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These 2020 hopefuls are right to keep a spotlight on Flint. It should also be on the R majority in the Michigan House, who have chosen again and again to put the health of MI citizens second to the interests of corporate lobbyists.https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/15/flint-2020-presidential-candidates/1715142001/ …
Last year, the state legislature approved a sweetheart deal where Nestlé gets to extract tens of millions of gallons of Michigan groundwater for only $200 – in a town just 2 hours away from Flint. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/29/nestle-pays-200-a-year-to-bottle-water-near-flint-where-water-is-undrinkable …
And last year, the legislature blocked funding to keep giving bottled water to Flint residents. The result? Nestlé – not Flint residents – are the ones with clean drinking water. https://www.sciencealert.com/flint-michigan-residents-clean-water-nestle-pump-gallons-cheap …
At tonight's #DemDebate, we'll be waiting hopefully (but not holding our breath) for candidates to acknowledge the impact of state legislatures & prove they are committed to building power from the ground up. We track their actions here with @DataProgress: https://partybuilder.org/ pic.twitter.com/5dbdXJd4C2
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