WI state legislator could kill GL compact

Lazich's beef with the federal version of the compact is that any proposal to divert water outside the Great Lakes drainage basin can be vetoed by a single governor. As outlined in the accord, a diversion must be unanimously approved.

Lazich is working to change that provision so that only a simple majority vote of the eight Great Lakes states governors is needed for approval of a diversion project.

Her stance is viewed as an obstruction to compact approval.

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=634758

Maybe she's right -- let's start all over after 9 years of effort. A lot of people want changes -- like maybe banning all diversions, including those to her district;  like banning diversions in bottles.

This has to be posturing; there is no chance the compact will be changed. It's an up or down proposition at this point.