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Democrat policies drive another city into to the ground. Don't worry though, there is still enough of other peoples money (US Taxpayer) left to bail out another corrupt democratic-run city.

The Democrats’ Filthy Flint Water
Dirty politics lead to dirty water.

Mayor Dayne Walling, a Democrat, led a cheerful countdown at the Flint water treatment plant to press the button moving the city over to river water. Walling and Darnell Earley, the Democratic emergency manager, even raised glasses in a toast and drank the water to show that it was safe.

“It’s a historic moment for the city of Flint to return to its roots and use our own river as our drinking water supply,” Walling said. “The water quality speaks for itself.”

Flint’s city council had voted in favor of the move 7-1. Despite claims about the power of the emergency manager, the switch could not have gone forward without that vote.

Even once the problem had surfaced, the EPA knew and kept quiet. It was only once the crisis broke, that the Democratic establishment attempted to redirect the blame at Michigan’s efforts to fix broken Democratic cities like Flint using emergency managers. The war against the emergency managers is not about clean water; it’s about protecting the dirty Democratic politics that destroyed these cities.

Flint’s dirty water had its origins in dirty politics. The Democratic Party had badly mismanaged the city.

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Feds give $80 million for Flint water crisis

President Obama has announced an $80 million aid package for Flint, Mich., families dealing with a water contamination crisis there.

"We’re going to have that funding available to you by the end of next week, and that includes more than $80 million for the state of Michigan," Obama told the U.S. Conference of Mayors on Thursday. "Our children should not have to be worried about the water that they’re drinking in American cities. That’s not something that we should accept."

Obama visited Michigan — but not Flint — on Wednesday and pledged to help the city however he could.

“It is a reminder of why you can’t shortchange basic services we provide to our people and that we, together, provide as a government to make sure that the public health and safety is preserved,” he said then.

Obama declared a disaster in the region on Saturday, opening the door to federal funding for citizens struggling with waters contaminated by toxic lead levels.

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