Tag Archives: Flint water crisis

Should I sign the Snyder recall petition? What are you planning to do?

By Mark | February 9, 2016

In the wake of evidence surfacing that proves the Snyder administration knew of a connection between Flint’s water and a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease a full ten months before they took action, and Snyder’s subsequent refusal to testify before a Congressional committee as to what happened in Flint, it’s not surprising that even the […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bill Schuette, breach of duty, Brian Calley, cake, Cakegate, Candice Miller, Dick DeVos, East Detroit, Emergency Manager, executive orders, Flint, gross negligence, Koch brothers, lead, lead poisoning, Legionnaires' disease, manslaughter, Michigan Attorney General, petitions, Rick Snyder, School Reform Office, State Board of Canvassers, Warren Consolidated Schools Board of Education, water | 39 Comments

Jeff Irwin on renewed movement in the Michigan House to kill Snyder’s Emergency Manager law, Ethan Lowenstein on the value of place-based education, and the witchy music of Spelling… on episode 38 of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | February 8, 2016

I know that all anyone wants to talk about these days is our story about the elaborate “fuck Flint I want to go shopping”-themed cake Governor Snyder had made for his wife’s birthday, which has now spread to the likes of Gawker and Wonkette, but, for my own sanity, I’ve got to move on. So, […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Education, Politics, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged Aaron Spelling, bellows, belonging, brushes with panty fame, casting spells, checks and balances, community, Craig Johnson, Detroit, dioxane, disinvestment, drone instruments, EAA, Eastern Michigan University, Education Achievement Authority, education reform, education spending, education theory, Educational Achievement Authority, Emergency Manager, EMU, Ethan Lowenstein, Flint, Gawker, Gelman plume, Gelman Sciences, globalization, guns in schools, Happiness, Jeff Irwin, Johnny Lupinacci, lead, lead poisoning, Medicare, Name Brand Tattoo, open carry, Patrick Elkins, place-based education, pollution, public education, racism, Rick Snyder, SEMIS Coalition, shruti box, Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition, spelling, threats to public education, Victoria Weeber, water, white flight, witchy, Wonkette | 11 Comments

Nothing says you care about the people of Flint like hosting an opulent party for your friends in downtown Ann Arbor behind blacked out windows

By Mark | February 4, 2016

I got word this past weekend that there was a secret party taking place in downtown Ann Arbor, a posh event inside an upscale restaurant. The windows of the restaurant, I was told, had been “blacked out,” and there was security outside. The man who had rented it out, according to the person who first […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged Ann Arbor News, birthday parties, blind items, cake, criminal investigation, FBI, Flint, Flint Child Health and Development Fund, Heather Anne Leavitt, Judge Mathis, lead, lead poisoning, Legionnaires' disease, Live, Nordstrom's, parties, poison, public health, public health emergency, Rick Snyder, Sue Snyder, Susan Fecteau, Sweet Heather Anne, water, West End Grill, Wonkette | 90 Comments

While it’s nice that people are sending bottles of water to Flint, I can’t help but wonder where all of that money is going

By Mark | January 25, 2016

I’ve been thinking a lot today about the millions and millions of little, single-serving bottles of water being sent to Flint by people around the world… On the whole, I think it’s a good thing. And I love knowing I live in a world where people so desperately want to help that they’re willing to […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Environment, Uncategorized | Also tagged ACLU, Big Water, bottled water, campaign donations, Cher, Curt Guyette, Deb Muchmore, Dennis Muchmore, disaster capitalism, Flint, FOIA, Ice Mountain, lead, lead poisoning, MDEQ, Mecosta County, Michigan Department for Environmental Quality, Muskegon aquifer, NERD fund, Nestle, public health, transparency, water | 41 Comments

ACLU Michigan’s investigative reporter Curt Guyette on the Flint water crisis, sharing meatloaf with musician Gregory McIntosh, the future of Ypsi’s infamous Elbow Room, and our second annual on-air swap meet… on this weekend’s Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | January 22, 2016

Somehow, yet once again, we’ve managed to book an awesome show for your listening pleasure this Saturday evening. This weekend’s show will be in four parts. First, we will be continuing our ongoing coverage of the Flint water crisis with ACLU Michigan’s investigative reporter Curt Guyette. Then, we’ll be talking with Andrew Epstein, the new […]