Jennifer Granholm - Excuse Tool

Dems tap Granholm for alternative energy session

Gov. Jennifer Granholm will play a role in the Democratic National Convention in Denver after all: She'll moderate a town hall meeting Tuesday night on alternative energy, one of her favorite topics.

The governor was contacted late Thursday by the Barack Obama campaign about leading the energy discussion, and unveiled the plans at a news conference Friday.

"Michigan was selected for that because we have been focused on alternative and renewable energy," said Granholm.

Details of the energy session -- time, place, participants -- haven't been determined, the governor's office said.

Granholm has been pushing an energy package that includes a mandate that 10 percent of the state's electricity be generated by renewable sources by 2015. But the legislation hasn't passed the Senate. She has said the location of alternative energy businesses here depends on passage of the bills.

She blamed Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, for blocking the measure.

"Who's holding this back? It's one man. His name is Mike Bishop," Granholm said. "We got a bipartisan package out of the House."

Matt Marsden, spokesman for Bishop, said the senator has been available all summer to work out a compromise on the energy package.

"He hasn't heard from the governor since June," Marsden said. "It's the governor's failure to step up and lead that's the problem here despite what she says to her buddies in Denver."

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The governor again declined to say whether she would like Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to attend the convention -- he, like she, is a super delegate by virtue of his high standing in the party -- and refused to field any questions about the mayor's legal problems or the Sept. 3 removal hearing in Detroit that Granholm will conduct.

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I agree with Matt.


I don't know about all this jazz, I haven't seen Granholm do one thing positive for the state during her whole tenure...now she is going to blame someone else...try and get everyone on the "party card"

She can't even decide to dethrone Kwami Kilpatrick when the whole state cries out for it.

What alternative energies?

Farts?

We have jack squat for alternative energy policy, progress or projects in this state who is she trying to kid?

Oh yeah....you and I.



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