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Investing in Our Energy Future & Protecting the Great Lakes
Mark knows that we need comprehensive solutions to Michigan’s long-term energy needs, that include traditional sources and a transition to a clean energy future. That’s why he has always been a champion for clean energy jobs – voting to invest in renewable energy sources like wind and solar power, and reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil. Mark also helped create Michigan’s first Renewable Energy Standard, which requires a portion of Michigan’s electricity to come from clean, renewable sources. This law is already helping manufacturers create jobs across the state.
Mark believes we need to stop importing energy from other states, which costs consumers money and hurts job growth. As Governor, Mark will push for greater investments in clean energy sources like wind and solar – which will create good-paying jobs for workers right here in Michigan, while protecting good jobs during the transition from traditional energy sources.
When it comes to protecting Pure Michigan, Mark has never been afraid to take on big oil companies that pollute our water resources. When Enbridge Energy spilled one million gallons of oil in the Kalamazoo River, Mark fought to hold them accountable and ensure they paid to clean up the spill – not Michigan taxpayers. In fact, an Enbridge contractor was recently convicted of fraud after Mark called for an investigation into the use of undocumented workers. Mark also introduced legislation that is now law to strengthen pipeline safety. As Governor, Mark will always fight to protect the Great Lakes. |
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Sun Jan 05, 2014 1:21 pm |
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Schauer says Michigan's pension tax has hurt seniors
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 11:44 a.m. EST
LANSING (WKZO) -- Democratic candidate for Michigan governor Mark Schauer has some thoughts on Governor Rick Snyder's relationship with seniors. Schauer says that he's been traveling the state to campaign early and campaign hard, and one thing he's repeatedly heard from seniors is that they don't like the pension tax.
Schauer, a former congressman, says that he met one man at an event in Atlanta, Michigan, who told him he's paying 16 hundred dollars more in taxes per year because of the pension tax. Schaur says the pension tax is just one thing that's been done under Snyder's administration that he thinks has pout Michigan on the wrong path.
One recent poll has Schauer with an eleven point lead over Governor Snyder with seniors. |
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Sun Jan 05, 2014 1:26 pm |
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| Mark Schauer for Governor http://markschauer.com/ - 11k - Cached - Similar pages Mark Schauer is a lifelong fighter for Michigan workers, families, and businesses. |
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Sun Jan 05, 2014 1:28 pm |
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Rick Snyder on 12/4/13
The Constitution has never guaranteed a pension.
Constitution
Public pension plans shall not be diminished or impaired. |
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Sun Jan 05, 2014 1:35 pm |
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Mark Schauer
Anti-choice extremists in Lansing want to restrict health insurance plans from covering ANY abortions - even in the case of rape or incest – by requiring women to buy additional coverage as insurance against being raped. It’s shameful.
Add your name to tell Michigan Republicans to repeal this outrageous bill: http://bit.ly/1eqL3AX |
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Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:33 pm |
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Editorials
March 19, 2014 at 1:00 am
LABOR VOICES
Labor Voices: Working families stand with Mark Schauer
Karla Swift
At noon today, gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer will accept the Michigan State AFL-CIO’s endorsement from a group of workers in Detroit. Schauer is a passionate advocate for working families with the commitment and know-how to rebuild our state’s middle class.
Gov. Rick Snyder likes to take credit for an economic comeback in Michigan. And it is true that the auto industry is bouncing back, bringing with it high quality manufacturing jobs. But Snyder had nothing to do with that recovery; Mark Schauer did.
While in Congress, Schauer supported loans to help the auto companies and their suppliers through the Great Recession. He stood up to those in Snyder’s Republican Party who would have let Detroit fail. Thanks to Schauer’s leadership, our auto industry has been able to retool and develop new technologies to build the cars of the future in Michigan.
Mark Schauer understands the continuing importance of the auto industry to our economy, and he has fought hard for policies to help American car companies create new jobs in our state. He has personally pushed the automakers to locate production in Michigan rather than China or Mexico and as governor he will continue to do so.
Michigan urgently needs stable, high-quality jobs. Mark Schauer is the only candidate for governor who grasps the need for a fair day’s pay to accompany an honest day’s work. Rick Snyder has dismissed raising the minimum wage as “not a significant issue.”
