WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama tells the nation’s mayors that the federal government is investing more money this year to help local governments improve their water systems, and about $80 million will go to Michigan.
The city of Flint in that state has generated national attention because of high levels of lead in the water supply. The city’s water source had been changed in a cost-cutting move and the water was not properly treated to keep lead from leaching into the supply.
Obama says children “should not have to be worried about the water that they’re drinking in American cities.”
Obama also says the federal government will spend about $1 billion to help cities deal with global warming.
Obama spoke to the mayors at the White House Thursday.
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This is the budget just passed, right? Good to know. Flint should be getting some relief from its hideous Scrooge like governor and his “managers.”
Hmmm. Sounds like another executive action by that commie dictator. Can’t wait to hear the Supreme Court’s take on whether our kids should have clean water. Probably too close to call.
Hopefully there will be a way to put this money to use in addressing the problem without letting it go through the governor’s administration or his lackey “emergency managers.”
Poor Obama, always having to clean up republican messes.
And these people will probably vote for the next Republican governor.
Or stay home because “both parties are the same, what’s the use.”