In Bounds
by Jack MacKenzie, CGCS
It seems as though my glass is almost always at least three-quarters full. “Never Better”, is a common response when asking how I am and I truly attempt to exuberate this attitude. For me, life is all about attitude as this is something each of us can own and control.
is really quite fascinating and, in the long run, beneficial to our country and local population in general. Most of the time.
The White Bear Lake lawsuit decision has me flummoxed. I have attended many meetings surrounding aquifer levels in the north east metropolitan area, as well as events focused on the negative impacts of ground to surface water, During those meetings I learned a great deal as presented through Recently however, at times I have scientific evidence and data. Years become frustrated as I ponder the ago the DNR stated, and showed impact of external forces upon our empirically, that the WBL levels industry, my community and me. fluctuate dramatically due to a very small watershed, weather As a registered lobbyist on your behalf, and often seen at the Capitol patterns and potential groundwater connectivity. complex attending agency and legislative meetings, I get a real first-hand opportunity to experience It was my experience that other local lakes, Gilfillan in North Oaks the inner workings and processes and the many lakes in the Chisago behind what George Washington City area, recently experienced termed, “The Great Experiment”. The motion of our politics in action similar dramatic water level
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