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By KATE HESSLING
Tribune Staff Writer
5/26/2011
BAD AXE — Representatives from two companies that have been
working on projects in the Thumb cautioned Huron County commissioners
against “putting the brakes” on future wind developments until
taxation issues are worked out in Lansing.
Both David Shiflett, of Geronimo Wind Energy, LLC, and Mike Serafin, of
DTE Energy, said they were at Tuesday’s Huron County Board of
Commissioners meeting in reaction to news reports of the board’s
meeting of the whole last week, where officials discussed putting a halt
to new wind developments until tax issues are resolved by lawmakers in
Lansing.
Shiflett said Commissioner John Bodis, who heads the Legislative
Committee, has been staying on top of proposed legislation at the state
level, and until there is legislation on the floor of either the House
or Senate, Shiflett urged the county to cautiously move forward with
wind development. More....
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