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Remembering environmental champion Skip Pruss

Michigan has lost one of its most valiant defenders and environmental stewards. Northport resident Stanley “Skip” Pruss, a husband, father, grandfather, friend, environmental attorney, clean energy expert and former board chair of Flow Water Advocates passed away from cancer on Sept. 5. Pruss was the co-founder of 5 Lakes Energy, specializing in energy policy and clean energy system development. Prior to establishing 5 Lakes Energy, he was the director of the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth and the state’s Chief Energy Officer and served as Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm’s Special Advisor for Renewable Energy and the Environment.

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“Disagreeing without being disagreeable.” Leelanau citizens find Common Ground across political divides

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The comedian and clown Patch Adams was onto something when he said, “Humor is an antidote to all ills.” Leelanau County residents Skip Pruss and Jim White may disagree on politics, but Pruss drew a chuckle from White when he joked, “I’m known as the shit man in Lansing,” during their conversation about septic policy earlier this month. They shared a table and bantered during a Common Ground meeting on May 13 at the Friendship Center in Suttons Bay. The monthly gatherings, which were held from January until May and will resume this fall—prior to November’s national midterm elections—are an attempt to break through the caustic national political divide and give citizens of different backgrounds an opportunity to break bread together, discuss local political issues, and find common ground.

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