Live on Delphi
Hosted by Cstar1
A Delphi forum for discussing breaking news, memes, various topics of interest. From the serious to the silly, we discuss the top stories in the news, on Twitter, and in your social media world. Every day, a different story.
- 2455
MEMBERS - 14400
MESSAGES - 0
POSTS TODAY
Discussions
Dirty Water, Deadly Water Discussions
From: Cstar1
1/30/16
Letter to the editor: Local media didn't whiff on Flint coverage
How does an entire country overlook one of the most outrageous instances of government failing its people to occur this generation? One meticulous, thorough and unerring story at a time.
Read more from PoynterFrom: Cstar1
2/5/16
APNewsBreak: Officials warned of water, Legionnaires' link
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - High-ranking officials in Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's administration were aware of a surge in Legionnaires' disease potentially linked to Flint's water long before the governor reported the increase to the public last month, internal emails show. When he disclosed the spike in Legionnaires' cases on Jan.
Read more from The Big StoryFrom: Cstar1
2/22/16
Two recall petitions against governor Snyder have been approved. Eight previous ones had been denied. Petioners now have to gather almost 800, 000 signatures.
From: Cstar1
2/23/16
Ex-Snyder aide: Financial focus led to crisis in Flint
Schornack predicts successful recall vote LANSING - The drinking water catastrophe in Flint is the result of a failed model of trying to run state government like a business, says a former adviser to Gov. Rick Snyder, who also predicted the governor won't survive a recall vote if the question makes the ballot.
Read more from Detroit Free PressFrom: Cstar1
3/17/16
Michigan's governor goes to Washington, gets ass handed to him by Congress
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy testified Thursday morning in a long-anticipated hearing on the causes of the Flint contamination disaster. This was the third Flint-related hearing before the committee, following Tuesdays morning's tense questioning of former local, state, and federal officials.
Read more from Mother JonesFrom: Cstar1
3/25/16
The Racism at the Heart of Flint's Crisis
An important new report makes clear the principal cause of the water crisis in Flint, Mich.: the state government's blatant disregard for the lives and health of poor and black residents of a distressed city. The report released Wednesday by a task force appointed last year by Gov.
Read more from Nytimes