Citizen Power Demonstrated in Lansing
January 15, 2016
January 14th, hundreds of Flint Citizens marched on the capitol, occupying the rotunda and gallery within the capitol building. They called for Governor Snyder’s resignation and/or arrest in connection with the Flint Water Crisis.
In 2014, the City of Flint, under “Emergency Management” through Snyder’s own law and appointments, switched to using the Flint River as a drinking water supply. A dark saga unfolded from e. coli, to Trihalomethanes, to lead poisoning, and now legionnaires disease.
While deafening calls for his resignation and arrest filled the capitol building, Snyder phoned the White House asking President Obama to declare a federal state of emergency and provide federal assistance to the People of Flint.
If this is what a few hundred Citizens can accomplish in an afternoon, imagine what a few hundred thousand of us could accomplish in a summer.
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CACC joins organizations throughout the Great Lakes and nationwide, celebrating the 42nd Anniversary of the Clean Water Act and working to make all of our Great Lakes’ fresh waters clean enough to drink, to swim and to fish. The Clean Air Act’s 42nd Anniversary occurred Saturday, October 18, 2014.