Keep Public Our Waters -KPOW!! Milwaukee, WI

Target:

President Willie Hines, and the Common Council of Milwaukee, WI

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Please sign this petition if you oppose the Privatization of the Milwaukee Public Water Works. The city of Milwaukee has been researching the potential of privatizing the city water. (which is also used by other local municipalities).

Access to safe and affordable water is vital for families, businesses and our community. The Milwaukee area and the entire state of Wisconsin has a huge stake in water as a resource for economic recovery, future growth, and quality of life. It is crucial that this natural resource remain under the direct control of the public. Water is one of our greatest assets, and not a commodity to be leased or sold to the highest bidder. It should be held in the public trust and conserved for current and future generations. You can keep up to date at http://kepow.wordpress.org.

Please Sign and please pass this petition along.

We the undersigned, as citizens, taxpayers and voters, oppose any attempt to lease or sell Milwaukee's Water Works system. Access to safe and affordable water is vital for families, businesses and our community. The Milwaukee area and the entire state of Wisconsin has a huge stake in water as a resource for economic recovery, future growth, and quality of life. It is crucial that this natural resource remain under the direct control of the public. Water is one of our greatest assets, and not a commodity to be leased or sold to the highest bidder. It should be held in the public trust and conserved for current and future generations.

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We signed the "Keep Public Our Waters -KPOW!! Milwaukee, WI" petition!

# 795:

12:38 pm PST, Nov 17, Samuel Hall, Wisconsin

# 794:

6:50 am PST, Nov 3, Alice M. Kennedy, Wisconsin
When will we learn that subcontracting public services does not work to the advantage of citizens?

# 793:

6:24 pm PST, Nov 2, Barbara Burbey, Wisconsin
Privitizing another public service--especially wate--is the worst idea yet!!!

# 792:

7:22 pm PDT, Oct 17, Name not displayed, Wisconsin

# 791:

6:15 pm PDT, Oct 13, Beorn Morder, Wisconsin

# 790:

8:56 am PDT, Oct 4, Nadia Davidovich, Argentina
KEEP OUR PLANET ALIVE!!!!!!! Please sign my PETITION: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/clean-the-streams THANK YOU!!!!!!!

# 789:

8:03 pm PDT, Sep 30, Glenn Brown, Nebraska

# 788:

11:25 am PDT, Sep 28, Name not displayed, Wisconsin

# 787:

4:52 pm PDT, Aug 24, Ryan Laur, Florida

# 786:

2:50 pm PDT, Aug 17, Anne Sprecher, Wisconsin

# 785:

6:48 am PDT, Aug 16, Lucy Saunders, Wisconsin
Public water is a service to residents that should remain in the public sphere.

# 784:

2:43 pm PDT, Aug 11, Lizzie Sorensen, Wisconsin

# 783:

2:41 pm PDT, Aug 7, Name not displayed, Illinois

# 782:

11:38 am PDT, Aug 4, Jacob Crawford, Wisconsin

# 781:

10:15 pm PDT, Jul 31, Name not displayed, Wisconsin
water is what we are made out of...why would we try to subsidize off of what we are created from...what our bodies consist of...the principle here lies within the perception of the responsibility to the organizations trying to create a profit margin off of what we exist off of

# 780:

2:56 pm PDT, Jul 29, Diane Raines, Wisconsin
Water is not a commodity.

# 779:

9:45 am PDT, Jul 28, Julie Voigts, Wisconsin
Please listen to your constituents and do not privatize Milwaukee's water. Water is a human right and should not be owned/ran/leased for 100 years to a corporation that doesn't answer to the public.

