Tag: Flint water crisis
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CCNA continues tree campaign, debates pipe replacement bids process, laments Flint Journal “litter”
By Jan Worth-Nelson Editor’s note: this story has been corrected to reflect that the meeting at City Hall about the parkway trees is set for 5 p.m. Thursday, March 23. Residents of the College Cultural Neighborhood Association (CCNA) heard news on a potpourri of local issues at their March meeting, including progress on a campaign to…
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Longstanding “systemic racism” implicated in Flint water crisis, Civil Rights Commission asserts
By Jan Worth-Nelson While asserting that there were no “overt racist actions” that created the Flint water crisis, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission stated Friday that if the question is “Was race a factor in the Flint Water Crisis,” the answer would be “an unreserved and undeniable – yes.” Would it have happened in Birmingham, Ann…
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Governor’s spokesman Baird defends end of water credits, highlights ongoing state assistance
By Jan Worth-Nelson Water credits for Flint residents may be ending Feb. 28, but several other key elements of the state’s response will continue, according to Richard Baird, senior advisor to Governor Rick Snyder. Services which will not end, he affirmed, include bottled water availability, operation of the water distribution sites called PODS, lead line…
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State won’t bend on end to water credits, Weaver says, adding tap water still not safe
By Jan Worth-Nelson Note: This story has been corrected to clarify that the proposal to hire Aonie Gilcreast has not yet come before the Flint City Council–Ed. A disagreement on what constitutes acceptable water quality between city officials and Governor Rick Snyder is at the heart of Mayor Karen Weaver’s unsuccessful effort to forestall the end…
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Michigan Civil Rights Commission to deliver water crisis report Friday
The Michigan Civil Rights Commission will adopt and release their final report on the Flint water crisis at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 at the Northbank Center in Flint, according to Lee Gonzales, legislative liaison for the Michigan Department of Civil Rights. The presentation will be repeated at 6 p.m. for community members unable to attend…
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Weaver objects to state’s sudden water credit cutoff, asks “why now?”
By Robert. R. Thomas Mayor Karen Weaver held a press conference this morning in City Hall to address issues surrounding the suspension of state water credits for Flint residents. Referencing a letter she received from Governor Rick Snyder’s office last week, the mayor said she made contact with the governor to set up a meeting with…
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Essay: Protests carry forward spirits of two mothers and an old friend, still on the march
By Teddy Robertson I haven’t seen Judy for fifty years, but here she is on Facebook, standing next to a sign that reads: “I can’t believe I’m still protesting this shit.” Her face is not really familiar to me but it triggers the memory of another face—her mother. Of course, I might not recognize Judy…
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ReCAST federal grant aims to address water crisis trauma, build resilience
By Megan Ockert How can the city of Flint move from the community-wide trauma of the water crisis toward strengthened resilience? Coordinators of a grant from the federal government are proceeding to answer that question, and to do so, they have a million dollars a year to work with over the next five years. Last September…
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Dayne Walling and the Flint water crisis: victim, villain or faithful servant?
Some 32 months after former Flint Mayor Dayne Walling raised a celebratory glass and pressed a small black button to switch the source of water flowing to Flint citizens from Detroit to the Flint River, he agreed to share his version of Flint’s most devastating man-made disaster with East Village Magazine. Since his defeat by…
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Flint Fresh Mobile Market a healthy food oasis on wheels
By Megan Ockert In the face of local food deserts, lead contamination and chronic disease in the community, Amber Hasan and her Flint Fresh Mobile Market are trying to provide an oasis on wheels. Supported in partnership with the Flint Farmers’ Market, the Local Grocer and Flint Food Works, Hasan and her assistant manager Bobby…
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