In contrast, Mark Schauer believes that no one who works full time should have to raise their children in poverty. He helped draw attention to the concerns of low wage workers by proposing a minimum wage increase early in his campaign, and he supports strong collective bargaining rights so that working people can negotiate for fair wages.
Schauer is fighting to build an economy that works for the middle class, not just the wealthy and the well connected. As the son of a nurse and a high school science teacher, Mark believes that a family-sustaining job comes from a first-rate education. He will make education our top economic priority to help our kids compete for good Michigan jobs.
Our next governor will have a lot of damage to undo. Rick Snyder cut over $1 billion from education, and raised taxes on seniors' retirement and on the middle class. These education cuts and tax increases paid for a $1.8 billion tax break for corporations, even companies that outsource Michigan jobs.
Mark Schauer will invest in public education and repeal the job-killing Snyder Retirement Tax. He knows that a consumer economy only works when people have money to spend. These are just a few of the reasons that working families are excited about Schauer.
Our endorsement is backed by legions of active members ready to do the work that wins elections. Today in Detroit hundreds of workers will greet Schauer and show their enthusiasm for his candidacy by signing up to volunteer with the Michigan State AFL-CIO. And that is just the beginning.
Across Michigan volunteers will talk to their co-workers, make phone calls, knock on doors and get out the vote and they won’t let up until November, because the stakes are high and the choice is clear. Mark Schauer stands with working families for a fair economy and a strong middle class.
Labor VoicesLabor Voices columns are written on a rotating basis by United Auto Workers President Bob King, Teamsters President James Hoffa, Michigan AFL-CIO President Karla Swift and Michigan Education Association President Steven Cook.
Karla Swift is Michigan
state president of the AFL-CIO.
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140319/OPINION01/303190005#ixzz2wkHgWCu1 |
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Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:39 pm |
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Democrat Mark Schauer narrows gap on Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in first poll since ad push
Jonathan Oosting | joosting@mlive.com By Jonathan Oosting | joosting@mlive.com
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on March 17, 2014 at 3:20 PM
LANSING, MI -- A multi-million advertising push and public perception of education funding levels appear to have helped Democratic challenger Mark Schauer narrow the gap on Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, according to the results of a new statewide survey.
Snyder topped Schauer 42 percent to 39 percent in the poll of 600 likely voters commissioned by the bipartisan Lambert, Edwards & Associates public relations firm. Snyder's lead was within the margin of error of four percent, suggesting the race is about even.
The poll was conducted March 8 and 9 by Denno Research, a Democratic firm that also polled the race in November for LE&A , pegging Snyder's lead at 14 points at that time. The new numbers are drawn from a random sample that leaned more liberal than the previous group.
Of those surveyed, 38.8 percent identified themselves as Democrats and 31.5 percent as Republican. Another 24 percent identified themselves as independents, a key group which Snyder carried by a 10-point margin, although many remain undecided.
The poll, whose results were first reported by The Detroit News on Monday, is the first of its kind since the Democratic Governors Association ran a series of broadcast and cable television "issue ads" that featured Schauer and criticized education funding under Snyder, which has emerged as a key issue early in the race.
The ad campaign stopped last week, and while it appears to have benefited Schauer, it remains to be seen whether he can maintain his numbers moving forward, according to TJ Bucholz, LE&A's director of public affairs.
"I think to see this kind of a jump in a poll, a couple things have to have happened. You have to have some progress by the candidate that's trailing, and you have to have a stumble by the candidate in the lead," said Bucholz.
"Schauer benefited from the DGA ads run on his behalf. I think that's part of it. I also think that some of it, and our poll shows this, is that there's a perception that Snyder has decreased education spending and that may have hurt him in the aggregate. I think it's both issues working in tandem."
Snyder and Schauer have been sparring over education funding levels, with the Republican pointing out that overall state school aid spending -- including teacher retirement system funding -- has increased since he took office even as the Democrat points out that the per-pupil funding allowance is down.
• Fact check: Did Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder cut $1 billion from education or add $660 per student?
Both sides can make the numbers work, but more poll respondents seemed to be using Schauer's math. Just 18 percent said they thought Snyder had increased K-12 funding since taking office, compared to 54 percent who said they thought he had decreased funding. Four percent said "neither" and 24 percent were not sure.
