MacIver News Minute: Leftist Milwaukee Leaders Ignored Lead Pipe Problem For Decades

By Chris Rochester - May 21, 2019

Bob Donovan, Democrats, Drinking Water, Environmental Defense Fund, John Nygren, Jon Erpenbach, LaTonya Johnson, Lead Laterals, Lead Pipes, MacIver News Minute, Milwaukee, Republicans, Robin Vos, Streetcar, Sue Bauman, The Hop, Tom Barrett, Tony Evers, Water

Milwaukee liberals have “lead” their constituents to believe that legislative Republicans are to blame for the city’s lead pipes problem. The fix to Milwaukee’s drinking water crisis, they insist, is more state taxpayer money. But liberals and socialists have controlled the city of Milwaukee for the better part of a century. And while Milwaukee’s citizens wait for clean drinking water, its mayor is fixated on an expensive streetcar. Read More MacIver News Minute: Leftist Milwaukee Leaders Ignored Lead Pipe Problem For Decades

Milwaukee Tries To Pass The Buck On Lead Pipe Replacement

By Chris Rochester - May 20, 2019

Bob Donovan, Democrats, Drinking Water, Environmental Defense Fund, John Nygren, Jon Erpenbach, LaTonya Johnson, Lead Laterals, Lead Pipes, Milwaukee, Republicans, Robin Vos, Streetcar, Sue Bauman, The Hop, Tom Barrett, Tony Evers, Water

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos applauds the City of Madison for replacing all privately owned lead lateral pipes on its own, and wonders why City of Milwaukee needs a handout from state taxpayers to do the same. Read More Milwaukee Tries To Pass The Buck On Lead Pipe Replacement

Who’s To Blame For The Failure To Fix Milwaukee’s Lead Problem? Look Left

By Matt Kittle - May 20, 2019

By M.D. Kittle – Five years after Flint, Mich., Milwaukee city officials are scurrying to catch up in the heat of public pressure, scandal, and increased scrutiny. Liberal city leaders, in control of Milwaukee for generations, could have done something a lot sooner. Read More Who’s To Blame For The Failure To Fix Milwaukee’s Lead Problem? Look Left

Media, Environmentalists Have It Out for Farmers

By MacIver Institute - February 6, 2018

Environment, Environmentalists, Mainstream Media, Media, Water

By Dan Ellsworth, WI Water Alliance – On January 23, the City of Wausau piped 3.7 million gallons of raw, untreated human feces and waste directly into the Wisconsin River. Was this by accident? No. It was by design, as the waste was routed directly to the river by the city’s sewerage system after a pipe leading to the wastewater treatment plant was plugged. Read More Media, Environmentalists Have It Out for Farmers

Environmentalist Arguments Against Waukesha Water Deal Run Dry

By Brett Healy - April 21, 2017

Great Lakes Compact, James Wigderson, Water, Waukesha, Waukesha Water Problem

Special Guest Perspective by James Wigderson – Every one of the The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative’s concerns about the Waukesha water diversion have been answered. Every concern expressed by the environmentalists has been answered. All that’s left is empty liberal animus towards conservative Waukesha. Read More Environmentalist Arguments Against Waukesha Water Deal Run Dry