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Some of the best reporting on this issue is at http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/p/jackson-water-crisis.html http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/p/jackson-water-cri

Some of the best reporting on this issue is at http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/p/jackson-water-crisis.html http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/p/jackson-water-crisis.html The site was instrumental in uncovering the EPA reporting that the city tried to hide for more than a year and has direct sources involved in the operation of the plant.

dmix 4y ago
> EPA reporting that the city tried to hide for more than a year Sounds like the mayor hid the EPA report from the city council. Not sure how something like that can happen.
- tomohawk 4y ago
  And then, like in many cases of malfeasance, the mayor and others involved tried to deflect blame by claiming they were victims of a racist system. This made the situation even more toxic. It's embarrassing that the press uncritically amplified these claims without actually investigating or understanding what was going on. This does show the strength of our federal system, though. The local politics had a failure by putting in this mayor who is well outside of mainstream politics. This resulted in problems, such as the the water system not being operated properly. Eventually, the state got involved and raised the alarm, but like any messenger, they took a few arrows for their efforts. Eventually the feds got involved, and the Army Corps was able to put things on a better path.
JeremyNT 4y ago
I'm sorry but the way that blog looks, the types of comments it attracts, and the general tenor of the text makes me reluctant to take it at face value. Do you have a citation for your claim that this is some of the best reporting?
- devilbunny 4y ago
  He certainly has some... unusual commenters, but really, he's about the best there is, unless you're on one of his hobby-horse topics that I've really failed to get excited about. (The water situation is not one, although the mayor's habit of trying to hide what his administration is doing from the press is.) I live locally.
- cbozeman 4y ago
  I'm quite sure you wouldn't take it face value. I've been reading Kingfish's blog for a long time... since 2008. And it reminds me why I left Mississippi every time I look at it. Kingfish isn't a web developer or a technologist (hence the *.blogspot.com domain and not something along the lines of www.kingfish.news like those of us in tech would have). Kingfish is a just your garden variety blogger. His identity is already known, and he's considered to be controversial, but a truth teller: https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2017/jan/23/city-vetting-local-blogger-kingfish-hendrix-jackso/ https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2017/jan/23/city-vetti... He leans conservative, and although the so-called 'elite' media outlets consider that to be a crime nowadays, it isn't.
- devilbunny 4y ago
  This is a very late reply, but he's put together one of those posts that explains why the locals trust him at http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2022/09/how-jacksons-water-system-collapsed.html http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2022/09/how-jacksons-water-... Not completely disinterested, and maybe there are things about which you don't trust him, but his citations are excellent. Lots of raw data to work with.

dmix 4y ago

> EPA reporting that the city tried to hide for more than a year Sounds like the mayor hid the EPA report from the city council. Not sure how something like that can happen.

tomohawk 4y ago
And then, like in many cases of malfeasance, the mayor and others involved tried to deflect blame by claiming they were victims of a racist system. This made the situation even more toxic. It's embarrassing that the press uncritically amplified these claims without actually investigating or understanding what was going on. This does show the strength of our federal system, though. The local politics had a failure by putting in this mayor who is well outside of mainstream politics. This resulted in problems, such as the the water system not being operated properly. Eventually, the state got involved and raised the alarm, but like any messenger, they took a few arrows for their efforts. Eventually the feds got involved, and the Army Corps was able to put things on a better path.

JeremyNT 4y ago

I'm sorry but the way that blog looks, the types of comments it attracts, and the general tenor of the text makes me reluctant to take it at face value. Do you have a citation for your claim that this is some of the best reporting?

devilbunny 4y ago
He certainly has some... unusual commenters, but really, he's about the best there is, unless you're on one of his hobby-horse topics that I've really failed to get excited about. (The water situation is not one, although the mayor's habit of trying to hide what his administration is doing from the press is.) I live locally.
cbozeman 4y ago
I'm quite sure you wouldn't take it face value. I've been reading Kingfish's blog for a long time... since 2008. And it reminds me why I left Mississippi every time I look at it. Kingfish isn't a web developer or a technologist (hence the *.blogspot.com domain and not something along the lines of www.kingfish.news like those of us in tech would have). Kingfish is a just your garden variety blogger. His identity is already known, and he's considered to be controversial, but a truth teller: https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2017/jan/23/city-vetting-local-blogger-kingfish-hendrix-jackso/ https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2017/jan/23/city-vetti... He leans conservative, and although the so-called 'elite' media outlets consider that to be a crime nowadays, it isn't.
devilbunny 4y ago
This is a very late reply, but he's put together one of those posts that explains why the locals trust him at http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2022/09/how-jacksons-water-system-collapsed.html http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2022/09/how-jacksons-water-... Not completely disinterested, and maybe there are things about which you don't trust him, but his citations are excellent. Lots of raw data to work with.