Friday, December 22, 2006

Can opponents in lake dispute sail forward together?

A Janesville Gazette Editorial
From Friday, Dec 8, 2006

We can understand the frustration of Lake Koshkonong residents who gaze out their windows and see mudflats off their property or have too little water to launch their boats.

That frustration only builds when they receive property tax bills that are inflated because they own waterfront land.

...The lake district could sink another raft of money into its fight. Or it could work with the DNR to find other ways to improve Koshkonong. These might include habitat and other ecology projects, more fish stocking and better public boat launches.

Wonder if the Gazette will editorialize that we are not sinking another raft of money into the fight?

Don't hold your breath - they still think we are trying to recreate Lake Koshkonong into a version of Geneva Lake.

Our lake is bigger, and more diverse, than the urban Geneva Lake. And some say, better now and more future potential than Geneva.