MORE WRONG HEADED THINKING AND PROMOTION OF OLD TECHNOLOGY TO "DELAY" THE FUTURE.. WHAT CARE DOES THIS GENERATION HAVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS? CERTAINLY NOT THE PROLIFERATION OF ASTHMA AND A MULTITUDE OF LUNG DESEASES ALREADY RAMPANT AMONG OUR CHILDREN. ALTERNATIVE POWER SOURCES COULD BE DEVELOPED MUCH QUICKER IF WE COULD ONLY EDUCATE POLITICOS TO OPERATE IN THIS CENTURY ..

I grew up in Bay City, and still over 50 years later, own our family home. When will Bay City wake up and stop destroying everything about itself for a quick profit that destroys the future for the next generation to come. I swam at Bay City State Park as a child. Look what short term "we need the jobs, we need the industry etc." did to this our greatest asset that drew over one millon visitors a year. For all the rest of my life and the lives of the entire next generations to come, this greatest asset will be a polluted nightmare. The coal plant is the same tired, ignorant response to the greatest environmental challenge of our day and the future. "How do we save not just Bay City, but the the earth itself from Global warming and the nightmare of 'old polluting energy solutions'for a few jobs and short term solutions to lifetime problems". Will Bay City ever learn, or will we be condemned to repeat over and over again the same quick term, emploit now and destroy the future for generations to come. We must stop this coal plant, for it is the wrong answer to the greatest question of our age. How do we protect the earth, and still get enough energy for the present and the future? Think of what Bay City would be like today with millons of tourists every summer, swimming in a clean Bay City State Park, generating jobs, spending money etc. or what we have as the legacy of the "do it quick and cheap, even if it destroys the future". I for one Bay City resident stand and say take your coal plant ideas away from what is left of our community. Gabe Sheridan