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<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">NEW POLL OVERVIEW:</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Governor Rick Snyder and U.S. Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land, as of yet, have not agreed to any debates with their democrat opponents.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Land of Byron Center and Peters haven</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">t appeared on the same stage since the Detroit Regional Chamber</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">s Mackinac Policy Conference in May.&nbsp;</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Peters has stated that,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.5;">To me it is a basic job requirement, a basic responsibility to the voters of Michigan, that if you are going to be a United States senator and want to run for the United States Senate, you should be willing to stand on a stage and defend the positions that you are taking,</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.5;">.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Michigan Radio reported that Land, in a Tuesday appearance, said she is&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.5;">always willing to talk to voters,</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;but was leaving debate talks up to those in her campaign in charge of such things.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">WOOD-TV8 political reporter Rick Albin said the last time he spoke with Governor Snyder, the governor indicated he had accepted only an invitation to a joint appearance with Schauer&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.5;">on the east side of the state</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;but&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.5;">even that could not be worked out between his campaign and the Schauer camp.</span><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;">'</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Governor Snyder wanted to hold a joint appearance, not necessarily a debate, at the Detroit Economic Club, but the two sides could not agree on a time and date.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">NEW POLL QUESTION:</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Should Governor Snyder and U.S. Senate Candidate Terri Lynn Land agree to debate their democrat opponents?</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yes</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">No</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Undecided</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Should the MEDC</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; line-height: 36px;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">s Strategic Fund have approved the capture of tax authorizations to George Matick Chevrolet?</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yes - 3%</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">No - 97%</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Undecided - 0%</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">ONE COMMENT WAS MADE ON THIS POLL:</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">COMMENT #1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.5;">Brownfield Funds for Auto Dealer</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I voted no but not because it has anything to do with this being an auto dealer or whether there might be any &quot;fairness&quot; issue with other auto dealers. My question or problem with this is that I haven't heard anything that says that the problem to be redressed have anything to do with a BROWNFIELD (contamination) problem with the property. The little bit of description that was included with the question sounded more like a development or redevelopment issue. This is the sort of thing we sometimes hear in Lansing - - projects that don't talk about environmental problems on a site that need to be remedied, but rather development or redevelopment projects. It just strikes me that funds or other benefits under this legislation that can be available under BROWNFIELD projects should be exclusively for addressing environmental contamination and funds should be limited to paying for those expenses only, regardless of what was there before and regardless of what someone wants to see there in the future. In the little bit of info about this dealership, mention was made about possible allowable expenses such as asbestos removal and curbs. I can agree that asbestos removal might be appropriate regardless of whether the property houses a car dealership or anything else. I do not think that should ever be the ability to include funds for curbs for any project - - there is no possibility that environmentally contaminated curbs were being removed and needing to be replaced with BROWNFIELD money. I think there has been noticeable misuse of the BROWNFIELD legislation.</span></div>
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