The Referendum That Might Have Headed Off Flint’s Water Crisis
The tragic lead poisoning of the Flint water supply in Michigan is a study in bureaucratic bungling, racial inequity and national media inattention. But the fallout from the crisis has obscured another lesson: There are consequences when those in power are able simply to circumvent the public will.
March 5, 2016 | https://indepthnh.org/2016/03/05/the-referendum-that-might-have-headed-off-flints-water-crisis/