The Pioneer Press has endorsed three incumbents for “Sewer Board”, that is, commisioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.

The paper touts efforts at “use of short-distance electric cars, the distribution of barrels to capture rain water that county residents can then reuse for gardening and landscaping purposes” and top priorities such as “environmental protection”.

It is baffling to read that the same people who managed the 900 Million Gallons of raw sewage poured into Lake Michigan last month, are somehow described as environmentally responsible due to support for electric cars.

The Deep Tunnel project is the least tractable public works in a Water District with a long history of uncontrolled spending and lack of results. Even after spending $3 billion on this 30 year project, the Metropolitan area still suffers from severe flooding, with no end in sight.

The MWRD has an answer though. You can buy rain barrels here (limit 2 please) to hold the water while the Pioneer Press endorsed board tries to figure out how to manage water runoff after a thunderstorm.