Mokena trustee seeks to create task force to fight Chicago water rates

The continually rising cost of getting Lake Michigan water from Chicago has so riled Mokena Village Trustee Don Labriola that he hopes to create a Suburban Water Task Force of local officials and residents to discuss their options.

The initial meeting will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday [4/16/14] at the Pipefitters Local 597 Training Center, 10850 W. 187th St., Mokena. It is open to the public…Please click here to read Susan Demar Lafferty’s story in the Southtown Star, or here to read a follow-up,and here for Phil Kadner’s column on the issue.