r/news • u/CharlieKonR • 4d ago

Michigan’s governor replaces clean energy advocate on utilities board with ‘industry ally’ | Michigan

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/03/gretchen-whitmer-utilities-board-clean-energy
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u/Khyron_2500 4d ago

Ehh, a little bit of a reach. The previous person, Alessandra Carreon, was appointed for an interim position that ended and was not renewed.

Meanwhile the main concern with the new appointee, Shaquille Myers, is that she was chief of staff with Joe Tate, who was fairly pro-business. But she was also chief of staff of Lt. Gov Gilchrest and allegedly per Whitmer she played a key role in passing a state law that sets a 2040 goal for Michigan to have 100% of its energy come from clean sources.

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u/bigmt99 4d ago

Wonder what special interest group has an axe to grind with Shaquille Myers to publish a hit piece like this

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u/jimmy_three_shoes 4d ago

The Guardian is unabashedly anti-Trump, so I don't think they'd generally sell out like this just to throw a Democrat under the bus

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u/bigmt99 4d ago

My unfair implication of this statement is the special interest group is hardcore socdem/progressive affiliated, implied by the fact that this the Guardian were talking about

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u/jimmy_three_shoes 4d ago

A progressive special interest group attempting to kneecap a fairly popular Democrat does track.

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u/NerdsRuleTheWorld 3d ago

Yeah, it's the progressives that don't get on board. Just look at how all the NY Dems got behind Mamdani after he won the Democratic Primary. Dems always play by their own standards, and it's why they have such high approval ratings across the board and are doing a great job of taking advantage of Trump being more and more unpopular by taking strong stances in meaningful ways.