Legislators Again Call For Great Lakes Compact Approval

Bi-partisan legislators from key districts are again calling for Wisconsin to approve the Great Lakes Compact.

It appears as if there is a probable draft to be introduced this month - - with two big questions surrounding its chances for success:

1. Will it be strong enough to be effective on the major issues, including diversion standards?

2. Will those essentially anti-regulatory libertarian business interests at the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and the Waukesha County Chamber of Commerce continue to oppose Compact provisions requiring all eight Great Lakes states to work in unison on water stewardship?

This is the basic collision of power-brokers and attitude (read: politics) in Wisconsin over the Compact: Will people, groups and alliances want to go their separate ways - - thus also releasing their counterparts in the other states to do the same - - or will they agree to work together across an eight-state, two-nation with Great Lakes protection as the highest, common goal?