From the Green Bay Press.
"Mining measure moves forward in Michigan
October 16, 2009
LANSING — A proposed Michigan ballot measure that would prohibit some types of mining and restrict others took a small step forward Wednesday.
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The petition form submitted by a group called the Michigan Save Our Water Committee was approved by a state election board. The group would have to collect more than 300,000 valid signatures of Michigan voters to get its proposal on the statewide November 2010 ballot.
"The proposal winds up being a direct assault, a direct attack on the U.P.," said Deb Muchmore, a spokeswoman for Citizens to Protect Michigan Jobs, a developing opposition group that is expected to soon include mining interests. "It would be a job killer and an industry killer for that region of our state."
The measure would prohibit uranium mining and processing until "new rules" are established to "protect against the special risks associated with those activities," according to the petition language.
— The Associated Press" Mining measure moves forward in Michigan | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press-Gazette
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