Snyder campaign manager Kyle Robertson questioned the validity of the poll, pointing out that other public surveys have featured a more balanced mix of respondents, typically with about three percent more Democrats than Republicans, and gave the governor an average lead of nearly 7 points over Schauer..
"In every recent reputable poll, the Governor's lead is widening because he is focused on the issues Michigan families care about most and that is why Michigan is coming back," Robertson said.
Pollster Dennis Denno acknowledged that the March survey had more Democratic respondents than the November version but noted the sample was within the margin of error. Bucholz said that LE&A "prides ourselves on these polls" and stood by the numbers, calling them a snapshot in time.
The DGA commercial may have boosted Schauer's profile, but 68 percent of respondents said they still did not know enough about him to form a solid opinion. Of those who did, 20 percent had a favorable opinion, compared to 11 percent unfavorable.
For Snyder, 43 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of him, compared to 42 percent who had an unfavorable opinion and 16 percent were undecided. Meanwhile, 41 percent of those polled said Snyder was doing an "excellent" or "good" job as governor, while 57 percent gave him "fair" or "poor" marks.
"For a Republican in a blue state like Michigan to be this far below 50 shows that he's in serious trouble," said Schauer campaign manager Zack Pohl. "We fully expect Snyder and his special interest backers to start attacking Mark on TV over the coming weeks and months. But the bottom line is, people aren't buying what this governor is selling."
Jonathan Oosting is a Capitol reporter for MLive Media Group. Email him, find him on Google+ or follow him on Twitter. |
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By Eclectablog on April 16, 2014 in Bwahahahahaha, Mark Schauer, Michigan Republicans, Republicans, Rick Snyder
I don’t know what happened here. Maybe Republican Governors Association Vice Chair Chris Christie is too busy dealing with his George Washington Bridgegate problem to be doing his job.
This morning, the RGA released another attack video on Mark Schauer for supporting a bill that required criminal background checks for nursing home employees, paid for by a small fee on nursing homes of $2.77 per bed daily. The program is known as the nursing home Quality Assurance Assessment Program.
Here’s the thing: the original bill was passed with bipartisan support in 2002 and signed into law by Repubilican governor John Engler. It was supposed to sunset in 2011 but a bill extending it until 2015 was passed by the legislature, again with bipartisan support, and signed into law by none other than Republican Governor Rick Snyder.
H.B. 4734, sponsored by state Rep. Matt Lori, amends the public health code to delay the sunset date on the nursing home Quality Assurance Assessment Program from Oct. 1, 2011 to Oct. 1, 2015. Delaying the sunset was included as part of the governor’s Fiscal Year 2012-13 budget proposal. By continuing the assessment, the state receives more in federal matching Medicaid funds than what is paid out by nursing homes. These funds are then directed to nursing homes in Michigan that provide Medicaid services. The bill is now P.A. 144.
Hell, the bill was even introduced by a Republican!!! LOLZ.
So, they are attacking Mark Schauer over a law he supported 12 years ago and was extended just three years ago by a REPUBLICAN governor via a bill introduced by a Republican legislator.
The mind it boggles, the hypocrisy it reeks.
Oh, and can I just say that their “the shower is over” tagline is one of the worst political marketing moves ever made? When you’re running against a candidate who is working hard to expand his name recognition, mentioning his name in the tagline of EVERY SINGLE AD is unbelievably stupid. Then again, these are Republicans we’re talking about. |
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Fear of retribution from Snyder administration appears to kill Progress Michigan’s anti-Snyder billboard in Lansing
By Eclectablog on April 15, 2014 in Media, Political Ads, Rick Snyder
What the heck did Chris Christie SAY when he was in Michigan last month???
Progress Michigan’s Tax Day billboard
Progress Michigan ran an anti-Rick Snyder digital billboard in Lansing, Ann Arbor, and Allen Park today — Tax Day — as part of the effort to raise awareness of Republican tax hikes on seniors, middle class, and poor Michiganders over the past three years. Actually, it’s more accurate to say they TRIED to run billboards in these cities. Adams Outdoor Advertising, the company that owns the billboards, rejected the contract that involved the Lansing billboard, apparently to avoid upsetting the Snyder administration.
