However, there is a lot of state response in Eagle right now. DOT is constructing a road all the way around the other side of the airport to avoid a situation like this from reoccurring, DPS has a representative there working with the local VPSO to ensure that order is kept, and there’s a representative from DMVA coordinating state aid. I know from the residents that Fish and Game had been there as well. When I was there they (the State folks) had already been there for two weeks working extremely hard to help in any way that they could. Please remember their efforts.

GM promises to come out on the other side leaner and better for all this drama. It’s just getting from here to there that is the painful part.

But Michiganders are a sturdy bunch. We’re dedicated and hard working and will persevere, making better product and “cleaning house” of that which is contrary to our success.

I’m truly saddened and awestruck, however, by what the folks in AK are going through. It will be the entire summer of toiling to clean up and rebuild before the snow flies again.

I just hope SP doesn’t drag her feet anymore. Waiting… how long was it? A few WEEKS? … to request that the area was even declared a “Disaster”? Unbelieveable. She better get that fancy pen out and make any and all requests she can ASAP.

FEMA will help. I know they will.

Samper– It makes me mad that so many hard-working people like you have to suffer for what I see as the greediness and shortsightedness of car companies’ CEOs and other top management. They have consistently chosen to manufacture the cars that make them the most money in the short term (like SUVs), while ignoring the issues of reliability (especially over the long term) and fuel economy. Any idiot could have seen that gas prices would shoot up sooner or later, and more and more people wanted a “greener” vehicle, but the big three were way behind the curve in developing hybrids and other fuel-efficient vehicles, as well as in increasing reliability to match the Japanese cars. Eight years ago, I bought a Subaru wagon because no American vehicle was nearly as reliable. [To confound matters--it was made at a US plant.]
I’ll jump down off my soapbox now and offer you my sympathy. Good luck to you and yours.

They are nowhere to be found. Want to know WHY?

OK! I’ll tell you!

It’s because OUR Gov is NOT trying to figure her “best angle” for future elections.

It’s because OUR Gov is FULLY FOCUSED on getting our state to RIGHT without regard for her own personal goals.

SP could learn a LOT from MY Gov!!!!

Truly, I don’t know how many more hits to the gut we can take.

We “expected” GM’s bankruptcy, but not in numbers like 200K MORE unemployed workers in our beautiful and industrious state.

That said, my heart absolutely aches for for your residents experiencing such seemingly insurmountable odds.

I truly ache. My tummy hurts and I cry for all. In Deroit and AK equally.

Sadly, I can’t even help my own, let alone others. I’ve been laid off from an auto supplier since September.

I donated to the HOPE mission, and that was out of my need, not my excess. Excess was gone long ago.

Today, I donate of my need to my own state. We, too, are suffering without reprieve, but I am in solace believing that OUR PRESIDENT will make sure no American suffers tragedy like yours without aid.

I HAVE to believe. It’s all we have going for us right now.

So sadly, I can’t donate more for AK when MI is suffering seemingly unsurmountable obstacles ourselves. We have children living in cars and going to school with empty tummies. If I can buy one bowl of cereal and a glass of juice, it matters. It really does.

We BUILT this country on manufacturing products that Americans wanted.

Funny how many Americans chose to buy elsewhere.

Please, if you are in the market for a vehicle, please, buy AMERICAN. We have product that shines long after the sale.

We want to WORK for what you choose to buy.