Our Resolution Regarding Enbridge's Line 5

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Our Resolution Regarding Enbridge's Line 5

Anne Chartier, President League of Women Voters of Ashland and Bayfield Counties

It is my honor to share with you the Resolution carefully crafted by our Natural Resources Committee and approved by the Board of the League of Women Voters of Ashland and Bayfield Counties on November 26, 2019.

This Resolution will support and inspire important action to protect the land, water, and all species that inhabit our precious and bountiful part of the world.

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LWV Article for The Bottom Line News and Views December 2019

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LWV Article for The Bottom Line News and Views December 2019

By Joan Elias, Board Member, League of Women Voters of Ashland and Bayfield Counties

Enbridge Line 5 is a pipeline that runs from Superior, WI, to Sarnia, Canada, passing through the Bad River Indian Reservation and under the Straights of Mackinac along the way – 2 incredibly environmentally sensitive areas.  The lease for Enbridge Line 5’s passage through the Reservation expired several years ago…

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LWV Article for The Bottom Line News and Views November 2019

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LWV Article for The Bottom Line News and Views November 2019

By Janice M. Penn, LWV/ABC board member and co-chair of Economic Inequality Action Committee

Sadly, our farms represent a segment of Wisconsin economy and working class that has been struggling as a result of economic inequality. There are numerous State and Federal policies that our farmers cite as contributing to negative margins and the alarming loss of family farms in Wisconsin. Wisconsin lost another 42 dairy farms in July, and since January 1, has lost 491 farms, a 9% closure rate. In 2018, the state lost 691 farms, a rate of decline of 7.9%. Over the last decade the state has lost more than 5,000 farms, or 40% of its licensed dairy farms…

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LWV Article for The Bottom Line News and Views October 2019

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LWV Article for The Bottom Line News and Views October 2019

By Anne Chartier, President, League of Women Voters of Ashland and Bayfield Counties

The League of Women Voters of Ashland and Bayfield Counties (LWV/ABC) was pleased to hold its Annual Membership Meeting on September 30 at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center, a beautiful space with helpful staff in any season. This year we started out as usual with some social time to catch up and greet new members. We were pleased to be joined by representatives from the Northwoods and St. Croix Leagues, which with us makeup the three chapters in Northern Wisconsin. Although we study issues and establish positions based on our findings, the LWV/ABC program for 2019-2020 will focus on action…

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LWV Article for The Bottom Line News and Views September 2019

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LWV Article for The Bottom Line News and Views September 2019

By Anne Chartier, President, League of Women Voters of Ashland and Bayfield Counties

An Open Letter to the City of Ashland

Recently a group of staff from the City of Ashland, Ashland County, and Northland College partnered with the League of Women Voters of Ashland and Bayfield Counties’ Natural Resources Committee to host a two-part series on stormwater and wastewater overflows in the city of Ashland. At the public presentations, 8 speakers offered information explaining the city’s inflow and infiltration problems, aging infrastructure, and impacts due to heavy rain events, all of which have contributed to overflows into Lake Superior…

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LWV Article for The Bottom Line News and Views August 2019

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LWV Article for The Bottom Line News and Views August 2019

By Jan Penn, Board Member, and Anne Chartier, President - League of Women Voters of Ashland and Bayfield Counties

Current healthcare access, coverages and protections offered by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are at grave risk of ending should the Texas Federal Appeals Court move to invalidate the entire ACA, and the decision were upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. Should this occur almost every Wisconsin citizen would be impacted… 

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LWV Article for The Bottom Line June 2019

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LWV Article for The Bottom Line June 2019

By Jo Bailey, Member — League of Women Voters of Ashland and Bayfield Counties

Did any of you voters (or even non-voters) know that The Nineteenth Amendment (XIX) to the US Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex?  It was ratified on August 18, 1920 and certified by the US Secretary of State on August 26, 1920…

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Natural Resources Advocacy

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Natural Resources Advocacy

In our previous newsletter we reported on the LWVWI position in support of the protection of water quality and quantity, and specifically the following verbiage: “Work to eliminate all emergency discharges or spills of untreated sewage, or waste or polluting materials into the environment that threaten public health and the environment by potentially contaminating sources of clean water for humans, wildlife habitat and fisheries.

With this position in mind, the LWV/ABC is pleased to be co-sponsoring a public forum April 15th on Ashland’s sewage overflow problem…

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