tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post3870340857400421773..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: Kewaunee County water contaminated. For the umpteenth time.James Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-48290390489613390772019-09-11T11:57:52.311-05:002019-09-11T11:57:52.311-05:00And now the area has had several rainstorms over t...And now the area has had several rainstorms over the past week, with more likely to come. Nice combination, isnt it? Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-85909120067390086802019-09-08T21:11:07.181-05:002019-09-08T21:11:07.181-05:00At every step of the way the regulators have the a...At every step of the way the regulators have the authority to shut all of this down but they refuse to at both the state and national level. The local pols end up bought off and the people end up with the mess. Sadly it leaves the people looking for help from judges who have little understanding or desire to increase their understanding of the issues both legal and technical. These farms that consistently violate their permits should be shut down. Period. Instead the rank and file in the DNR recommend "enforcement" and then the higher ups water down what "enforcement" actually means so that a simple letter to the offender with a request to comply with their permit is deemed to be "taking an enforcement action". Gutlessness is not new unfortunately. Years of this torment of the environment and despoiling of the water for local residents has gone on all while the CAFO's take their hundreds of millions in profits and spread a healthy chunk of it to the GOP in Wisconsin. Meanwhile they portray themselves as a quaint old red barn in a field with a farmer plowing the field, the wife setting pies out on the kitchen window to cool and the kids playing in the yard. That way when we complain they accuse us of trying to hurt "family farms".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com