Happy New Year. Perhaps it's time for the elected officials of the Great Lakes states to band together as never before -- not for more studies, but to demand real support for protecting the Great Lakes. Or, stop calling them a "national treasure," and take their fate (and the resources needed to support them) into our own hands.
It seems more clear all the time that the Great Lakes states are a great fly-over area for the pols in Washington, except for GOP fund-raisers who comb this section of the country for contributions. Much of the time, the Great Lakes states are simply written off, even though Ohio contributed the electoral vote margin of victory for George W. Bush in 2004
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Posted by Dave at January 1, 2006 02:23 PM