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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Day was just another man money.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
This Monday, though it is the day after Easter, will
be a little less mannic than it was just a
few weeks ago in northern Michigan when that ice storm
crippled our state. Cam Cavin is a state representative Republican
from Sheboygan and on our radio stage, our at and
T line right this very moment. Thank you very much
for being available.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Thank you for having me. Michael Patrick called the pleasure
to be on your show.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Sir, that's nice of you. What what was's your storm
experience in Sheboygan? Where were you and how to it
affect you and your family?
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Well? I was in Chaboygan in the home. We were
without power for eight days. The legislature was on spring break,
so I spent spring break camping in my living room
with my Coleman stove and gas fireplace for eight days.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Oh, you have to be very careful with that sort
of thing, and those people who had generators and so forth.
But the people of northern Michigan, we presume, are hearty enough.
But nobody expected that level of inconvenience, to say the least.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
No, Sir Michael Patrick. There were people without power for
up to well, twenty days. Twenty days it took. We
had families without power too, so it's we're just now
starting to brush it off. You're exactly right. Michiganders, Michigan
Northern Michiganders in particular, are hardy people. We can usually
(01:55):
do a storm, you know, three four five days, but
without fuel and energy and food, it gets difficult to do.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Michael Patrick, Well, you lose connection to the outside world
because we're so dependent on technology. Now, you lose power,
you lose access to groceries. And I presume the schools
were closed.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
That's it exactly Lewis and Joe Burg. I don't want
to give the exact date, but they're just now starting
to open back up after twenty days.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
How do we make up for that kind of learning
loss over twenty days? And is there talk that maybe
they'll have to stay into the summer now, Well, that's.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
The discussion now, and that's coming out of Lancing. A
lot of the local school boards would like some flexibility
with that and approach me about possibly giving them some
relief by passing up bill down in Lancing.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
What would house build forty three forty five, the one
you're proposing do.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Well, it protects local control. First of all, you know
we've gone through a lot up here, and it places
the power and the hands of our local school board
and not edocrats down in Lancing to control how many
days of school we're going during a state of emergency. Now,
we don't need a one size fits all mandate for
(03:13):
the whole state when disaster strikes. But this bill is
limited in target for just temporary lyef for those districts,
and it's responsible a use of power. It's only in
a declaration of a state of emergency that this bill
would take place.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
So there are a number of hours that are required
through the course of the day and the school year,
and if followed doesn't understand it, then the students would
have to stay in to make up for these two
or three weeks unless your bill is passed.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Unless the bill is passed, the school boards are the
local school districts and parents would have to accommodate their
kids going to school to make up for those days. Now,
the state sets those days and hours. It's actually one thousand,
ninety eight hours or one hundred and eighty days, and
(04:07):
we're looking to waive those at the local level for
some of these districts that are affected now they don't
have to. They can choose to go extra days that
they wish. But it just takes the hands out of
lancing and puts it back into local control where it
needs to be. Michael Patrick, did.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Some of the are some of the schools in northern
Michigan already having to make up snow days before the
giant storm?
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yes, yes, the Galored area, but the outside of my district,
And I can't really speak to the Pacifics for those
I know the Galored area got hit really hard with
snow this year. It might have been approaching that Man
Salona schools, but those are on more northwest Michigan. I'm
northeast Michigan.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
So the bottom line in your theory is that the
teachers in the classrooms and the principles they coordinate with
at the local level are most well equipped to decide
whether they need extra days to catch up or not.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Exactly, Michael Patrick, Exactly.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
I bet you wish you had this bill during the pandemic.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
I wasn't serving during the pandemic, thank god, I was
a citizen.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
And then we had Easter break, of course, and there
was a spring break and so forth, can you get
this bill through fast enough? Things don't usually happen that
quickly in the Capitol, do they.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Well, we're working on it, and I know, you know,
the governor's been to my district twice and express some
support for this type of this type of bill, so
she's been very accommodating. I hope she'll take it back
to Lancing with her and get this signed.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
This is going to sound weird, but if they did,
those students have to stay in till July. Some of
those schools don't have air conditioning. Now, air conditioning would
be the furthest thing from your thought during this ice storm,
but it is a reality that happens in Michigan, even
northern Michigan.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
That's true. But however, some of these schools might not
have the budgets because these days are there's union contracts
and there's teacher set asides and things that need to
be honored. That the school districts might not have the
resources to go that far into July.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Okay, we will keep our lines open to you. Let
us know if we can help and travel safely back
and forth to the Capitol when you do that. And
I'm sorry to hear. You live so long without power,
you come to recognize how much you appreciate the creature
comforts when you have them. And they're not creature comforts
in northern Michigan, they're the necessities of life.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Yes, sir, I appreciate you. Michael Patrick, thanks for your
time today.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Thank you very much, and a happy Easter or a
happy Dingus Day. In fact, the state representative cam cavits,
what is Dingus Day? Well, we'll find out next hour.
