Comments on: Quick Guide to Michigan Water http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/quick-guide-to-michigan-water/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:21:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mike Anthony http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/quick-guide-to-michigan-water/#comment-18108 Mike Anthony Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:28:27 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/quick-guide-to-michigan-water/#comment-18108 Some responses to the posts above: - The more we do with Canada regarding the Great Lakes the better. Our region's economic advantage also lies in its proximity to another type of economy with a shared interest in these beautiful lakes. - Didn't I just read that the perch population is coming back? People in Michigan should turn off the political bloviating on television and on the radio -- way too much hate there. Listening to MSNBC, FoxNews, NBC, CBS, ABC, Rush, Colmes, Schultz -- looks like they're creating an election within an election to get us to watch and listen. How is it that every gaffe or mis-step by those who would be President, are "Breaking News"? I say: turn off the television until the first week of November, read up on the candidates, then cast your vote. Until that time, get back to work. Listen to rock and roll instead of the political hate mongerers. (Might I suggest 93.9 TheRiverRadio?) and go fishing. Good for local bait shops. (Or watch fishing shows on TV) -Couldn't we do more about getting our richer universities to build branch campuses on the Great Lakes shore cities? LSSU is a good model to expand because of its proximity to Canada. Maybe Port Huron is a possibility: open waters to the north. That east-west run from Flint through Port Huron/Sarnia to London along I-69 to the QEQ looks awfully pretty on a map. (Google map it and see). Don't some Great Lake+Canada joint economic possibilities lie there? Some responses to the posts above:

- The more we do with Canada regarding the Great Lakes the better. Our region's economic advantage also lies in its proximity to another type of economy with a shared interest in these beautiful lakes.

- Didn't I just read that the perch population is coming back? People in Michigan should turn off the political bloviating on television and on the radio -- way too much hate there. Listening to MSNBC, FoxNews, NBC, CBS, ABC, Rush, Colmes, Schultz -- looks like they're creating an election within an election to get us to watch and listen. How is it that every gaffe or mis-step by those who would be President, are "Breaking News"? I say: turn off the television until the first week of November, read up on the candidates, then cast your vote. Until that time, get back to work. Listen to rock and roll instead of the political hate mongerers. (Might I suggest 93.9 TheRiverRadio?) and go fishing. Good for local bait shops. (Or watch fishing shows on TV)

-Couldn't we do more about getting our richer universities to build branch campuses on the Great Lakes shore cities? LSSU is a good model to expand because of its proximity to Canada. Maybe Port Huron is a possibility: open waters to the north. That east-west run from Flint through Port Huron/Sarnia to London along I-69 to the QEQ looks awfully pretty on a map. (Google map it and see). Don't some Great Lake+Canada joint economic possibilities lie there?

]]> By: bobdurivage http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/quick-guide-to-michigan-water/#comment-18017 bobdurivage Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:02:49 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/quick-guide-to-michigan-water/#comment-18017 Let's pass this so we can move on to getting a RPS. Let's pass this so we can move on to getting a RPS.

]]> By: Tom Ford http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/quick-guide-to-michigan-water/#comment-17701 Tom Ford Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:31:12 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/quick-guide-to-michigan-water/#comment-17701 All of this is well and good but the author shows his decidedly partisan colors by leaving out the fact that Republicans in the State Senate are trying to get around the restrictions of the compact by allowing water to be extracted before it enters the Great Lakes. They have wasted time and money by championing business interests instead of the long term welfare of the lakes themselves. I used to come to this site quite often to get information but after a few visits its partisan bent frustrated me and so now I only come once in awhile. And, this article proves my point. Like President Bush once said, "Fool me once...................." All of this is well and good but the author shows his decidedly partisan colors by leaving out the fact that Republicans in the State Senate are trying to get around the restrictions of the compact by allowing water to be extracted before it enters the Great Lakes.

They have wasted time and money by championing business interests instead of the long term welfare of the lakes themselves.

I used to come to this site quite often to get information but after a few visits its partisan bent frustrated me and so now I only come once in awhile. And, this article proves my point.

Like President Bush once said, "Fool me once...................."

]]> By: M D Baldiwn II http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/quick-guide-to-michigan-water/#comment-17581 M D Baldiwn II Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:44:33 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/quick-guide-to-michigan-water/#comment-17581 Very good article. One thing many in this debate are missing, is that Canada has a say in the water levels and distribution, too. Even if the US decided unilaterally to withdraw water from the Great Lakes, we would have to get Canada's permission before any withdrawal could take place. I don't see that happening. Even if the withdrawal took place from Lake Michigan, which is totally within the US borders, it would directly affect Lake Huron and indirectly affect Erie and Ontario. Canada is a part of the pact on the Great Lakes, and should be included in any debates on water policy. Very good article. One thing many in this debate are missing, is that Canada has a say in the water levels and distribution, too. Even if the US decided unilaterally to withdraw water from the Great Lakes, we would have to get Canada's permission before any withdrawal could take place. I don't see that happening. Even if the withdrawal took place from Lake Michigan, which is totally within the US borders, it would directly affect Lake Huron and indirectly affect Erie and Ontario. Canada is a part of the pact on the Great Lakes, and should be included in any debates on water policy.

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