Day: June 24, 2025

A Call To Local Action: MLive Article Entitled “Why are Michigan’s residential power rates so high? ‘This is getting outrageous’”A Call To Local Action: MLive Article Entitled “Why are Michigan’s residential power rates so high? ‘This is getting outrageous’”

It shows how high Consumers Energy electric rates are compared with alternatives, and just recently Consumers Energy has asked for one of the highest rate hikes in decades. In contrast, Ottawa County’s locally controlled utilities have much lower electric rates.

Speech to the Ottawa County Board on 06/24/2025: A Request for an Elected County Administrator and a Home Rule County CharterSpeech to the Ottawa County Board on 06/24/2025: A Request for an Elected County Administrator and a Home Rule County Charter

(At the 46:00 minute mark at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5gpO7wmL8U .) Joseph Parnell McCarter, Georgetown Township, volunteer leader of SaveTheCampbell effort. An elected County Administrator with a home rule county charter is a common sense solution to address some of the major challenges Ottawa County faces. The political dynamics of Ottawa County are such that a County Administrator […]