Different take on Jackson’s water system issues: institutional racism

I know way way more about this than I should, and unfortunately can’t discuss any of it.

I don’t agree with a lot that’s in this article but there is zero doubt that white flight out if the city is a primary cause. Now was that flight the result of just racism or people fleeing a terrible school district, a corrupt and terrible city government, rising crime etc. Basically moving to the burbs to have better quality of life. (Basically what is happening to Mobile right now and what happened to New Orleans in 70s)

Also they completely failed to mention the Siemens water meter disaster that caused a complete underfunding of the system. Siemens dumped these faulty remote water sensors on small cities and towns throughout the South after getting run out of Chicago and California because we are apparently stupid enough to buy the bullshite they fixed them. Why take a loss on them when you can sell them to some other suckers. They settled the suit for 95 million which was about 300 million too little and after attorneys fees had 60 million which I assume they embezzled or something. Don’t buy them people. (Of course Mobile and Prichard installed them few years ago cuz we be stupid.)

Box article on water system