Flint mayor calls for immediate removal of corroded lead pipes

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Other US mayors join call to ‘get the lead out of Flint right now’ after Michigan
governor said replacing pipes amid water crisis was not on ‘short-term’ agenda

Joined by other former and current mayors, the mayor of Flint, Michigan, called for immediate action to remove corroded lead pipes from the city’s contaminated water distribution system on Tuesday.

“We are here to take a stand to get the lead out of Flint right now,” said Mayor Karen Weaver of the city’s water crisis, which has exposed an untold number of children and adults to high levels of lead. “We want to make sure we identify every place that is high risk. This is where we want to start.”

Republican Michigan governor Rick Synder said this week that removing the corroded lead pipes isn’t on his “short-term” agenda.

“It’s a lot of work to take out pipes, to redo all of the infrastructure, that’s a whole planning process,” the governor said at a press conference.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/02/flint-water-crisis-lead-pipes-replaced

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Alex Kellogg in Flint, Michigan
Tuesday 2 February 2016 23.28 GMT

[leveymg]

1. Gov. to Flint: infrastructure repair is for White people.

The rest of you have to wait, even if it kills you.

[Nye Bevan]

2. Just do it. I don't care how. Use army engineers if necessary.

We owe it to those people.

[silvershadow]

3. Good for her. They won't do it otherwise. They've been busy trying to figure out every way not to

even acknowledge it, let alone deal with it. A capitalist disaster of epic proportions. On edit:

PS: The State of Michigan is the responsible party, and owes these residents a lifetime of proper medical care, counseling, treatment, etc as it relates to the lead. They need to be in a singular category, as victims of the State.

[NobodyHere]

7. How was this a "capitalist" disaster

The bad choices were made by the government.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

12. A government that valued corporate tax cuts over the lives of the people.

[hopemountain]

9. but he has money to hire a pr firm

to help restore his image: (insert image of an asshole, here).

[houston16revival]

4. A project for the common good

they should solve it as a non-profit project
for the community

that would REALLY get the corporations and Wall Streeters pissed off

[Dont call me Shirley]

5. Karen Weaver is a real hero! She stands up for the victims of Snyder's criminal act. He committed a

crime against humanity. State of Michigan, have the pipes replaced now! And the damaged pipes in Flint homes! Then toss snydie and buds in federal prison.

[jalan48]

6. Lead also causes sterility in males.

This is a disaster on so many levels. The Governor should be arrested along with those responsible for this.

[hopemountain]

8. he is sitting on $1billion

and he will do nothing to replace the pipes. nothing - per michigan senator on rachel a bit ago.

i commend the mayor for standing up and demanding they be replaced and not waiting for snyder's "permission" nor his return phone call.

[rladdi]

10. Gov Snyder has no intent to help the people of Flint. This is what happens to states under

Republican control. Snyder will STEAL the $100 million from Obama and let the people get sick and die. He nor will EM Earley ever be charged. The Republicans will hold a Congressional hearing in DC Wednesday, NOT ONE Republican responsible for the water crisis will be there for the meeting. NOT ONE. It was mentioned on TV this evening that the national Republicans are in for protection of Gov. Snyder and his administration and will focus the blame on Obama. They have done that in the past.

I hope the people of this nation finally wake up to the Republicans criminal act. Many of them can be google that has happened the past few years. None of those responsible were ever charged. They are still in control.

[blackspade]

11. Snyder and his cronies are criminals.

[rladdi]

13. As Chairman, Congressman Jason Chaffetz held a congressional committee hearing this morning on

the Flint, MI water crisis, where actually 10 people died, yet they were not mentioned in the hearing. He continue to not request that Gov. Snyder come before the committee. WHY? The hearing was a dirext assault on the EPA, which Republicans would love to close down. They took much of the blame instead of the Republican officials in MICH. WHY?
Jason Chaffetz has held or been at dozens of hearing on Benghazi, where 4 people died, and has made that a continual trashing of Clinton, yet he is giving the Gov. of MICH. Snyder a free pass. WHY? Chaffetz said not to make it a political issue but he does in all his committee hearings.
The citizens of Flint are paying water bills monthly of over $100. yet cannot use the water. The reason given is to keep the water department in business. Gov. Snyder now is saying he will cover 50% of those water bills with a new bill asking for 32 million from his party.