The reasons for why the city of Jackson, Mississippi, has no running water are at once complex and straight-forward. It s tax base has been shrinking and has not had funds to pay for necessary improvements to its infrastructure and underlying that neglect and disinvestiture is racism.
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That ol arc in that ol universe of ours sure takes its own damn time bending toward justice, but in Michigan, it looks like it finally got there. What went around has come around. From the AP:
Two people with knowledge of the planned prosecution told the AP on Tuesday that the attorney general’s office has informed defense lawyers about indictments in Flint and told them to expect initial court appearances soon. They spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. The AP could not determine the nature of the charges against Snyder, former health department director Nick Lyon and others who were in the Snyder administration. The attorney general’s office declined to comment on details of the ongoing investigation. Spokeswoman Courtney Covington Watkins said investigators were “working diligently” and “will share more as soon as we’re in a position to do so.”