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keep yer cotton pickin' hands off the Great Lakes

There is a growing chorus of sentiment in the Great Lakes community for a massive federal investment to restore their health. Provided that the states take the lead, working with citizens, in identifying the top priority problems and control the money, that's fine. But we must be careful not overly to "nationalize" the Lakes. That's an invitation, as one environmentalist said, to make them the "national canteen" (or plastic water bottle) when water shortages begin to worsen in the arid South and West.

Here's yesterday's Muskegon Chronicle editorial calling for a federal rescue package:

http://www.mlive.com/news/muchronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-0/11006289047380.xml