Tag: Water
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Water crisis not a “death blow,” Ananich tells neighborhood group
By Lori Nelson Savage Flint’s water emergency, its effect on neighborhood housing and a need to upgrade the tennis courts at Woodlawn Park ignited discussion at the January College Cultural Neighborhood Association (CCNA) meeting. “I don’t think this is a death blow for Flint or for our neighborhood, I think it’s important that we…
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Village Life: Can water be made holy again?
By Jan Worth-Nelson In the bleached and bleak light the morning after the Rachel Maddow show, I wake up torpid and head-achey with depression. I know the signs. When I get so down, the molten lava flowing just under that lethargy usually comes down to one hot origin: fury. It’s a fury so intense my…
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At Luigi’s, Eastsiders “incensed,” “Flint Strong” as Dan Kildee offers hope
Editor’s note: EVM board member and contributing writer Bob Thomas was at Luigi’s for the “after party” following the Rachel Maddow taping. Above is a brief video of U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee’s remarks to the group. Here is Bob’s account of the evening: By Robert Thomas While I was not one of those invited…
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Flint’s Water Crisis Followed Us Across the Country
Here is a piece Jan Worth-Nelson submitted to The Daily Breeze in L.A. after arriving in San Pedro last week. .http://www.dailybreeze.com/environment-and-nature/20160119/flints-lead-water-crisis-weighs-on-san-pedro-snowbirds
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Wat’er we expecting for Flint’s water in 2016? Words for the good news and bad
Let’s hope 2016 is the year we drain the lead out and mop up the water mess – so we won’t be flooded with washed-up water metaphors. (Maybe they’ll just dry up and blow away?)
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