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term "Flint"

In several locations the term "Flint" or something similar that is used and it gives the very false impression that the City of Flint made the decision to go to another source of water and how they treated the water or other concerns related to the water crisis. It should be made 100% clear that there was no normal City government representing the people of Flint prior to and during the crisis, it was a manager from the state who had the authority to act they felt necessary without input or approval from the citizens of Flint. The term "state appointed emergency manager" should replace the term "Flint" where appropriate.

Sounds like a good idea. Feel free to made the switches where you feel it is appropriate. TomCat4680 (talk) 09:14, 15 October 2017 (UTC)
Sorry, but you should not be politicize and creating false impressions. Flint has since 1967 had Flint River water as its standby emergency system as Flint had to test the water each year then dump the water (which also made its cost higher). Second, the City Council voted 8 to 1 just prior to the financial emergency to switch to KWA with a mayor in place who supported the KWA. There is the normal government in place for the most part as the City Government representing the people were intact as both the elected council and mayor were still in existence. ABC12 in a televised segment had Governor Synder indicated that the Emergency Manager was direct to follow the city's elected official on its recommendation on long term water source given they would be left to deal with it. Again, the city council voted 8 to 1 (both times the "No" vote was for a long term use of the Flint River water as its permanent source) for the KWA water. Spshu (talk) 21:22, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
How am I "politicizing and creating false impressions"? I'm not a politician and everything I've posted are well sourced facts. If you think something is incorrect, correct it (with a reliable source of course), but don't accuse me of something I'm not doing. TomCat4680 (talk) 22:26, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

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I'm sorry, but the timeline lacking the appointment of the emergency manager is egregious. Why is there no highlighting that this emergency manager trampled over the local rights of the people of Flint? The way the timeline is written, you'd think that that City officials decided - off the cuff - to switch the water to their own detriment. You guys leave this gap wide open. This is yet again more racism and white innocence. Thanks for showing that Misplaced Pages is as biased as it has always been. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.178.22.85 (talk) 17:18, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

I added a few lines about it. There's also a large section about it at Flint, Michigan#Second_financial_emergency:_2011–present. TomCat4680 (talk) 20:47, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
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