Kamala Harris due in Milwaukee to tout bipartisan infrastructure law and push to replace lead pipes

Vice President Kamala Harris is due in Milwaukee Monday to promote the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law and focus on the push to replace lead pipes in Milwaukee and across the country.

Harris is scheduled to visit the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership/ BIG STEP program on the city`s near west side, where she`ll meet with community and health leaders as well as union workers.

She`ll be joined by Michael Regan, the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, and two top Wisconsin Democrats, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore...
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Ken Notes: Again lead has been an issue since I was a Mayor in the 90`s and lead paint since the 60`s. Many communities developed a systemic plan to replace their lead systems as development and infrastructure updates occurred and did that over the last 30 years. Now we want to throw money at those who ignored the problem and probably do not have, a plan, the manpower, or resources to get it done quickly anyway. What we need is a real plan in place to deal with this issue across the state in a systemic approach.

I like to visualize, so we know that obesity is a real problem in Wisconsin (myself included). That said lets now give every overweight person in the state $ 1,000 dollars and tell them to loose weight. How well do you see that well intentioned, well funded, plan working???