Re: E-M:/ NEWS RELEASE: MUCC launches online petition to expand Bottle Bill, schedules legislative day for Thursday in Lansing

["Alexander J. Sagady" <ajs@sagady.com>]

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Enviro-Mich message from "Alexander J. Sagady" <ajs@sagady.com>
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I'd suggest that all Michigan citizens environmentalists BOYCOTT
ALL  MUCC CAMPAIGNS of this nature until this organization 
comes to its senses on the public trust groundwater issue.

In 1963, the people of the state of Michigan enacted the following
provision (Article IV, Section 52) in the revised state constitution:

"Natural resources; conservation, pollution, impairment, destruction.
Sec. 52. The conservation and development of the natural resources of the state are hereby
declared to be of paramount public concern in the interest of the health, safety and general
welfare of the people. The legislature shall provide for the protection of the air, water and
other natural resources of the state from pollution, impairment and destruction."

This is where the public trust doctrine in the state's management of 
groundwater comes from.   MUCC is presently trying to remove Michigan 
groundwater from this protection by allowing a public trust resource to 
essentially be privatized.   Why do MUCC and Michigan Farm Bureau 
hate the Michigan Constitution protections of natural resources?

Why is MUCC's Executive Director supporting a Michigan judge who 
illegitimately trashed the Michigan Environmental Protection Act?

MUCC wants to placate groundwater privatizers, federalist 
society judges (complete with Dennis Muchmore's fundraising pandering to 
Michigan Supreme Court Judge Cliff Taylor) and turn Michigan 
groundwater resources over to a privatized elite. 

If MUCC wants grassroots troops to help with its campaigns, 
let them recruit them from their buddies at the Farm Bureau, 
Michigan State Chamber of Commerce, Sportsmen for Bush,
Public Sector Consultants and Nestle and Ice Mountain.

Michigan citizens must ensure that Great Lakes watershed waters 
are not for sale as the commodities that MUCC and Nestle
want them to be.

Alex Sagady


At 11:16 AM 06/23/2008, you wrote:
>For Immediate Release 
>
>Contact:    Dennis Muchmore, MUCC Executive Director (517) 346-6455
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>                Donna Stine, MUCC Deputy Director for Policy (517) 346-6487
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>                Dave Nyberg, MUCC Resource Policy Specialist (517) 346-6462
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>MUCC LAUNCHES ONLINE PETITION TO EXPAND BOTTLE BILL
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>Signatures to be presented at grassroots push in Lansing on Thursday
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>LANSING?The Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC) today announced an online petition to expand the state's 32-year-old Bottle Bill to include water and other non-carbonated beverage containers.  The effort was started to allow all of Michigan citizen's the opportunity to inform the legislature of the broad public support for the measure.  The petition will also supplement a grassroots legislative day slated for Thursday, June 26 in Lansing.
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>            "MUCC and Michigan residents need to step up to the plate as one united voice on this issue," said MUCC Executive Director Dennis Muchmore.
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>            According to MUCC poll data, 76 percent of Michigan voters support expanding the state's famous bottle law ? outside data shows this support above 80 percent.  However, Muchmore said that the legislature must hear Michigan's demand for this measure beyond poll data with an old-fashioned grassroots push. 
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>            "Last week we got the legislature's attention but now it's time to act," Muchmore said.  "MUCC is calling on the 80 percent majority of Michigan voters who support improving Michigan's Bottle Bill to take a small step in making their voice heard, whether its signing this petition, attending our legislative day, or contacting their state legislators." 
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>            Michigan residents may visit <http://www.mucc.org/policy/bottlebillexpansion.php>http://www.mucc.org/policy/bottlebillexpansion.php to sign the petition and access other valuable information on the Bottle Bill expansion, including a sample letter to the editor, background facts, and more information on the legislative day on June 26.  Facebook and MySpace users are also encouraged to join MUCC's "Support a Bigger, Better Bottle Bill for Michigan!" groups that will provide real-time updates on the initiative's progress.
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>Media Note:  For Background Information and more details, go to <http://www.mucc.org/>www.mucc.org.  
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>-- 
>David Nyberg
>Resource Policy Specialist
>Michigan United Conservation Clubs
>2101 Wood Street
>Lansing, MI 48912
>517-346-6462
><http://www.mucc.org>www.mucc.org
>
>MUCC has been Michigan's first voice for Michigan's out-of-doors since 1937. MUCC clubs and members strive to Unite Citizens to Conserve, Protect, and Enhance Michigan's Natural Resources and Outdoor Heritage. 
>

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