As you heard Paul Long refer to earlier, it's still
a sort of an Easter holiday today, even though it's
the day after Easter Sunday. But what does it mean?
Speaker 1 (06:52):
What's it all about? Alfie?
Speaker 2 (06:54):
As they say, reliable power is what you expect, and
you deserve Consumers energy, keeping the lights on and working
toward as stronger greatest job number one, no matter the
weather or what Mother Nature throws our way, you can
count on Consumers energy. And they had people in from
other states working as fast as they could to restore
(07:14):
the power. Join Americans for Prosperity, the nation's largest grassroots
organization fighting to reignite the American dream and help secure
the border and then inflation and make energy more affordable.
Is it Americans for Prosperity dot org and get involved
on this Dingus Day.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
This is Chris Buck with a Michigan Reimagined podcast. When
it comes to creating commercial and residential spaces, there's no
one I trust more than my friends at the Forestburg
Real Estate Company. Brendon his team take a holistic approach
to creating an environment that suits your needs while creating
a foundation for a prosperous community. Since in nineteen fifties,
Forstburg has been a name to trust if you're looking
to partner on a project, occupy a great space to
live or work. Reach out to my friends at Forstburg
(07:53):
Real Estate Company by calling five one seven three four
nine nine three three zero or check out their website
at lansingreestate dot com.
Speaker 4 (08:00):
Grocery shopping is a good deal better with the Meyer
seven for seven sale. Pay just one dollar each when
you mix or match any seven or more participating items.
Save big on everything you need for a complete family meal,
including assorted Meyer frozen vegetables, select varieties of Campbell's condensed soup,
Meyer pasta and pasta sauce, and Ben and Jerry's are
(08:20):
Hoggendhaw's ice cream, Family friendly meals and low prices. That's
the happy shopper, Good life at Meyer. Exclusions apply See
all deals in the Meyer app.
Day was just another man money.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
This Monday, though it is the day after Easter, will
be a little less mannic than it was just a
few weeks ago in northern Michigan when that ice storm
crippled our state. Cam Cavin is a state representative Republican
from Sheboygan and on our radio stage, our at and
T line right this very moment. Thank you very much
for being available.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Thank you for having me. Michael Patrick called the pleasure
to be on your show.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Sir, that's nice of you. What what was's your storm
experience in Sheboygan? Where were you and how to it
affect you and your family?
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Well? I was in Chaboygan in the home. We were
without power for eight days. The legislature was on spring break,
so I spent spring break camping in my living room
with my Coleman stove and gas fireplace for eight days.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
Oh, you have to be very careful with that sort
of thing, and those people who had generators and so forth.
But the people of northern Michigan, we presume, are hearty enough.
But nobody expected that level of inconvenience, to say the least.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
No, Sir Michael Patrick. There were people without power for
up to well, twenty days. Twenty days it took. We
had families without power too, so it's we're just now
starting to brush it off. You're exactly right. Michiganders, Michigan
Northern Michiganders in particular, are hardy people. We can usually
(01:55):
do a storm, you know, three four five days, but
without fuel and energy and food, it gets difficult to do.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Michael Patrick, Well, you lose connection to the outside world
because we're so dependent on technology. Now, you lose power,
you lose access to groceries. And I presume the schools
were closed.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
That's it exactly Lewis and Joe Burg. I don't want
to give the exact date, but they're just now starting
to open back up after twenty days.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
How do we make up for that kind of learning
loss over twenty days? And is there talk that maybe
they'll have to stay into the summer now, Well, that's.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
The discussion now, and that's coming out of Lancing. A
lot of the local school boards would like some flexibility
with that and approach me about possibly giving them some
relief by passing up bill down in Lancing.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
What would house build forty three forty five, the one
you're proposing do.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Well, it protects local control. First of all, you know
we've gone through a lot up here, and it places
the power and the hands of our local school board
and not edocrats down in Lancing to control how many
days of school we're going during a state of emergency. Now,
we don't need a one size fits all mandate for
(03:13):
the whole state when disaster strikes. But this bill is
limited in target for just temporary lyef for those districts,
and it's responsible a use of power. It's only in
a declaration of a state of emergency that this bill
would take place.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
So there are a number of hours that are required
through the course of the day and the school year,
and if followed doesn't understand it, then the students would
have to stay in to make up for these two
or three weeks unless your bill is passed.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Unless the bill is passed, the school boards are the
local school districts and parents would have to accommodate their
kids going to school to make up for those days. Now,
the state sets those days and hours. It's actually one thousand,
ninety eight hours or one hundred and eighty days, and
(04:07):
we're looking to waive those at the local level for
some of these districts that are affected now they don't
have to. They can choose to go extra days that
they wish. But it just takes the hands out of
lancing and puts it back into local control where it
needs to be. Michael Patrick, did.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Some of the are some of the schools in northern
Michigan already having to make up snow days before the
giant storm?
