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January 27-February 2, 2016 AMBROSE UNDER FIRE Ex-local official Local history exhibit uncorked caught up in Flint at City Hall.---- p. 8 crisis.----p. 5 AN EVENING WITH Savion Glover & Jack DeJohnette Friday, February 19 at 8pm Tap legend Savion Glover and iconic jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette join up for a once-in-a-lifetime concert in two sets as they take the audience on a journey of beautiful music and dance. $15 STUDENT WHARTONCENTER.COM • 1-800-WHARTON TICKETS 2 www.lansingcitypulse.com City Pulse • January 27, 2016 GRAND OPENING! $5 OFF any $30 purchase $2 OFF a Buy one Entree $10 purchase or more GET ONE FREE Offer valid with coupon through 3-31-2016 $4 OFF a $20 purchase or more Buy one entree, get one HALF OFF! Offer valid with coupon through 3-31-2016 Offer valid with coupon through 3-31-2016 Offer valid with coupon through 3-31-2016 Authentic Chinese Fondue Authentic Vietnamese Cuisine Authentic Asian Cuisine Carry out, Dine & Deliever All you can eat! 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Mr. Ballenger his opinions, but he is not entitled to his (Please include your name, address and telephone number noted that he is a own facts. so we can reach you. Keep letters to 250 words or fewer. Flint resident and City Pulse reserves the right to that the water at —Laurence Rosen edit letters and columns.) his residence has East Lansing City Pulse • January 27, 2016 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION How did Ambrose end up making deci- sions that contributed to the water crisis? Ambrose's river Matt Grossmann, an associate pro- fessor of government at Michigan State Former Lansing official key player in Flint crisis University, attributed it to the emergency manager law itself. OF THE WEEK With angry residents toting bottles of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. “As a general criticism of the emergen- and jugs full of muddy-colored liquid, “We have a continuing commitment to cy manager law, the fact is local elected Flint’s City Council approved a resolution maintain water safety and to improve wa- officials are better equipped to respond in March 2015 calling on the city’s emer- ter quality, and have dedicated resources to the concerns of citizens,” he said. “The gency manager to “do all things possible” to assure this commitment will be made.” emergency manager is laser focused on to switch from the Flint River as the city's Ambrose argued that a switch back to saving money rather than other concerns water source. That was nearly a year af- Detroit water would cost Flint residents that would come forward.” ter the city had shifted its source from the an additional $12 million a year but do- He said the Flint water crisis was a Detroit River to save money. ing so was unlikely to address the water succession of failures, bureaucratic and But emergency manager called the issues. legal, and that he was not prepared to as- resolution “incomprehensible.” He de- “Changing the source of the city’s wa- sess any blame to one specific person yet. fended the water as safe. ter would not necessarily change any of Ambrose’s role in the crisis is likely to That emergency manager was Jerry the aesthetics of the water, including odor leave him spending a lot of time in the of- Ambrose, well known in Lansing.
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