Racism on Flint's Water Crisis
Whether institutional or overt racism contributed to the Flint water crisis is at the center of an investigation and forthcoming report being completed by the Michigan Civil Rights Commission.
The first draft of the six-to-eight-chapter, 70- to 80-page report is expected to be complete and submitted to the Commission by late December or early January.
Flint leaders in 2013 opted to stop purchasing water from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department in favor of tapping into the under-construction, $285-million pipeline of the Karegnondi Water Authority, which will draw from Lake Huron.
Flint-based attorney Joseph F. Galvin, representing Genesee County Drain
Commissioner Jeff Wright, was the only person to specifically address water crisis report during the public comment portion of Monday's meeting.
Wright is also the CEO of the Karegnondi Water Authority, the entity constructing the new water pipeline Flint plans to move to.
"I am here today to ask you not to rely on the testimony given to you by Professor Peter Hammer until you have read and considered Mr. Wright's testimony, which was provided to you," Galvin said. "I ask this in the interest of fairness."
(an excerpt fom MLive)
The first draft of the six-to-eight-chapter, 70- to 80-page report is expected to be complete and submitted to the Commission by late December or early January.
Flint leaders in 2013 opted to stop purchasing water from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department in favor of tapping into the under-construction, $285-million pipeline of the Karegnondi Water Authority, which will draw from Lake Huron.
Flint-based attorney Joseph F. Galvin, representing Genesee County Drain
Commissioner Jeff Wright, was the only person to specifically address water crisis report during the public comment portion of Monday's meeting.
Wright is also the CEO of the Karegnondi Water Authority, the entity constructing the new water pipeline Flint plans to move to.
"I am here today to ask you not to rely on the testimony given to you by Professor Peter Hammer until you have read and considered Mr. Wright's testimony, which was provided to you," Galvin said. "I ask this in the interest of fairness."
(an excerpt fom MLive)