[CPEO-BIF] No bronwfield bond vote in Michigan this year

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

DEQ bond issue proposal won't be on Nov. 4 ballot

by Brooke Meier
Spinal Column Newsweekly (MI)
August 06, 2008

A lack of "political will" among state lawmakers has stalled the state 
Department of Environmental Quality's (DEQ) quest to obtain voter 
authorization in November on a bond proposal to provide funds for 
cleanup projects across the state, including at the Waterford Hills 
Sanitary Landfill on Gale Road in Waterford Township.

The DEQ sought approval of a 2008 general election ballot proposal to 
net approximately $1.3 billion in bond revenue to fund contamination 
cleanups and help with water protection. Robert McCann, a spokesperson 
for the DEQ, said the department had the support of various 
environmental and interest groups; however, there was no interest in the 
Legislature to place the proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot.

"The bond issue is dead (for 2008), and the reality is there is no clear 
political will to get it passed," McCann said. "Hopefully we can get 
some bridging money to keep the cleanup projects running at a minimal 
level and get us through to 2010, when we can try again (to get a bond 
proposal on a statewide ballot)."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.spinalcolumnonline.com/Articles-i-2008-08-06-55814.113117_DEQ_bond_issue_proposal_wont_be_on_Nov_4_ballot.html
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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