There is a learned disinterest in government in the year 2016. Politicians have learned if they tolerate the people's complaint without resolving complaints, they still are re-elected for office. Why spend the money when problems can be ignored.
Democracy is taking place in isolation. Electronic communication is a conversation, but, never a movement.
What is absolutely astounding in Michigan is the viciousness of that reality. The voter was dismantled when voting to end the emergency managers authority was on a ballot referendum. Snyder was re-elected in the face of a horrible record and then he turns around after his inauguration and writes law that immediately dismantled the voter referendum.
There is much here that can't be ignored. The government in Michigan not only disregarded and joked about the water problem in Flint, they turned a state wide referendum around in less than a month that would have ended the authority problem in Flint. That is NOT democracy.
When people are defeated after they worked hard to pass a referendum to end the danger to cities and towns in emergency managers; people become withdrawn and hopeless. They hide in their electronic nitche. How did Snyder ever get elected for a second term? It isn't just Michigan. Democratic processes are failing in the USA. This is an important example of the degree of which democracy is failing.
The indifference of the US EPA simply doesn't make sense.
January 22, 2016
By the Editorial Board
The 274 pages of emails (click here) released under pressure on Wednesday by Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan show a cynical and callous indifference to the plight of the mostly black, poverty-stricken residents of Flint, who have gone for more than a year with poisoned tap water that is unsafe to drink or bathe in. There is little doubt that an affluent, predominantly white community — say Grosse Pointe or Bloomfield Hills — would never face such a public health catastrophe, and if it had, the state government would have rushed in to help.4At every juncture when state officials could have avoided or reduced the harm in Flint, they ignored public pleas and made every effort to dismiss the truth.
The newly released emails show that members of Mr. Snyder’s administration consistently mocked and belittled the complaints of Flint residents and the evidence gathered by independent researchers. Outrage is the only sensible response to this man-made disaster, in which inexcusable decisions, by the state and emergency managers appointed by Mr. Snyder to oversee the city’s finances, led to corrosion of the water pipes and high levels of lead in the water and the blood of city residents. Thousands of children were exposed to water with lead, which could cause long-term health and developmental problems....
No one needs a third party!
Snyder is not a good man!
There is nothing that has to be done here except to get rid of the emergency manager and allow the mayor and council to do their jobs and place applications for the aid President Obama states is available.
Where is the question; "Why did you reverse the Michigan referendum that would have ended this problem!"
Ungovernable. That is such horse shit.
Take a look at the media and then it will be easy to figure how who is talking the rights of Americans way.
There it is, let's get Snyder on television so the people know why their democracy doesn't work. Amazing. Morning Joe needs coffee made with water from Flint!
Democracy is taking place in isolation. Electronic communication is a conversation, but, never a movement.
What is absolutely astounding in Michigan is the viciousness of that reality. The voter was dismantled when voting to end the emergency managers authority was on a ballot referendum. Snyder was re-elected in the face of a horrible record and then he turns around after his inauguration and writes law that immediately dismantled the voter referendum.
There is much here that can't be ignored. The government in Michigan not only disregarded and joked about the water problem in Flint, they turned a state wide referendum around in less than a month that would have ended the authority problem in Flint. That is NOT democracy.
When people are defeated after they worked hard to pass a referendum to end the danger to cities and towns in emergency managers; people become withdrawn and hopeless. They hide in their electronic nitche. How did Snyder ever get elected for a second term? It isn't just Michigan. Democratic processes are failing in the USA. This is an important example of the degree of which democracy is failing.
The indifference of the US EPA simply doesn't make sense.
January 22, 2016
By the Editorial Board
The 274 pages of emails (click here) released under pressure on Wednesday by Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan show a cynical and callous indifference to the plight of the mostly black, poverty-stricken residents of Flint, who have gone for more than a year with poisoned tap water that is unsafe to drink or bathe in. There is little doubt that an affluent, predominantly white community — say Grosse Pointe or Bloomfield Hills — would never face such a public health catastrophe, and if it had, the state government would have rushed in to help.4At every juncture when state officials could have avoided or reduced the harm in Flint, they ignored public pleas and made every effort to dismiss the truth.
The newly released emails show that members of Mr. Snyder’s administration consistently mocked and belittled the complaints of Flint residents and the evidence gathered by independent researchers. Outrage is the only sensible response to this man-made disaster, in which inexcusable decisions, by the state and emergency managers appointed by Mr. Snyder to oversee the city’s finances, led to corrosion of the water pipes and high levels of lead in the water and the blood of city residents. Thousands of children were exposed to water with lead, which could cause long-term health and developmental problems....
No one needs a third party!
Snyder is not a good man!
There is nothing that has to be done here except to get rid of the emergency manager and allow the mayor and council to do their jobs and place applications for the aid President Obama states is available.
Where is the question; "Why did you reverse the Michigan referendum that would have ended this problem!"
Ungovernable. That is such horse shit.
Take a look at the media and then it will be easy to figure how who is talking the rights of Americans way.
There it is, let's get Snyder on television so the people know why their democracy doesn't work. Amazing. Morning Joe needs coffee made with water from Flint!
