Local Political News Includes Water Plan, Endorsement

This time of year, Farmington-Farmington Hills Patch receives many press releases from political candidates. Here are some recent announcements: 

Nash lays out water resources plan

Oakland County Commissioner Jim Nash, Democratic candidate for Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner (WRC), has announced a campaign platform focusing on several aspects of sustainable development and the long-term triple bottom line: economic growth, environmental protection and social equity. He aims to:

• find a way to solve the storm water issues affecting water quality through collaboration between local community planning and engineering agencies, the business and construction communities and homeowners.
• limit runoff using water conservation and runoff mitigation programs developed by the USGBC Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program, planning for low impact development through SEMCOG and regional water officials and by educating homeowners about the benefits of rain barrels and water gardens
• lead efforts to develop a regional program to turn now useless waste water flow into an innovative system of hydro-power generation, creating a stable hydroelectric power supply with no environmental impact
• support a moratorium on fracking around Oakland County lakes and throughout the aquifer that supplies wells, unless proven state of the art precautions are developed and water testing is instituted around all drilling sites

Learn more at www.votejimnash.com.

Small Business PAC endorses Lilley

The Small Business Association of Michigan’s (SBAM) Small BIZ PAC announced its endorsement of Bruce Lilley, candidate for State Representative for the 37th District.

“The current legislature has made excellent progress toward propelling a new economic direction for Michigan and making the state a better place in which to do business, and we believe that electing Bruce Lilley in the 37th District will help us carry that positive momentum into the next term,” SBAM President and CEO Rob Fowler said in the release.

Learn more at www.brucelilley.org

Taj/Bentivolio race tagged by DCCC

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has announced that the campaign of Dr. Syed Taj has joined the list of "Emerging Races" for the  2012 campaign cycle. The race in Michigan’s 11th Congressional District recently became an open seat following the petition scandal and subsequent resignation of the Republican incumbent.

Taj is running against Republican Kerry Bentivolio. Read more at DCCC Chairman Steve Israel Announces 4 new Red to Blue races.