Genesee County

Flint, Michigan: A River of Lies We live in a world full of fake. Women pose fake images of themselves when they wear makeup, dye their hair, or wear fake nails. This fakeness can pose as a way to make women feel better about themselves and pose as harmless to everyone around them. However, other forms of fakeness can produce extremely harmful effects on people and led to huge problems. When the government qualifies something as “safe,” the people trust the government. The public can follow…

In 2002 Flint, the largest city in Genesee County, Michigan. Had a referendum to recall the then incumbent city mayor Woodrow Stanley, due to mishandling of the city budget which has piled to an outstanding $30 million city defect. (FRAMMOLINO, 2002) The city’s local government began to take on major financial blows after General Motors (GM) closed its doors to its Buck plant in 1999, adding to the city an additional 4,000 unemployed workers to the city’s unemployed work force. The average GM…

Introduction The purpose of this paper is to help compare and contrast the recent Flint, Michigan water crisis to similar incidents around the world using a sociological viewpoint then analyzing the gathered information to help determine how the crisis in Flint should have been handled. Flint The town of Flint resides in the state of Michigan and has been the attention of national news due to the high lead levels that were present in the city’s municipal water system. This is all started…

injuries, leaving his fiancee to care for their young boy by herself. The assailants of the crime were five boys, aged 15 to 17 years. They are being charged as adults in a court of law. The question is, should juveniles be charged as adults? Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell had this to say, “It's not a prank, it's second-degree murder. I don't think anybody is laughing and I think that if there's any warning that both David and I can give, is telling young people, you make a bad decision,…

On 4/9/18 while I was en route to meet Ms. Black at the office of Dr. Fallahi she called. Ms. Black reports that she was not picked up by Swartz to be taken to her appointment. I made a call to Swartz and was told they do not transport out of Genesee County. I had made arrangements for transportation on 3/28/18 and was not told that. I made contact with Dr. Fallahi’s office and rescheduled her appointment. I have the adjuster approval made arrangements for Alomar transportation. WORK…

Water, as we know is one of our most coveted resources. We use it to cook our food, wash our bodys, and even our cars. Water is undeniably a resource we use every single day. Many people throughout the world undervalue the importance of this resource. As Americans, we have come accustom to having clean fresh water at our disposal, and not having the worries that several other countrys do. One American city, has been forced to learn the hard way about how valuable the water they once took for…

January of 1919, the 18th amendment was passed which stated “ … The manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors … For beverage purpose is hereby prohibited” (Constitution). Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many counties and some states were already dry. Even though the 18th amendment was to stop drinking all together, it did not even come close. Prohibition created a large number of bootleggers, which are people that sell alcohol illegally. In addition,…

Catholic Charities of Genesee County accepts donations of bottled water and water filters along with clothing items and personal hygiene products, than things will get better for the people of Flint, but if we all sit there and watch this continue to happen without jumping in and…

The Flint water crisis is a drinking water contamination issue in Flint, Michigan that started in April, 2014. These past 3 years have been an extremely hard time for Flint residents since they have had no proper drinking or bathing water in 2 years, so residents have been taking a stand against the government by carrying around jugs full of dirty, unsafe drinking water coming from their faucets at home to protest against the inaction of the government. The residents have a lot of courage to be…

reviewing and granting liquor licenses. There are several different Office Locations for The New York State Liquor Authority and they each cover different counties (“About the New York State Liquor Authority.”). Zone one is located in New York, NY and consists of Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond, Suffolk and Westchester County. Zone Two which is located in Albany, NY consists of Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Fulton,…