Feingold Promises To Make Environment A Central Issue Of Campaign

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold said environment problems are a central concern of his campaign against Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson.

Feingold spoke on Sunday to more than 100 members of the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters at a picnic shelter at Grant Park in South Milwaukee, just a couple hundred yards from Lake Michigan.

Feingold told the crowd that many people have come up to him during his tours of the state and expressed worries about water pollution.

"Check the anxiety that people have in Kewaunee County, up the shore here," said Feingold, referring to tests showing contamination in many of the county`s wells.    ...more

Ken Notes: I want these issues discussed but politics make it so divided.