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LittleBlue

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11. Good point. I would also like a discussion of what we do with failing cities

Wed Jan 27, 2016, 11:58 PM

Jan 2016

Wikipedia says the population of this city has decreased from 196k in the 1960s to 103k today. How do cities that lose their industries expect to pay for city pensions, roads and other expenses?

The city has seemingly elected one bad leader after another. Which is the reason that a moron like Snyder had any say whatsoever. Apparently in Michigan, when a city gets so bad that it becomes essentially insolvent, the state government steps in to administrate the city. Today it is in the midst of its "second financial emergency", the first of which occurred 10 years ago.

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I would recommend watching Rachel Maddow's town hall in Flint about the water crisis. [View all] iandhr Jan 2016 OP

K & R femmocrat Jan 2016 #1

It's been great so far winterwar Jan 2016 #2

Wow. No school nurses in the Flint school district. femmocrat Jan 2016 #3

Snyder really "skinflinted" the city of Flint. nt valerief Jan 2016 #4

It's not that I don't have sympathy and empathy for the people of Flint, but . . . Le Taz Hot Jan 2016 #5

Michigan yes, but not Flint mythology Jan 2016 #8

Good point. I would also like a discussion of what we do with failing cities LittleBlue Jan 2016 #11

NAACP's first request for the state is that the Emergency Manager Law be repealed. valerief Jan 2016 #6

Yes! It is a lie that local leaders voted for the bad water. femmocrat Jan 2016 #7

I hope MS/NBC puts it up on Rachel's audio podcast feed. R&K nt longship Jan 2016 #9

So very sad....that the damage done cannot be reversed! FrenchieCat Jan 2016 #10