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Tag Archives: President Barack Obama
July 24th 2012
Ohio Voters on Asian Carp – Where’s Obama, Romney?
The Cleveland Plain Dealer featured a graphic on its editorial pages this weekend that President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney should pay attention to. The graphic is based on a statewide poll of Ohio voters and their attitudes on … Continue reading
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January 27th 2011
Mayor to President Obama: ‘Fund Great Lakes Restoration Initiative’
The Grand Rapids Press is reporting the following encounter between President Barack Obama and Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell, who was in Washington D.C. for the U.S. Conference of Mayor’s Annual Conference. Heartwell said he was among a dozen mayors … Continue reading
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February 4th 2010
Michigan AG Asks Court To Reconsider Lock Closure; Study Shows Illinois Exaggerated Economic Impact
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has filed a new motion with the US Supreme Court asking for an immediate injunction to close Chicago-area locks because the Court did not have all the information (ie that Carp eDNA was already in … Continue reading
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January 16th 2010
US Supreme Court Makes No Move to Stop Asian Carp
For the second time in two weeks, the US Supreme Court chose not to deal with the state of Michigan’s request for an injunction to close the locks that threaten to let the Asian Carp into Lake Michigan via the … Continue reading
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November 6th 2009
A Thanksgiving Card for our Elected Representatives
This has been an amazing year for the Great Lakes. Last winter, President Obama added a line to his budget that read: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: $475 million. The money is the first installment toward the $5 billion Obama promised … Continue reading
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