They Won't Close the Chicago Locks....

chefdennis · Feb 18, 2011

So much for the elected officials saving the fishing and business in the Great Lakes...make sure you go to the link to see these fish in action...

House rejects proposal to close Chicago shipping locks

Thursday, February 17, 2011, 10:02 PM
Updated: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 10:28 PM
House rejects proposal to close Chicago shipping locks | MLive.com

The U.S. House has defeated a proposal to close Chicago-area shipping locks in a bid to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes.

Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan tried to amend a federal budget bill Thursday to deny the Army Corps of Engineers funding to open the locks. It was defeated on a vote of 292 to 137, with one lawmaker voting "present."

Michigan is among five states suing the Army Corps because of its refusal to close the navigational structures, which could provide a pathway to Lake Michigan for the invasive fish.

Camp told the House the Asian carp could decimate native fish populations and endanger 800,000 jobs in the Great Lakes region.

Opponents say keeping the locks open is vital to commerce in the Chicago area.

LDB · Feb 18, 2011

Oh my. What a surprise. Not. Who expects anything correct or worthwhile from Chicago? Talk about a worthless bunch.

purgoose10 · Feb 18, 2011

I was raised in Chicago that's why I left.

If you want something done take 50k and talk to an Alderman. Everything will be handled.

layoutshooter · Feb 19, 2011

Somebody needs to "fix" those locks so they can never work again. City people are so foolish. They will help to destroy the economy of several states, help to cause MAJOR damage to an ecosystem that they are a part up and then scream about out lawing hunting and back Obama because he is so much "stronger" on the environment that the other guy. No logic.