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At the fall meeting of the Michigan Charter Boat Association, Ramada
Inn, Ludington Michigan, Republican Sen Gerry VanWoerkom and Dennis Muchmore
stood side by side at the front forum table when I asked them both at the same
time about supporting a future bottle bill expansion to include the
large Great Lakes 5.7G diversion bottles. They looked at each other and
both spoke at the same time "Absolutely Not!". It was very clear their #1
priority was to protect Nestle Ice Mountain profits not support any complete
bottle bill. Also, when it was VanWoerkom's turn to
speak, he just used the charter boat annual meeting for
his anti-Granholm tour blaming Governor Granholm for all the charterboat
problems.
WEST MICHIGAN -- The campaign to put a 10-cent deposit on bottled water and
other noncarbonated beverages in Michigan is gaining momentum, but a local
lawmaker said it will likely be a long and difficult struggle.
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