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Siwsan

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2. Lead poisoning didn't discriminate - people of all races and ages have been poisoned

Reply to n2doc (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 22, 2016, 11:00 AM

Jan 2016

The city of Flint is actually very, both racially and economically. And the down town area is home to branches of The University of Michigan, Michigan State, and also Michigan School for the Deaf, Kettering, Mott Community College and Baker Business College so it is full of students, from all over the world. Many of them living in Flint.

I heard last night that even one of the adjoining cities, Burton, has areas hooked into the Flint water system. Burton is a pretty working class area.

When I was at that rally, on Tuesday night, the crowd was overwhelmingly diverse and pretty much reflected the City of Flint, the State of Michigan and the country, as a whole.

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Stephen King: Regarding Flint: "Voter's Beware" [View all] kpete Jan 2016 OP

Problem is, a lot of those voters are probably fine with the outcome n2doc Jan 2016 #1

Lead poisoning didn't discriminate - people of all races and ages have been poisoned Siwsan Jan 2016 #2

True. Water is water. Yavin4 Jan 2016 #18

Voters had NOTHING to do with it -- other than electing Snyder. Octafish Jan 2016 #3

They voted in a right winger, no? Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #5

Thanks for straightening me out. Octafish Jan 2016 #7

So Dillon didn't get the Dem nom, meaning the Dems didn't want him--but Snyder did. valerief Jan 2016 #11

Yep. Going from memory, Dillon didn't campaign much for Bernero. Octafish Jan 2016 #15

the buck stops with Snyder Skittles Jan 2016 #21

The governor's just-resigned Chief of Staff's wife is the PR guru for Nestle the water bandits. Octafish Jan 2016 #22

"The memos Syder released" is the operative phrase here. Snyder has hired a Tanuki Jan 2016 #23

Wait 'til the suits start coming in from the lead-poisoned kids brush Jan 2016 #4

Baltimore is dealing with this issue justiceischeap Jan 2016 #6

I can't believe MuseRider Jan 2016 #8

I feel for you. Folks in Kansas are suffering from Brownback's mistakes and revenue shortfalls brush Jan 2016 #9

Thanks. MuseRider Jan 2016 #12

So, if we can just shrink government down to the point where it can be drowed in a poison world wide wally Jan 2016 #10

I'd only go along with it if they actually drowned the Governor in a bathtub Proserpina Jan 2016 #13

Flint itself generally votes Dem KamaAina Jan 2016 #14

unrec: that's actually the sort of fingerwagging that turns people off MisterP Jan 2016 #16

Been trying to tell my Libertarian/Republican relatives that for years Matariki Jan 2016 #17

mr king the is a book in there for ya....please write it dembotoz Jan 2016 #19

K&R smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #20

He should leave NAFTA out of it reddread Jan 2016 #24

State Gov. wanted weak 'the peoples Federal Government' oversight & this is what happens when a Sunlei Jan 2016 #25