MLive reports that Adams general manager Jason Kitchen denies that they rejected the ad. Instead, he blames it on an “account executive in Ann Arbor” for failing to send them the paperwork in Lansing in time:
Jason Kitchen, general manager of Adams’ Lansing sales office, said he rejected the ad without seeing the artwork — he was finishing up a vacation — and suggested his employees misinterpreted the decision, which he said had nothing to do with politics.
“Oh my gosh, no,” Kitchen told MLive on Tuesday. “Obviously we have political advertising all over our markets and issue advocacy is something that we love to be a part of. I haven’t even really taken the time to interpret this message, but I think (the employees) having seen it, they speculated as to why I wouldn’t run it.”
An account executive in Ann Arbor was supposed to forward a subcontract to Lansing but did not do so until Saturday, according to Kitchen. In order to get the digital billboard programmed by Monday, Kitchen said he would have had to ask an employee to come in on the weekend but ultimately concluded the small ad buy was not worth it.
Kitchen must have gotten on the phone after the MLive article was published with the title, “Company rejects anti-Snyder billboard; email cites desire for ‘good relationships’ with governor’s office” because a few hours later reporter Jonathon Oosting posted this update:
Kitchen objects to the idea that Adams “rejected” the ad: “An ad was placed in the Ann Arbor market and simply did not run in Lansing due to contractual procedure,” he said. “There was no rejection of an ad.”
I’m not sure what a “contractual procedure” means, but this contradicts an email received by Progress Michigan from Adams staff which clearly states that they were rejecting the ad for other reasons. That email reads in part:
We have decided to not accept this contract. It is not in the best interest of Adams, as we are really trying to continue to maintain good relationships with the Governor’s office. I spoke with Jason Kitchen again today, as well as our Real Estate Manager Rhonda Huffman.
It appears that, despite Kitchen’s statement, he DID know about the ad and that there was fear of retribution. It’s hard to read the statement “we are really trying to continue to maintain good relationships with the Governor’s office” any other way. Given that this is an election year and outdoor advertising is a big part of political messaging, perhaps Adams feared the Snyder campaign would choose to go with one of their competitors if they did something to upset them.
Then there is also the fact that Stephen Adams, the owner of Adams Outdoor Advertising, is a big Republican supporter:
Adams has been actively involved in fundraising for Republican Party candidates. He reportedly contributed over $1 million of billboard advertising (through his Adams Outdoor Advertising business) to support George W. Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign.
So, it’s either fear of Chris Christie-style retribution from the Snyder administration in the heat of a gubernatorial campaign or its a Republican supporter (read: crony) pulling strings to help his business associate (read: governor).
Either way it stinks. It is just one more piece to go along with all of the other cronyism, nepotism, backroom deals, and lack of transparency that have dogged the Snyder administration for the past three years.
Hopefully Governor Snyder had to look at the billboard in Ann Arbor on his way to work today. And hopefully all those Ann Arbor Democrats who voted for Rick Snyder in 2010 got a look at it, too, to remind them of the tragic mistake they made that they must atone for at the ballot box in November. |
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Monday Moan: Don't buy claim Schauer wanted to tax water ...
www.wayland.townbroadcast.com/...buy-claim-schauer-wanted-tax-water
The latest dumb political TV commercial criticizes then state senator Mark Schauer, now the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, for supporting a "tax bottled water ...
Monday Moan: Don't buy claim Schauer wanted to tax water
Submitted by editor on Sun, 04/13/2014 - 21:16
The latest dumb political TV commercial criticizes then state senator Mark Schauer, now the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, for supporting a "tax bottled water" proposal. Here's a news brief from 2007:
LANSING, MI — Michigan state Sen. Mark Schauer, D-Battle Creek, recently introduced legislation aimed at water bottlers that would create an excise tax of 20 cents per gallon on bottled water, according to a June 14 Muskegon Chronicle article.
Under the proposed legislation, which was referred to the Senate Committee on Finance May 25, companies that bottle or package water for sale in containers of 5.7 gallons or less would pay an excise tax at a rate of 20 cents per gallon.
Under the proposed scheme, water bottler Nestlé, considered Michigan’s largest, having produced 226 million gallons of Ice Mountain water at its Mecosta County facility, would pay about $45 million annually in excise taxes, the article said.
