KaiserJeep wrote:Rick Snyder was just sworn in for his second and last term in 2015, is still in office, will be in office for years to come, and hasn't even been charged with anything anywhere, much less convicted. Since he is term limited by Michigan law, expect his second term to be even more controversial going forward, as he cleans up the nasty messes left all over the state by Democrats. Flint is just the warm-up for Detroit, after all.
dohboi wrote:For several years, Flint had been operating the water utility primarily as a financial entity, rather than a public health utility.
The situation there shows the consequences of "trying to run a utility like a business focused on the bottom line, instead of a public service for a public good," said Grant.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/won ... e-country/
I'll take it from people on the ground there over someone living in Alaska (or are you now on one of your merry jet-setting adventures again?)
dohboi wrote:-snip-
So the courts may indeed find that there is some wrongdoing here. And the wrong-doers may have to pay.
KaiserJeep wrote:Everybody is assuming wrongdoing where there in fact may be none. Not all of the pipes in Flint are made of lead, not even most of them. Thus even after the lead was detected, it was in a small number of a great many water samples. That bureaucrats - whether elected or appointed - cannot make big decisions promptly and correctly is not even surprising, it is expected behavior.
“It’s clear the nature of the threat was communicated poorly. It’s also clear that folks in Flint are concerned about other aspects of their water — taste, smell and color being among the top complaints.”
“Given the very high lead levels found at one home and the preflushing happening in Flint, I’m worried that the whole town may have much higher lead levels than the compliance results indicated.”
“D.E.Q. and D.C.H. feel that some in Flint are taking the very sensitive issue of children’s exposure to lead and trying to turn it into a political football claiming the departments are underestimating the impacts on the populations and particularly trying to shift responsibility to the state.”
dohboi wrote:I just hope you never have to suffer from the consequences of such perversions.
dohboi wrote:P, you may end up running across my daughter in your island hopping!. She's studying in Athens, but taking every opportunity she can to visit islands and other parts of Greece. It sounds like they've been having wonderful weather. Should be a great break from the cold for you.
I honestly do wish that flying wasn't such a climate f'er. I'd love to go visit her.
KaiserJeep wrote:Honestly, do you really believe that the UAW demands for higher wages, lifetime healthcare, and very high retirement incomes had nothing to do with making American automobiles uncompetitive? Because that did happen, and now American cars have to compete with vehicles built with cheaper labor and cheaper raw materials, and in countries without environmental protections. Today American cars are being built with a lot of robots and very few people, using imported steel and plastics, and really are barely competing with the imports.
Do you also believe that the UAW got no quid pro quo for being the Democratic political machine in the entire area?
If so, Scarecrow, you need to get a brain. The Democrats destroyed the tax revenues, which in turn caused every financial issue Flint has, and lots of other cities.
Desperate off-topic bullshitKaiserJeep wrote:Honestly, do you really believe that the UAW demands for higher wages, lifetime healthcare, and very high retirement incomes had nothing to do with making American automobiles uncompetitive?
In October 2014, General Motors recognized the Flint water was corroding its engines. They got permission from the city’s unelected emergency manager—who was appointed by Republican Governor Rick Snyder—to disconnect from Flint’s water and go back to Detroit water. It would be another year before the people of Flint were finally allowed to disconnect from the corrosive Flint River as their water supply and hook up again to the Detroit water system
Lore wrote: That river water was even refused by GM since it corroded engine parts.
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