Dear BP,

Thank you for considering Lake Michigan as a prime candidate for toxic waste dumping. We are honored by your high opinion of our state.

Although flattered by your evidently favorable opinion of Michigan, I prefer not to swim in ammonia and sludge this summer when I go to Grand Haven, in spite of the fact that I do not generally get in the water while at the beach. Relatively speaking, this is of little importance.

If I were interested in ammonia, sludge, and other toxic materials, I could go to my hometown, where I lived on an island surrounded by the Detroit River. I am familiar with this kind of water.

Have you seen Gary, Indiana lately? We are terrified of looking like it.

Thank you for your time and consideration,

Julie Belle

Really though...
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