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.
Yellow drinking water in my home, water mains repair projects in my district and people not getting the support from city council about problems in the district open schools closed for years, facial recognition machines in the schools kids outside during school hours and past curfew that has been in existence since I was a kid
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.
Other (please explain below)
The people who want to revise how utilities work and how they want to replace parts for updates are not being honest with the legislation they plan to raise the rates as soon as they get approved so no I don't support any change that will raise rates for constituents
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?
Telling them from day one they constituent will not bear a penny for the updates and the state will not support the overuse of utilities to make the project work. DTE is out of Ohio, they can do whatever they want there butt in Michigan not so much. Moving into the 21st century with different fueling ideas must not affect the user of the ideas
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?
As a victim of unclean drinking water, I am furious with the Great Lakes Water Authority the City of Detroit Water Department and the Detroit Water and Sewerage all three used to work better as one entity. Now the blame for bad water is all over the city because nobody wants to work the problem for a solution that doesn't cost people in Detroit as our charter states money for clean drinking water
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)
When did the issue become a problem and how do you propose to change it at what costs?
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?
They will not get my vote to raise rates and I plan to filibuster the bill on the house floor until the issues are resolved. DTE is rich and want to pass their technologies off into the customers for advancements. People who have been legislators for years should be ashamed of themselves making laws that only help them and passing public acts that help keep illegal flow if money in their pockets
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?
It's going to be a crisis because once they start to dig, the project will bust because of the water pressure under the house or areas effected. Put the pipes up top so it can be seen. Crude oil is hard to contain if the pipes burst it will be a hard clean up and people won't have use of their water. I say no for Line 5
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?
When the Great Lakes Water Authority took over the use of cleaning and maintaining water the mayor duggan said the rates would not increase, maybe he ment for his own pocket. Not only are the rates too high, the city of Detroit doesn't own the water and should make it affordable to all who use it. Bad enough they are not cleaning the sewerage correctly butt now they want help from Lansing to maintain the over inflated rates they promised not to raise.
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?
The companies that build have a responsibility to check for problems
People who have jobs should do their jobs. If it is discovered in the processes of buying land the water is an issue that makes it the city problem, the company buys cheap and then finds the issue that's their problem and you can't go back and say there was a water problem when the water wasn't inspected before buying. I see housing projects going up in the downtown entertainment district areas: I don't think they thought about why the city doesn't allow one to build on vacant land. There was a problem and the house or business was torn down, now suddenly it's okay???