 ccrp poll does michigan need an official state amphibian  the previous poll on the grand bargain to bailout detroit may not be a true reflection of where people stand on the issue that come to our website to vote we noticed that we had a number of people who voted more than once in the poll after seeing the volume of votes and the ip addresses of those who were voting we put the polls up to get a good feel of where people stand on the issues and would just ask that you comply with our request and vote only once new poll overview lawmakers are busy at work in lansing introducing legislation in lansing to make michigan a better place for all of us right as we all know the legislators bring a divergent set of views with them when they go to lansing and that is reflected in what legislation they will introduce that they feel represents their constituents it would seem that one of the issues that has been deemed important enough to draft legislation to be considered for passage relates to what michigan s official state amphibian should be representative sam singh deast lansing has introduced a bill calling for the northern spring peeper to be named as the state s official amphibian representative matt lori rconstantine has also a introduced bill arguing for the blanchard s cricket frog while a third bill introduced last year by rep pat somerville rnew boston champions the eastern gray tree frog the pressing question is what should be michigan s state amphibian singh said the bills are part of an educational experience for school children as his bill was introduced after lobbying from third and fourthgrade students from an okemos elementary school i had a third and fourthgrade class from okemos montessori school contact me singh said thursday they put together a onepager for me to analyze why the state needs an official amphibian singh said according to the students 20 states already have an official amphibian but not michigan they made their case for the spring peeper singh said the spring peeper and the gray tree frog are identified as being common across the state according to the michigan department of natural resources which maintains an online guide to help residents identify the state s frogs and toads the blanchard s cricket frog is considered a species of special concern by the dnr after large population drops in the late 1970s and 1980s all three of the bills have been referred to the house government operations committee new poll question what amphibian should be named as michigan rsquo s official state amphibian the northern spring peeper house bill 5577 the blanchard s cricket frog house bill 5449 the eastern gray tree frog house bill 4747 this is why we need a part time legislature undecided to vote in this poll click on this link http wwwclintoncountygoporg content whatamphibianshouldbenamedmichigan e28099s e2809cofficialstateamphibian e2809d  to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question should the mi senate pass the grand bargain detroit bailout bill passed by the house and pushed by the governor yes 49 no 51 undecided 0 two comments were made on this poll comment 1 detroit bailout the bailout of detroit will set precedence and other cities will look to the taxpayers to bail them out i am tired of the taxpayers in the central and northern parts of michigan subsidizing those in the southeast part of the state its time to let them sink or swim we can t always be the life raft the well will run dry comment 2 detroit detroit failed on it s own it should recover by it s own efforts if detroit cannot recover it will be obvious that that is what the residents wish so let them profit or fail by their own effort   all emails addresses  