Conservatively Speaking

I try not to be pessimistic because I believe we need a STRONG Great Lakes Compact [GLC] and want to promote it.

First appearances tell me the power mongers can’t get together again for the good of everyone.  This is why we all have a special place in our hearts for politicians.  That’s because politics is like cleaning fish – no matter how good a job you do it still stinks!  Catharsis concluded for the day!

I hope the GLC will not be a parallel to how WI settles their budget issues – keep butting heads for political egoism and everything falls apart.  Planned obsolescence or not.

I agree that any one state official should not have the power to subvert anything of another state.  This must be a condition for every state.

What really baffles me is the ignorant obtenency of many politicians that would “burn down the barn to kill the rats”.   Are there no intelligent people out there who can agree on a pact and write it to preclude any frivolous litigation?  Is it just my naivete?

The constituency of these kind of contrary leaders should never tolerate actions of this kind…unless, of course, you have a power plant, or the like, on the lake and do not want any restrictions put on you and you have enough money to buy that.

This is where I see the GLC going.  The “campaign fertilizers” who have a lot at stake concerning pollution laws are affecting enough politicians to help nip this in the bud and let it die through neglect.

Time will tell.  Do you really think the GLC will be resurrected and be viable legislation?  I sure hope so but WI politics is one of the worst, in my opinion, and it is hard to be optimistic.  

I need some encouragement.