Milwaukee, WI – Legislation approved by the Milwaukee Common Council and signed by Mayor Cavalier Johnson last week is much welcomed news says FLAC. Eliminating the costs to remove lead service lines for residential property owners was priority issue number one for the group that started Milwaukee’s lead lateral removal campaign in 2015.
“FLAC welcomes this news, and so does the Get The Lead Out Coslition (GTLO). We want to congratulate the Mayor, the entire Milwaukee Common Council and most certainly State Senator Lena Taylor”, said Robert Miranda, spokesperson for FLAC.
Freshwater For Life Action Coalition (FLAC) initiated 8 years ago (2015) the Water Quality Task Force with former Alderman Ashanti Hamilton and Jim Bohl. Called for LSLs to be removed at no expense to the homeowner. FLAC had resolutions created calling for lead poisoning transperancy and moratorium on partial lead lateral removals and since then have put pressure on the Common Council to get to this point.
“While the mainstream media, specifically the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, will not recognize this was a grassroots campaign, the people in the community know who got Milwaukee here”, continued Miranda.
FLAC says there is still work to do, but this was a big victory for the community.
