Flint, Mich
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AerchAngel
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The only issue I have with this is you are blaming one party and one party only when it is every party from the bottom to the top including the last three presidents.
Baltimore has schools where no student is proficient. What does Baltimore and Detroit have in common?
57Brave
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I blame indifference
Jaw
It's OVER 5,000!
I expect (and hope) that some of this drop is because everyone who had the means has fled the area to some place where the dang water isn't poisonous.
Regardless, this is inexcusable. This president and the last should have declared a state of emergency for Flint and done whatever necessary to fix it. Poisonous tap water in a major metropolitan area of America. Unbelievable.
57Brave
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To the point of similarities between Flint and Baltimore -- poverty
"... under federal law, only natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods are eligible for disaster declarations, federal and state officials said. The lead contamination of Flint's drinking water is a man-made catastrophe."
For an in time overview with context read the first pages of this thread. Links galore
"... under federal law, only natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods are eligible for disaster declarations, federal and state officials said. The lead contamination of Flint's drinking water is a man-made catastrophe."
For an in time overview with context read the first pages of this thread. Links galore
57Brave
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http://www.businessinsider.com/drinking-water-could-get-dirtier-trump-infrastructure-plan-2018-2
According to a study of more than three decades of the nation's tap water records, which was also released on Monday, some of the country's smaller water utilities are already struggling with the chore of keeping tap water clean. Roughly 16 million Americans get exposed to stomach bugs from drinking water coming out of their faucets each year. Some also get exposed to cancer and neurological disorders, the study authors wrote in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
According to a study of more than three decades of the nation's tap water records, which was also released on Monday, some of the country's smaller water utilities are already struggling with the chore of keeping tap water clean. Roughly 16 million Americans get exposed to stomach bugs from drinking water coming out of their faucets each year. Some also get exposed to cancer and neurological disorders, the study authors wrote in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
57Brave
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http://www.eclectablog.com/2018/04/...t-state-stops-distributing-bottled-water.html
So, Flint is on its own. The state took over the city, poisoned its water, killed a dozen residents due to an outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease, destroyed its infrastructure, imposed an austerity budget on the beleaguered city, and then handed them back the keys to the kingdom. It’s the sort of story that you expect to hear about in a banana republic, not in a modern U.S. city. But that’s life under a corporatist Republican who set out to show how a state government should be run like a business.
So, Flint is on its own. The state took over the city, poisoned its water, killed a dozen residents due to an outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease, destroyed its infrastructure, imposed an austerity budget on the beleaguered city, and then handed them back the keys to the kingdom. It’s the sort of story that you expect to hear about in a banana republic, not in a modern U.S. city. But that’s life under a corporatist Republican who set out to show how a state government should be run like a business.
57Brave
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Like most Rust Belt cities, the infrastructure is old and decaying .
Decisions made at the state level during the Snyder Administration did little to ease the situation
https://www.google.com/search?q=flint+michigan+water+crisis&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-ab
You tell me
oh, I don't know about (R) "fault"
kinda like Puerto Rico (Maria) or New Orleans (Katrina) , it wasn't (R) fault there was a hurricane.
The response and civic responsibility was less than overwhelming.
Their governance leaves much to be desired
Not their fault like say ... Iraq.
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3-2-1
"HRC and Kerry voted ..."
Decisions made at the state level during the Snyder Administration did little to ease the situation
https://www.google.com/search?q=flint+michigan+water+crisis&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-ab
You tell me
oh, I don't know about (R) "fault"
kinda like Puerto Rico (Maria) or New Orleans (Katrina) , it wasn't (R) fault there was a hurricane.
The response and civic responsibility was less than overwhelming.
Their governance leaves much to be desired
Not their fault like say ... Iraq.
.................
3-2-1
"HRC and Kerry voted ..."
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57Brave
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Josh Fox
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30m30 minutes ago
In Flint, Mich., there’s so much lead in children’s blood that a state of emergency is declared
The story I (didn't) saw is behind a WaPo paywall
Wonder how your water is fairing -- and if there is a CDC study to reference ?
Flint is not an isolated incident
Verified account @joshfoxfilm
30m30 minutes ago
In Flint, Mich., there’s so much lead in children’s blood that a state of emergency is declared
The story I (didn't) saw is behind a WaPo paywall
Wonder how your water is fairing -- and if there is a CDC study to reference ?
Flint is not an isolated incident
57Brave
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cajunrevenge
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sure would pay for a lot of clean water......
57Brave
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Not so sure we characterize this as "private sector" -- I see more a lone philanthropist applying a band aid.
Never the less a good deed
http://fortune.com/2018/10/08/musk-gives-clean-water-flint-schools/
but it still doesn't solve the problem of a crumbling worn out water system.
Not only in Flint
But what if we ALL contribute of say $5 per month at the appropriated time we could get a jump and begin the process
We really need an Infrastructure Week where we the people get and stay focused issues of electrical grid, water and gas delivery system, Public transportation, recycling and refuse removal .
---- successes and failures ---
Perhaps once it starts showing successes --- good faith sucesses --- we start contributing $7-8 a month at the appropriated time until we are again up and running.
Water filters though a nice/good thing are not going to put all of this back together
Never the less a good deed
http://fortune.com/2018/10/08/musk-gives-clean-water-flint-schools/
but it still doesn't solve the problem of a crumbling worn out water system.
Not only in Flint
But what if we ALL contribute of say $5 per month at the appropriated time we could get a jump and begin the process
We really need an Infrastructure Week where we the people get and stay focused issues of electrical grid, water and gas delivery system, Public transportation, recycling and refuse removal .
---- successes and failures ---
Perhaps once it starts showing successes --- good faith sucesses --- we start contributing $7-8 a month at the appropriated time until we are again up and running.
Water filters though a nice/good thing are not going to put all of this back together
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57Brave
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came across this this morning
thoughts ????
Gerry Canavan
@gerrycanavan
20h20 hours ago
I really think if more Americans traveled overseas regularly they would
be stunned by how dirty, broken-down, and generally dysfunctional essentially
all infrastructure in the US is, both public (roads, buses, trains)
and private (cell networks, laundromats).
thoughts ????
Gerry Canavan
@gerrycanavan
20h20 hours ago
I really think if more Americans traveled overseas regularly they would
be stunned by how dirty, broken-down, and generally dysfunctional essentially
all infrastructure in the US is, both public (roads, buses, trains)
and private (cell networks, laundromats).
57Brave
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LANSING – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, in a response to the Flint water crisis and more recent concerns about drinking water quality, signed an executive directive Wednesday requiring state employees to immediately report to their bosses any threat to public health or safety.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/lo...itmer-michigan-flint-water-crisis/2463552002/
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LANSING, Mich. - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy to take over criminal cases connected to the Flint water crisis.
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news...secutor-worthy-to-take-over-flint-water-cases
https://www.freep.com/story/news/lo...itmer-michigan-flint-water-crisis/2463552002/
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LANSING, Mich. - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy to take over criminal cases connected to the Flint water crisis.
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news...secutor-worthy-to-take-over-flint-water-cases