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Originally Posted by dyna mo
It's an unbelievable tragedy there and to make it about the Republican mayor completely distracts from the event while also getting it wrong that the mayor has 100% authority in such matters .
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Once again, shooting your mouth off with shit you are completely clueless on. A republican mayor in Flint? Since fucking when?
Flint hasn't had a Republican mayor since 1973, that's when. Even that was a short lived experience. The teamsters and the UAW have owned the political influence on that city for 3/4 of a century.
100% authority? Try no authority. The decision to switch from Lake Huron to The Flint River was a state decision. A state with a Republican governor and a house of representatives controlled by........ Republicans.
Republican Gov Rick Snyder and his cronies have been a cancer on that state since taking office. Job one was undermining any democratic or union authority they had access to. Passing the "right to work" law that was solely aimed at dismantling the power of unions, drew huge protests not only from union members, but from average citizens as well.
This is just another shameful example of the war on middle class and working families. So, there is plenty of reason to be calling for the arrest of those responsible, and that responsibility just so happens to fall at the foot of the Governor.