one of the things is they said they would continue the water pods until we completed the service line replacement. we haven t completed that yet. you fell short on that. we talked about in-home fixtures and plumbing. we were told that we would get at least 4,000 new fixtures a year over every year for three years, which wasn t enough, but they stopped after the first year. you know, so once again, they fell short. we have a lead registry, we want to know and track kids and everybody that was impacted by this water crisis as far as health outcomes. that s been funded for five years and year one is up. and so we need that to continue. look, i was pregnant in that interview with my first child, and i was scared to drink the water. i was scared to eat anything and my heart broke for those parents whose homes are there, who would not leave. and it made me think if there were new york city or manhattan, would they be treated the same way? exactly.
lawsuit against the state. obviously, you need to work cooperatively with the state in a way thatcity has in u.s. history, because do who caused this crisis in the first place, what are you hoping from from this lawsuit? you know what, this lawsuit is about more than water pods staying open. in addition to that we talked about things we need, we need fixtures in the home, we need in home plumbing, hot water heaters, these things have been damaged. we talked about the reputation and how this impacted the reputation of our cities. there was a loss of property values, they went down. we ve had civil liabilities that have happened as a result of this, we ve had permanent loss of residents so the money we would have been collecting is gone. so this is about much more than water pods. it s about justice for the city of flint. karen weaver, the mayor of
administration officials over the lead poisoning. quote, bottled water distribution in flint should continue until lead pipes have been replaced and trust in government has been restored. and from flint, mayor karen weaver, allegation that the governor laid on an extra layer of callusness in telling her that flint needs to get over it. and move on. also an announcement she is ready to take the government there to court to sue him for what happened to her town and what she says needs to happen there now. joining us now is, the mayor of flint, michigan. karen weaver. mad am m mayor, nice to see you. thank you for being here. thank you, i am still fighting. i know. i know. did you know this was going to be the next fight? did you know the governor was about to shut off the water supplies for flint? you know what, i am not surprised. he has been trying to shut it off since september. we have been fight since september to keep the water pods in place. september, when he tried to do t
we are not there yet. we are still removing the lead service lines. that was the word that it had been given to us. was we will see you through the lead service line replacement. and water pods will stay in place. so people could get, get, have the access to clean water. that they needed and deserved. that s not an infinite timeline. when you say that you were told, that, that, until the lead, lead, service line replacement, project is done. you will still be able to get bottled water. that s a project that you have been working on, fast, that, that, is far as i understand it. possibility that will take you into next year. possibly into the year after. this is not something that has an infinite time horizon. exactly right. it was supposed to be done over three years. you got the numbers exactly right, rachel. we are, you know, we have, gone ahead of schedule. we have looked at or changed almost 9,000 lead service lines. we started back up today. so, we had this year next year to co