Gary Wilson’s commentary should be of interest to everyone in Illinois. After all, 1/5 of the earth’s fresh water is in the Great Lakes. With Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk now on the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, he can be a leader or just further muddy the waters:
Illinois, with only a scant few miles of Great Lakes shore, recently increased its already significant influence over the Great Lakes.
The state’s first-term Republican senator, Mark Kirk, announced early this month that he will join Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., as co-chair of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force.
The Great Lakes Task Force is a congressional bipartisan group “that works to enhance the economic and environmental health of the Great Lakes,” according to the Kirk press release marking his appointment.
Levin has been on the task force since 1999. Kirk replaces retired Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio.
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Read the rest of Gary’s commentary in Great Lakes Echo.