According to the proposed legislation, proceeds from the first $20 million generated by the tax would be split between the state’s clean water and water quality protection funds. The remainder would be deposited into the state’s general fund, the article said.
Schauer said in the article, “If water bottlers are going to extract this natural resource that is owned by all of us in Michigan, they should pay a small price for it. The public should receive some benefit from the extraction of this natural resource.”
All sorts of states struggle with these sorts of proposals which are not at all uncommon as a way to control plastic waste in landfills. In 2009, a similar proposal by then Lt. Gov. John Cherry to tax the Nestle Company (or another other company) a state fee on water it was pumping and bottling from Michigan wells. Cherry's theory was, as Schauer noted in 2007, that since Michiganders technically own all our state natural resources and because Nestle was using a loophole in the law about removing and selling publicly owned groundwater from the state so long as it was in containers smaller than 5 gallons (thus "bottled water") - in Cherry's proposal the 20 cents per gallon (not bottle) tax would have been used to restore the Michigan Promise College Scholarship program.
Neither Schauer's nor Cherry's proposals ever made into law. People should still be rightly concerned that for-profit groundwater wells can be negatively impacted by draining aquifers. There were all sorts of people in Michigan who wanted a fund created to compensate landowners if they lost their access to home well-water.
The whole point here is that this is a stupid commercial which attempts to paint Schauer in a negative light for supporting proposals to keep plastic out of landfills and/or protect Michigan's natural resources.
Dumb commercial created by dumb people hoping that dumb voters will believe it.
Don't be dumb. |
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Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:04 pm |
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Neither Schauer's nor Cherry's proposals ever made into law. People should still be rightly concerned that for-profit groundwater wells can be negatively impacted by draining aquifers. There were all sorts of people in Michigan who wanted a fund created to compensate landowners if they lost their access to home well-water
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This is why I refuse to buy Ice mountain bottled water from Nestle. They take the water free and bottle it. The Courts effused to even limit the amount they take fro the aquifer.
Nestle also markets the Wagging tail brand dog treats made in China that poisoned dogs. |
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Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:11 pm |
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Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:11 am |
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Tim Skubick: Republican Governor's Association ad chastising Mark Schauer doesn't exactly help Gov. Snyder
Tim Skubick | Politics Columnist for MLive.com By Tim Skubick | Politics Columnist for MLive.com
on April 22, 2014 at 5:31 AM, updated April 22, 2014 at 5:40 AM
When he first ran for governor, candidate Rick Snyder cleverly laid claim to the title, “non-career politician.”
And as he ran against the very epitome of a career politician Virg Bernero, the contrast was even more striking. And frankly voters liked the Snyder outsider image and that, in part, propelled him to victory.
Now over three years into this game, Snyder backers are trotting it out again as they identify Democratic challenger Mark Scahuer as a “politician” - as if there was nothing worse.
Well, given a golden opportunity the other day to nail down the Snyder “I’m-not-a-career politician” mantra, his campaign punted.
The Republican Governor’s Association ran an ad chastising Mr. Schauer for supporting a tax on nursing home beds when he served in the legislature. The RGA suggested it was proof of his “fondness for big government and the unreasonable tax and fee hikes that come with it.”
• Related: Check out the ad here
It was a good line but what they forgot to tell you is that a guy name Gov. John Engler and then a guy named Gov. Rick Snyder embraced the same nursing home bed tax.
Various media outlets pointed out the omission and one of them contacted the Snyder campaign for a reaction.
Instead it offered a two word response: “No comment.”
Media inquires to the Michigan-based campaign were referred instead to the mouthpiece for the RGA, where the stonewall continued.
Asked by the MIRS news folks to comment on whether the ad was “disingenuous,” the response ignored the question and took another shot at Mr. Schauer.
The governor’s critics might argue you would expect that from a bunch of career politicos in D.C.
But if the governor is not one of those, a more forth-coming response from his own team might have been, “Look it. We did not write or run the ad, but in the spirit of fairness and in keeping with the governor’s belief that he is different from all the rest, we think the commercial is misleading and we disavow the content.”
Given not one, but two chances to go there, the career politicians in the governor’s camp said no thanks.
Watch "Off the Record with Tim Skubick" online anytime at video.wkar.org
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