Tag Archives: lead poisoning

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, Flint water crisis, Heather Anne Leavitt, Judge Mathis, lead, 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

Now that Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Earley is facing the prospect of a year in prison for contempt, one wonders if he might be persuaded to work with prosecutors

By Mark | February 2, 2016

Yesterday, retired Michigan 36th District Court Judge Gregory Ellis “Greg” Mathis came right out and said what a lot of us have been thinking for a while now… that what happened in Flint has all the makings of a criminal case. The EMU-grad-turned-television-personality put it his way: “It appears that there’s criminal negligence here,” he […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics | Also tagged Congress, contempt, Darnell Earley, Detroit Public Schools, domestic terrorism, Elijah Cummings, Emergency Manager, Flint, Greg Mathis, Jason Chaffetz, lead, Legionnaires' disease, Rick Snyder, terrorism, water | 12 Comments

Saying they “delayed our action plan,” Rick Snyder lays the blame for the Flint water disaster at the feet of “career civil servants” who cared more about process than people

By Mark | January 27, 2016

You have to give him credit for having chutzpah. It took him a few days, but our Governor, with he help of multiple consultants and a few top flight PR firms, is attempting not just to deflect blame for what happened in Flint, but actually turn the deadly public health crisis into an anti-government parable […]

Posted in History, Michigan, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged accountability, ALEC, bureaucrat, career civil servants, checks and balances, Cher, civil service, crisis communications, Dana Milbank, Emergency Manager, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, framing, individual responsibility, lead, public employees, public health, public health emergency, public relations, Republican framing, revisionist history, Rick Snyder, water | 19 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, Flint water crisis, FOIA, Ice Mountain, lead, 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 […]