rogers City if it weren't for it's natural resource of limestone, which is blasted to bits with TNT and then shipped out for steel making and other uses, there would be no Rogers City. Also, since limestone is used in making the burning of coal cleaner than it ever has been before, your question doesn't even have merit. You are assuming the coal plant will trash our area, but you are dead wrong. Jim, maybe read my whole Coal Plant story so you can learn what I have. Pay special attention to what the MDEQ said in October of 2008.
Where will the power lines run?How much more traffic will there be?ect… You must be in some ones back pocket or why else would you be selling this crap? PS Reading what you print does not make your story true!!
Traffic means money coming into Rogers City. I'm in no one's back pocket watch how you accuse people. My story is based on the true reported events by the Advance. I add my opinion, but I link to and use photo support of everything. PS, you are sounding shrill, please moderate your tone.
FU jenneration x .Is that better?
This is my blog, Jim, using the f-word is not allowed.
If I would have known about this coal trash plant before Dec of 09,I would have went to every public meeting, and you would have heard the f -word (and a few more)more than you would have liked! P.S. I do not want my elec bill to go up to pay for anyones wages, and whatever you say will not change my mind.Good By!
The power lines are already in place, left over from when the plant used to furnish the power for Rogers City. A few minor up grades and they will be all set. Why don’t you stick to worrying about the town where you live, and leave us alone?
Hmmm…….I live here!
No you don't, Jim, your ip address says you are in Ft. Myers Florida.
and you think I live here year round?……… wise up jennx!!!!!
I see Fort Myers Florida is trying to get a clean coal plant, and most of the electricity you use there is produced by coal. Is it just okay for Fort Myers residents to have power, but not Northern Michigan, Jim? If you reside in Fort Myers part of the time, Jim, how are you contacting me through my website? Electricity produced by coal. You are a hypocrite, Jim.
You are a idiotic<JennX. Just like all your so called logic,you assume and then you try to make facts out of your assumptions.Good By Dumb Ass!!!!
Ladies and gentleman, jim's behavior on my blog exemplifies the type of debate and discussion that is regularly used by the liberal enviro-statist. If they can't come up with intelligent things to say, they call names.
I will not pay for this coal plant with increases to my elec bill,and will go off the grid before I do.
Are you off the grid in Ft. Myers, Jim?
Not if you are using a computer, Jim.
Im at the library!! and I will be at the rogers city library very soon.PS You had me fooled,I thought you were smart!
Hey everyone, Jim's at the library, somebody call WATZ.
More of your stupidity.