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    “Miguel Del Toral, an E.P.A expert, says the state was testing the water in a way that could profoundly understate the lead levels”. “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.", stated in "Nobody should have to be living like this". In 2014 Governor Snyder switched the water from the Detroit water system to Flint River not knowing how big of a problem it would be. I believe that the governor and many people knew what they were doing they just didn’t care because it was lower-class people. Lead poisoning in the water has effected many people in different ways. When many people got involved the governor started caring about what happened. I believe that the governor and many people knew what they were doing, they just didn’t care because it was lower-class people. This all started when Flint switched the water from the Detroit resource to the Flint river. The governor didn’t think about the consequences all he knew was he was saving money and making the people happy so he would stay governor. So he switched the water from the Detroit resource to Flint River. Weeks after switching the water many people noticed their water color changed but didn’t say anything because they thought it was just at there house. In the article “Nobody should have to be living like this, residents of Flint say “The water in her previous home was…

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    Flint Water Crisis Essay

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    signs of mental impairment may include behavior problems, low IQ, poor grades at school, learning difficulties, and growth delays. These problems might be permanent, and affect children’s forever. In this case, there are between 6,000 and 12,000 children have been exposed to drinking water with high levels of lead and they may experience a range of serious health problems.(2) Flint water crisis has brought Flint into more problems beside health problems. Flint’s administer said the estimates…

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    Flint Michigan Water Crisis In 2013, Flint, Michigan city officials debated switching from current provider Detroit Water and Sewage Department to Karegnondi Water Authority to save money.They turned to the Flint River which had been their primary water source until the 1960’s. Officials did not immediately treat the Flint River water to ensure it didn't cause corrosion in the pipes, leading to illness amongst residents. As the crisis progressed lead was found in the water and more than 100,000…

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    Makayla Callan Helmic Writing February 22, 2015 Flint Water Crisis Flint has been having big problems with water since 2014, causing lead poisoning and making people sick. All of this is because they want to save money or so people thought. Is it true that Flint wanted to save money? That question was answered by an email from Motor City Muckraker which shows that they would have saved 800 million dollars in 30 years than switching to the Karegnondi Water Authority. People say that Governor…

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    My article is about the Flint water crisis and how people still can’t drink the water there. Three years ago Flint leaders decided to switch the city's water source to Lake Huron. Lake Huron is a heavily polluted Lake that many businesses dump waste into. The city’s leaders decided to change the water source because the city went bankrupt and the leaders wanted to save money. The water change was only supposed to be temporary and save the city five million dollars. People in the city notices the…

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    Flint Water Crisis

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    In the article “I’m a Flint resident. I’m done paying for water that is not safe” by Tunde Olaniran, Olaniran discusses the issues surrounding the water crisis in Flint Michigan. She speaks of her own history regarding the unsafe water and how she paid her bills until she was afraid to drink it or even let it touch her skin. The water crisis is due to high levels of lead and corroded pipes which combine together to make unsafe water for all purposes. Some experienced hair loss and scalp issues…

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    Zayd Karaein 2nd Hour Flint’s Water Crisis Essay Flint’s water has to get fixed fast or there will be more problems and more angry people. The water contains lead that is very harmful to a person’s body. The problem started after the city switched it’s water source and started pulling water from a local river as a cost saving measure. Almost immediately started complaining about the smelly, discolored, disgusting water that was flowing into their homes. Everyone shut off their taps…

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    1. Area: The community in which I live is an urban setting located in Central New York. The City of Utica is located in Oneida County. 2. Demographics: With an estimated 61,332 people in the City of Utica according to the U.S Census Bureau, the city has seen a decrease in residency since the formal census conducted in 2010 (Census Bureau). Even with the estimated decrease in population, the city is home to a multitude of races and ethnicities immigrating to the U.S from various countries…

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    Public Campaign Finance

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    City-states of the ancient world were one of the first political entities with democratic governance. Part of the democratic process is authorizing individuals to make decisions, holding these individuals accountable, and for these individual to be responsive to the needs of the community (Pitkin, 1957). Today, cities have low levels of democratic participation that hold elected officials accountable and authorize them to have the power to make a decision. At the same time, a majority of the…

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    the User-Friendly Budget may not create further citizen engagement based upon the research. Research has shown that by studying the budget process in all 50 states, we ended up with a wide variety of requirements. The only similarity that appears through this study was that state governments are primarily only concerned with the first step of informing the public. There is no requirement or mandate beyond this to narrow the gap between government's creation of the budget document and citizen…

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