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<div><span style="font-size: large;">Governor John Kasich of Ohio is poised to change the Ohio energy mandate.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">One of the provisions of the legislation is to nullify the&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large; font-style: normal; line-height: 27px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;">in-state renewable energy mandate</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: large; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 27px;">'</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 27px;">'</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-size: large; line-height: 27px;">'</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;that outlaws it from being able to buy renewable energy from surrounding states.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">Renewable energy in Ohio primarily refers to electricity produced by wind turbines. Ending the in-state mandate would allow the state's utilities to purchase cheaper wind-produced energy from states that produce more wind at a lower per kilowatt hour cost. .</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">The legislation would also cap the state's renewable energy and energy efficiency standards for two years.&nbsp;</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-size: large; line-height: 27px;">'</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;">The freezing of Ohio</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: large; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 27px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;">s renewable energy mandates sets an important precedent for Michigan legislators and Gov. Rick Snyder,</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: large; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 27px;">'</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 27px;">'</span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;said Kevon Martis, director of the Interstate Informed Citizens Coalition, a non-profit organization that is concerned about the construction of wind turbines in the region. &quot;Even in the windiest states, wind typically arrives at times of lowest demand for electricity which sharply diminishes its value. The Brookings Institution's latest study demonstrates with certainty that wind and solar are among the most expensive and least effective means of reducing power plant emissions, bar none.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">&quot;But in states like Ohio and Michigan, wind energy's pronounced failings are amplified by an anemic wind resource,&quot; Martis continued.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">Should Michigan freeze its renewable energy rate at 10% and be allowed to purchase out-of-state renewable energy like Ohio?</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">Yes</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">Undecided</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">Should Michigan go to a&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: large; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 27px;">'</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 27px;">'</span><span style="font-size: large;">Pay per miles driven</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: large; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 27px;">'</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, serif; line-height: 27px;">'</span><span style="font-size: large;">&nbsp;fee instead of a fuel tax to pay for roads and road repairs?</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">Yes - 22%&nbsp;</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">No - 72%&nbsp;</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">Undecided - 7%&nbsp;</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">COMMENT #1</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">Taxes Based on Miles Driven? Hell No!</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">Wake up, people. For government to charge us for number of miles driven means they get to monitor how many miles we have driven and also based on this proposal they get to monitor what kinds of roads we drove on, time of day, etc. And what will they put in our cars to allow them access to this information? And the Michigan Environmental Council says that the &quot;greatest hurdle&quot; for this proposal is &quot;privacy concerns&quot; and they think they can be &quot;overcome&quot;. Let's see, we have phones and computers and cars with GPS systems, smart meters where they can know if you're home/what equipment is operating in your home/and can turn your utility off, NSA, 0bamacare, Common Core etc and now Michigan Road Taxes Based on Where we Drove and How Much? When do we get a number on our forehead and a chip under our skin? **S**T**O**P**</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">COMMENT: &nbsp;#2&nbsp;</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">AGENDA21 / TAX BY THE MILE / A RADICAL PLATFORM</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">IN THE1990S THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES ENDORSED &quot;AGENDA 21&quot;</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">WHAT IS AGENDA 21 ?</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">FOLKS NEED TO GET UP TO SPEED !</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">LAST YEAR WE WORKED WITH HUNDREDS OF COUNTY SHERIFFS WHO WERE BRIEFED BY DR. MICHAEL COFFMAN ON AGENDA 21; THESE SHERIFFS WERE STUNNED. BY THE DETAILS ; WHICH INCLUDES &quot;:TAXATION OF YOUR VEHICLE BY THE MILE&quot; A WORKING GROUP HAS BEEN STUDYING THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND UNELECTD BUREAUCRATS WANT TO FORWARD THIS INITIATIVE HERE IN MICHIGAN !</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS [NGOs] ARE WAITING FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO BECOME SEDUCED TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WILL BUY INTO THIS INITIATIVE!</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">MICHIGANS TRANSPORTAION INFRUSTRUCTURE ACT PA 51 ALREADY HAS SUFFICIENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO &quot;FIX THE ROADS&quot;</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">THE LEGISLATURE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES HAS SUPPLANTED ROAD REPAIR $$$$ WHICH &quot;WAS BY STATE LAW &quot; DEDICATED FOR ROADS !!!</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">CALL YOUR LEGISLATORS AND HAVE THEM GIVE YOU THE SPECIFIC DETAILS AS TO WHERE &quot;YOUR&quot; ROAD / GAS TAX $$$ IS ACTUALLY GOING</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">IN THE COMPLEXITIES OF STATE GOVERNMENT BUDGETS ! YOU WILL BE STUNNED TOO ! IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET THE REAL DATA !</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">MICHIGAN ALREADY HAS TO MANY LAYERS OF GOVERNMENT WITH CUMBERSOME DUPLICATION OF SERVICES. MICHIGAN HAS BEEN A &quot;DONOR&quot; STATE WITH REGARD TO THE FEDERAL GAS TAX FUNDING FORMULA TOO FOR DECADES AND NOBODY DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT !</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">MICHIGAN DOES NOT NEED ANOTHER TAX!</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">AS A PROFESSIONAL, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DETAILS BEHIND THE SCENES / MEETINGS AND WORKING GROUPS TO RAISE THE GAS TAX DURING THE 1980S, 1990S, ETC</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">PLEASE DO THE HOME WORK !!!!!!!!!!!</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">TELL LEGISLATORS TO &quot;FIX THE PROCESS&quot; AND QUIT SLAPPING EACH OTHER ON THE BACK AS THE PUBLIC GETS SNOOKERED AGAIN !</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS ANALYIST</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">PHILIP N. BAREHAM</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">FORMER SENIOR COUNSEL / MICHIGANS 83 COUNTY UNITS OF GOVERNMENT</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">COMMENT: #3&nbsp;</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">We are thinking about buying a Motorhome or Class C. This would kill the vacationing business in Michigan. Terrible idea.....</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">COMMENT: #4&nbsp;</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: large;">Charging a tax based on miles driven would unfairly punish those who are forced to commute long distances...I.E. Lansing to Grand Rapids or Lansing to Detroit.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: large;">I think there should be a fee based upon weight of vehicle. A small car does much less damage to the roads than a truck.</span></div>
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