Who's Doo-Doo?

By vouchey in News on Jun 16, 2004 1:32PM

The battle over who really creates the dirty water in Lake Michigan is getting down to who put the doo-doo in the lake. Environmental Protection Agency scientists announced today that they think the cause of high E. Coli levels in Chicago's lake water is a result of animal and bird feces. But North Shore Congressman Mark Kirk isn't taking EPA's, uh, poop. Swinging into action, and using a well-worn Congressional method, on Tuesday Kirk directed the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration to produce a special report on "Cheesehead" sewage problems, a.k.a., Milwaukee dumping their doo-doo into Lake Michigan.

On the one hand, it's beginning to look like a big "pile on Milwaukee", because everyone likes to beat up on the Chicago-wannabes just north of the border. But Milwaukee has a history of dumping crap into the lake, and their public officials seem to know it. While Chicago has been closing it's beaches, Wisconsinites have been begging for federal money to try and fix the problem. Please, Wisconsin. Get it done. We want to go swimming in the lake. Thank you.