# 778:

9:28 pm PDT, Jul 26, Name not displayed, Wisconsin

# 777:

2:54 pm PDT, Jul 26, Jeremy Brown, Wisconsin
Keep our water public

# 776:

11:39 am PDT, Jul 26, Sylwia Podgórska, Poland

# 775:

12:51 pm PDT, Jul 24, Mary Darnieder, Wisconsin

# 774:

7:13 pm PDT, Jul 20, Name not displayed, Wisconsin

# 773:

4:30 pm PDT, Jul 15, David Brannan, Wisconsin
What's next? Privatize the air? Give me a break! Hands off our water!

# 772:

6:31 am PDT, Jul 15, Chris Goers, Wisconsin

# 771:

10:27 pm PDT, Jul 14, Karina Schafer, Wisconsin
This is one of the most important issues Milwaukee has at hand currently, in my opinion. Keeping the water in Milwaukee is the safest and wisest decision for the short and long term. Milwaukee's water is too important to sell or let go of. There is no amount of money that would change my mind about this.

# 770:

11:23 am PDT, Jul 13, ALPHA WI, Germany

# 769:

7:49 am PDT, Jul 13, Kimberly Cosier, Wisconsin
Haven't you heard? Water is the new OIL!!! -Why would you sign over the rights to our most precious resource? It makes NO SENSE, it is unethical, and it is foolhardy. I STRONGLY OPPOSE the privatization of Milwaukee Public Water Works and I sincerely hope that you will too.

# 768:

4:09 pm PDT, Jul 11, Steve Kolb, Wisconsin

# 767:

3:38 pm PDT, Jul 11, Theresa Anne Kenney, Wisconsin
I am deeply concerned that our city representatives would even consider a move to sell our water (lease for 99 years) to a multinational foreign corporation. Our water is our life blood and must at all costs remain in the hands of the citizenship in perpetuity. Please do not under any circumstance sell or lease our most vital resource, our water.

# 766:

6:53 pm PDT, Jul 10, Lynn Barnes, Michigan

# 765:

11:33 am PDT, Jul 10, Jesse Ambrowiak, Wisconsin
Please add any personal comments for increased impact!

# 764:

6:03 am PDT, Jul 10, Kathryn Schalles, Wisconsin
The city of Milwaukee's greatest resource is its water. If we sell it to the highest bidder we will be compromising the very foundation of what makes our city great. KEEP OUR PUBLIC WATERS!

# 763:

11:13 pm PDT, Jul 9, Suzy Orth, Wisconsin
Passing off control of our water resource is merely a short term fix that we'll regret for many years to come.

# 762:

8:52 pm PDT, Jul 9, Brian Rothgery, Wisconsin
Milwaukee has already spent hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money to build one of the best water systems in the world. Why turn that taxpayer investment over to private interests so they can profit from it?

# 761:

1:30 am PDT, Jul 1, Razvan V., Romania

# 760:

3:49 pm PDT, Jun 30, Ian Paszkiewicz, Wisconsin

# 759:

3:13 pm PDT, Jun 30, Suzanne Kreuziger, Wisconsin
Keep water public! No privatization!

# 758:

7:05 am PDT, Jun 30, Aaron Taylor, Wisconsin
I refuse to trust a corporation with water. I will have no say in how our water system is operated and the goal will be profits not the well being of our planet or people. KPOW!

# 757:

6:48 pm PDT, Jun 26, Thomas Gonring, Wisconsin

# 756:

10:17 am PDT, Jun 25, Name not displayed, Wisconsin

# 755:

2:38 pm PDT, Jun 24, Eric Weeks, Wisconsin
This resource is NOT for Milwaukee's Common Council to sell away.

# 754:

1:07 pm PDT, Jun 23, Daile O'Connor, New Jersey

# 753:

12:37 pm PDT, Jun 23, J.k. Burden, Wisconsin
there are too many who would use this privatizing unethically. The day we put our water up for sale, is the beginning of the end of one of our more important unalienable rights.

# 752:

5:47 am PDT, Jun 23, Sonya Cohn, Wisconsin

# 751:

5:23 am PDT, Jun 23, Timothy Lacinak, Wisconsin

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