A reporter for a Great Lakes region newspaper described the President's 2007 budget proposal for the Lakes as a mixed bag. In these quarters there is new respect for the White House spin job. When the President proposes $20 million in new money for the Great Lakes (while cutting other Great Lakes programs) in responding to a $20 billion cleanup plan developed by his own Administration...meaning it would take 1000 years at that rate to come up with $20 billion...and that's considered a "mixed bag"...that is great spin.
The Great Lakes will abide.
Posted by Dave at February 11, 2006 09:52 AM