Planet Detroit Candidate Survey
What are the three most pressing environmental issues facing the communities you seek to serve? Please rank them in order of priority and briefly explain why you chose each.
1. Housing - lack — Housing - lack housing means more people living in woods.
2. Electrical Grid — Electrical Grid - without power our community will remain in poverty
3. Water Systems — Is contaminated with pfs making our land inhabitable
Michigan law requires utilities to reach 100% clean energy by 2040. If elected, would you support maintaining this law, or would you support revising or repealing it? Please explain your position.
Revise or repeal portions of the law
Green energy wil. Not allow for growth which our state needs. We need to examine all sources including pocket nuclear energy.
More than two dozen Michigan communities are considering or have approved large-scale data center developments. These facilities can consume as much electricity as a small city and place significant demands on local water and energy infrastructure. What role should state government play in overseeing data center development, and what guardrails should the state legislature enact to protect communities where data centers are proposed?
First remove state tax breaks. Next require the developers to include energy generation in creation. Data centers are required for a sound economy and a national security issue. If another country controls by possession then we loose our independence.
PFAS contamination has been detected in drinking water, groundwater, and surface water across Michigan. Cleanup efforts are underway, but many affected communities are still waiting for action. What is the single most important step the officeholder in this position should take on PFAS in the next term?
Accountability for future use and hold current users also Accountable for contamination
Michigan residents in some communities face disproportionate exposure to air pollution, contaminated water, and industrial waste. Do you support requiring Michigan regulators to assess cumulative environmental and health impacts on overburdened communities before approving new permits for polluting facilities?
It depends (please explain below)
Currently Ypsilanti is trying to cleanup a brownfield and is having issues with cost of clean up
Utility rate cases directly affect what Michigan residents pay for electricity and gas. DTE and Consumers Energy have requested frequent significant rate increases in recent years. Should elected officials play a greater role in holding utility companies accountable for rate hikes and rising energy costs?
We need to have more competition in energy, lower regulations to allow further development and expand energy sources. Or current gride is 70 years old and needs to be updated. This will cost money and the use of green energy will require buying power from outside michigan.
Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline runs through the Straits of Mackinac and carries crude oil and natural gas liquids between Wisconsin and Ontario. A proposed tunnel beneath the lakebed to house a replacement pipeline has faced legal and regulatory challenges for years. What is your position on the future of Line 5?
Let's dig the tunnel, we have had several a tunnels between Detroit and Windsor with few problems so let's dig
Drinking water is becoming increasingly unaffordable for Michiganders in both rural and urban areas, leading to water shutoffs. Would you support legislation that caps water bills for low-income Michiganders and adds shutoff protections?
Federal and state regulations are causing the price to go up and no competition for water supply. Plus water also includes sanitation lines which add to the cost
Michigan is home to more than 18,000 contaminated sites. Do you support or oppose legislation to hold polluters accountable for cleaning up these sites?
Support
When possible the polluters should be held accountable unfortunately most of these polluters are now bankrupt so there is no or limited funds to go after.