ADRIAN, Mich.--- Following news of a disastrous oil spill in nearby Calhoun County, 16th District State Senate candidate Doug Spade today launched www.TheGreatLakesProposal.com ---an on-line petition drive designed to spur Michigan legislators into placing on the fall ballot a measure to constitutionally ban oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes and hold corporate polluters responsible for all cleanup costs and damages caused by their negligence.

The Michigan Public Transit Association today endorsed Doug Spade for the 16th District State Senate seat.

"Doug Spade is a strong advocate for the working people of this state, and he will support our public transit systems that more and more people rely on,” MPTA Director Clark Harder said.

THREE RIVERS---16th District State Senate candidate Doug Spade today welcomed Burt Fenby and his “Tour de Spade” Team to St. Joseph County as the bicyclists made their way through Three Rivers and Centreville. Fenby, a former Lenawee County Commissioner and current Director for the Lenawee County Community Action Agency, explained the trip from Lake Michigan to Lake Erie as a show of support for Spade’s efforts to take his fight for the people of southern Michigan to the State Senate.