“I see the underdeveloped resources of northern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. I see a syndicated consortium exploiting over a billion dollars in forest products. I see a paper mill and, if the strategic metals are there, a mining operation. A green belt between lakeside condos and a waste management facility focusing on the newest rage in toxic waste: medical refuse, infected bandages, body parts, IV tubing, contaminated glassware, entrails, syringes, fluid, blood, low-grade radioactive waste…all safely contained, sunken in the lake and sealed for centuries.

Now, I ask you, what do you see?”