Insiders, some in EPA, continue to say the recent Great Lakes lovefest in Chicago hosted by EPA chief Mike Leavitt was a poorly-designed attempt to regain control of the Lakes restoration issue from a region that was starting to get its agenda together. But not a single editorialist has yet commented on this. Perhaps this region deserves to lose control of the Lakes if its wise observers and leaders aren't subtle enough to know when they're being gamed.
And just exactly why does it make sense for Republican-run Washington to get control of our Great Lakes when Michigan's previous Republican Governor and U.S. Senator (Abraham) condemned the idea of letting Washington make Great Lakes decisions?
Great Lakes states waiting for the Bush Administration to develop a genuine environmental commitment is like chickens waiting for Colonel Sanders to become a vegetarian.