Too scared to adopt anything that the Dems in the MC Legislature propose against the will of the Minarik, Maggs puts forth her own version of “green”. From Maggie’s State of the County address:

Brooks spent much of the address talking about environmental initiatives, and a single car manufactured by General Motors that emits only water vapor that will become part of the county’s fleet was unveiled during the speech, which was held on Earth Day in a research center dedicated to sustainability at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

But there are other initiatives that could be put into place, including the “greening” of public buildings, yet to be built. RNews had this to report: (my bold)

GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS

A Democratic proposal that would set into law green standards for constructing new public buildings went down in defeat as well.

The proposal was reintroduced to members of the Agenda Charters Committee and it failed on a 2-3 party line vote.

It was sponsored by Stephen Eckel with the hope that the Legislature would take the lead in passing this environmental policy.

“It really baffles me as to why we can’t forward this proposal at least to the floor of the Legislature and get public input on it,” said Eckel.

“I think that the advances that lie ahead, we haven’t even scratched the surface yet and I really want to be in a position that we can be as flexible and nimble as we can to react to those standards that come down the pipe,” said Tony LaFountain, (R) county legislator.

This proposal was originally introduced and referred to the administration in September of last year, but the administration failed to report anything back to the Legislature.

I don’t know about you, but I’d like a little of what Tony is smoking in that “pipe”. ( I think the correct term is “pike”, but far be it for me to correct a distinguished member of the Monroe County Legislature’s Republican Majority’s use of the English language)

Shouldn’t we be taking advantage of every green opportunity that comes our way? Aren’t there many paths to the same outcome-decreasing our carbon footprint and alleviating the impact of Global Warming? This is not a partisan issue, and I’m sick of the Republicans trying to make it so.

Cowards, every last one of ‘em.