Sen. Ananich of Flint still drinks bottled water, says, “I was lied to like everyone else".
Mayor Karen Weaver says she wants Flint to return to a long-term agreement with the Detroit-based Great Lakes Water Authority.
This reverses the plans to connect Flint to the new, competing Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA).
The Michigan Senate Minority Leader, Senator Jim Ananich, D-Flint, joined Stateside’s live show in Flint last Saturday to talk about the state of the city and why something needs to be done about the water rates.
Water is a right … it’s something that we have to have.
"I was lied to like everyone else was, so I buy bottled water with fluoride in it for my son, and I use that primarily myself," Ananich said.
So I feel like a lot of people in Flint do.
Lead is a neurotoxin that has really damaging results to people and if they’re worried about costs, then that’s just a ridiculous reason not to make changes.
"Lead is a neurotoxin that has really damaging results to people and if they’re worried about costs, then that’s just a ridiculous reason not to make changes."
"Michigan should lead the way [in water quality standards]," Ananich said.