OCTOBER 5, 2023 • Vol. 35, No. 21
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Butterfly habitat added to Pitchford Park BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
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Former President Donald Trump offered remarks before a crowd of supporters and auto workers at Drake Enterprises in Clinton Township on Sept. 27.
Trump visits Clinton Township, criticizes push for electric vehicles REPUBLICAN PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR AUTO WORKERS DURING EVENT AT DRAKE ENTERPRISES Bridge Michigan
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CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Michigan auto workers deserve “fair
wages and greater stability” but their jobs could soon collapse because of a government-backed shift to electric vehicles, former President Donald Trump warned in a speech Sept. 27 in Clinton Township. “Your current negotiations don’t
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mean as much as you think” because “in two to three years you will not have one job in this state,” Trump said in the speech at Drake Enterprises, near Gratiot Avenue and Hall Road. His remarks were aimed at strik-
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MACOMB TOWNSHIP — The plans for Pitchford Park keep growing. At the Sept. 27 meeting, the Macomb Township Board of Trustees accepted a grant to build a butterfly habitat in the park. Provided by Canadian National Railway through its EcoConnexions program and administered through Macomb County’s Department of Planning and Economic Development, milkweed seeds will be planted across about an acre of the park’s drain and wetland section. “There’s been a number of studies showing the monarch butterflies in the eastern United States declining substantially over the last 20 years — in the last few years, even more substantially,” said Leon Drolet, township treasurer. “One of the challenges these butterflies are facing in the eastern part of the United States in particular is pesticides. In a lot of wetland areas, you’ve got phragmites, an invasive species, crowding out milkweed and other flowering plants that the butterflies need.” Milkweed is particularly important for monarch butterflies, since it is the only flower they lay eggs on and the only flowers monarch caterpillars eat. “We’ve already worked with the contractor who is building Pitchford Park to get the approved