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Yes, yes, the Galored area, but the outside of my district,
And I can't really speak to the Pacifics for those
I know the Galored area got hit really hard with
snow this year. It might have been approaching that Man
Salona schools, but those are on more northwest Michigan. I'm
northeast Michigan.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
So the bottom line in your theory is that the
teachers in the classrooms and the principles they coordinate with
at the local level are most well equipped to decide
whether they need extra days to catch up or not.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Exactly, Michael Patrick, Exactly.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
I bet you wish you had this bill during the pandemic.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
I wasn't serving during the pandemic, thank god, I was
a citizen.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
And then we had Easter break, of course, and there
was a spring break and so forth, can you get
this bill through fast enough? Things don't usually happen that
quickly in the Capitol, do they.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Well, we're working on it, and I know, you know,
the governor's been to my district twice and express some
support for this type of this type of bill, so
she's been very accommodating. I hope she'll take it back
to Lancing with her and get this signed.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
This is going to sound weird, but if they did,
those students have to stay in till July. Some of
those schools don't have air conditioning. Now, air conditioning would
be the furthest thing from your thought during this ice storm,
but it is a reality that happens in Michigan, even
northern Michigan.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
That's true. But however, some of these schools might not
have the budgets because these days are there's union contracts
and there's teacher set asides and things that need to
be honored. That the school districts might not have the
resources to go that far into July.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Okay, we will keep our lines open to you. Let
us know if we can help and travel safely back
and forth to the Capitol when you do that. And
I'm sorry to hear. You live so long without power,
you come to recognize how much you appreciate the creature
comforts when you have them. And they're not creature comforts
in northern Michigan, they're the necessities of life.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Yes, sir, I appreciate you. Michael Patrick, thanks for your
time today.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Thank you very much, and a happy Easter or a
happy Dingus Day. In fact, the state representative cam cavits,
what is Dingus Day? Well, we'll find out next hour.
As you heard Paul Long refer to earlier, it's still
a sort of an Easter holiday today, even though it's
the day after Easter Sunday. But what does it mean?
Speaker 1 (06:52):
What's it all about? Alfie?
Speaker 2 (06:54):
As they say, reliable power is what you expect, and
you deserve Consumers energy, keeping the lights on and working
toward as stronger greatest job number one, no matter the
weather or what Mother Nature throws our way, you can
count on Consumers energy. And they had people in from
other states working as fast as they could to restore
(07:14):
the power. Join Americans for Prosperity, the nation's largest grassroots
organization fighting to reignite the American dream and help secure
the border and then inflation and make energy more affordable.
Is it Americans for Prosperity dot org and get involved
on this Dingus Day.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
This is Chris Buck with a Michigan Reimagined podcast. When
it comes to creating commercial and residential spaces, there's no
one I trust more than my friends at the Forestburg
Real Estate Company. Brendon his team take a holistic approach
to creating an environment that suits your needs while creating
a foundation for a prosperous community. Since in nineteen fifties,
Forstburg has been a name to trust if you're looking
to partner on a project, occupy a great space to
live or work. Reach out to my friends at Forstburg
(07:53):
Real Estate Company by calling five one seven three four
nine nine three three zero or check out their website
at lansingreestate dot com.
Speaker 4 (08:00):
Grocery shopping is a good deal better with the Meyer
seven for seven sale. Pay just one dollar each when
you mix or match any seven or more participating items.
Save big on everything you need for a complete family meal,
including assorted Meyer frozen vegetables, select varieties of Campbell's condensed soup,
Meyer pasta and pasta sauce, and Ben and Jerry's are
(08:20):
Hoggendhaw's ice cream, Family friendly meals and low prices. That's
the happy shopper, Good life at Meyer. Exclusions apply See
all deals in the Meyer app.
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