EDREWtorial: The Flint Water Crisis

This is disgusting. This is horrifying. This is a nightmare.

Flint, Michigan is going through a horrible crisis.
Its water supply is tainted with lead. And citizens are suffering majorly. This "bright idea" is created by the city's government, namely Govenor Rick Snyder, to save money. The plan is to draw water from the same-named Flint River instead of from nearby Detroit. Unfortunately, that water isn't clean...or healthy. It's actually tainted with coliform bacteria and other diseases. It also caused hair loss and rashes to some residence Since the change, thousands of citizens of complained about the water supply (the taste, the smell, and the color [it's brown]), have been sickened by diseases (some even dying) and want change immediately.



This has happened for the nearly past 2 years. The change has still been in effect and citizens are still furious.

Question: How is tainted water the thing that save the city budget? Did anyone realize that it could make people sick and potentially kill them? If so, do they have the money sense and heart of C. Montgomery Burns? Apparently so.

This is disgusting. These people do not deserve to keep boiling, drinking or even retaining this tainted water for even a day, let alone almost 2 years. And it's long past saving money now. Now it seems is like they keep doing this just to keep money and not care much about the citizens' health and well-being. And while it takes a major toll on the city (it continues to), the state officials continue to rake in the cash. Even if it was revealed by health officials that many have been sickened by diseases--including the horrible legionnaires disease, nothing has been done to even curb the problem, and give the citizens a better solution to this crisis.

Fortunately, one has come thanks to the goodness of many people across the country, including regular people and celebrities. These people and celebs have bought, sent and given bottled water to the citizens to give them temporary asylum from the tainted water supply. Celebs including Jimmy Fallon, Madonna, Meek Mill and (especially) Cher have chipped in in major ways to help out the people of Flint. Cher's contribution has been the most influential; sending in 180,000 bottles of water being sent to 100,000 residents with no working water, and having the company helping her doubling the efforts. Her contributions should get major respect.

As good as was, it took random other people to be the saviors of the situations. And Synder does nothing but run and cover and protect himself and cabinet his over his constituents. It's not just disgraceful, but also deplorable. I don't care if there are even worse problems in the state; it's vile to take away clean water from one of the cities you watch over.
And yet, all he does is apologize.

There needs to be an investigation by federal and environmental groups to stop this once and for all. This has gone on way too long and should not continue for much longer. This is absolutely dire and deplorable.

And yet, all he does is apologize. Hey, Snyder...fuck your apology! No one wants your apology! They want their water back, fresh and clean. No one wants to risk their lives EVERY DAY drinking a basic necessity of life, while you sit in your office doing nothing to help them out and bring a bit of closure and sanity to this town.
You should resign, and then face conviction and prison time; this is a disgrace to the city of Flint, and the state of Michigan. This is even a disgrace to the American legislature.

Also, the mayor should resign too. Since he had a major hand in this decision.

I'm so glad this has gotten attention on the national and international levels, because these needs to be a spotlight on government officials who have done very scummy shit to ruin the sanity of his/her city/state's people. If this hadn't happen, he could have let this supply switch official for years to come. And he might do even worse had his tenure as governor continue.

Fuck you, Rick Snyder! Fuck you for destroying the city of Flint, Michigan by ruining the water supply and leaving the citizens (your constituents!) with tainted liquid that will potentially kill them slowly from the inside out. Your pretty face should go to jail, and when you die, your pretty fave is going to hell.

To all of Flint, Michigan, I'm very sorry for the horrible disaster you all are going through. Things will get better.