I found this:

http://www.9and10news.com/story/31085600/ludington-lead-levels-high...

It is very ironic that Shay points at the DEQ as an authority when it suits him. The recent report for the PM bayou still not acted on and it was published in Sept of 2015. The major mess happened in 2008 and is still there, not one thing done in almost 8 years but chop down a few trees. And another raw sewage breakage in 2012. These are just the ones we know of, how many more have happened?

If the bayou didn't matter then why close beaches? If the bayou flows there then it also flows to the drinking water intake. I don't have proof but I would not be surprised if the waste water plant was slowed to a crawl and treatment added near the input in the lake a few days before the scheduled tests that Shay speaks of in this story. 18 dollars for a bottle to test water, that seems high. The DEQ has said the bayou is bad so why are these bottles not supplied to everyone within at least 1/2 mile radius around the bayou? Also, the DEQ is making a plan for Flint, what about Ludington?

Ludington lives matter also!

All I can say is it may not be the number one cause but is a part of a whole city infrastructure. Just because there are private businesses that compete with the city and is located in a part of town that may not house the most wealthy of the city, does not mean we can or should be treated as a dump, or toilet.

Also to add that the fish we all love spawn and swim in these waters. Why not just clean it up?

Wealth is just something that measures someone in what they own in dollars, not what they are worth as a human. Most people I have encountered are wealthy when you count heart, soul, and how they treat others. How do these "money wealthy" people sleep at night or enjoy time with their families knowing what they are doing disregards and harms fellow Americans?

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When I contacted a member of AFFEW last week, I was asked if I live in the Bayou area. My answer was no, but I frequently go to work in that area. Then I was asked why I should care if I don't live there? Does that say anything? In other words it's hey, if it doesn't directly affect you, then you shouldn't be squawking. That's the wrong answer imho. But that's the exact mentality we are witnessing here. No city councilor lives there, nor goes to work there, so, they just don't give a Damn.

AFFEW is not a grass roots organization, it's astroturf stumps.  With Begnoche's wife, Joe Moloney's wife, and Councilor Moonbeam as their officers their main claim to fame is disposing of batteries properly.  Their ambivalence and apathy over our environment in their official capacities is more than proof of this.

If it closes beaches miles away and flows past the intake for the water treatment plant it affects everyone. If you fish/swim/boat it affects you. Leaving lead out, what about e coli, feces, etc.

So I have emailed them twice (AFFEW) starting from a week ago. Told them we have property around the bayou, explained our story. Not even a response on anything.  Also emailed our councilman a few times in that same period, no response? Guess they are very busy in Ludington with all of the snow and winter issues. Possibly too overwhelmed with other environmental issues there to give a response? Every email now is cc to our lt governor who wants to be our next governor. He is a very good man that has helped me a lot in the past with having a child with disabilities and issues related.

The corruption in this city is absolutely obscene, it makes Detroit look like Graceland, at least the leaders there are working FOR the people! We need to get things better in Ludington asap!

Every E-mail to their in-box left unanswered is future proof of their incompetence and complicity in the dirty deeds.  Every meeting where they remain silent when I put forth the official studies and their results to them showing contamination is another testament to their apathy and inhumanity to their fellow Ludington citizen, and their own families.  There will come a time when they will be judged, by their community, their state, and their creator.

Sent this to them via email on Feb 1, still waiting for a response:

 

Feb 1 at 10:00 PM

The reason I posted this with this title is because I was watching Fox2 Detroit this am and Russell Simmons, one of the founders of Def Jam records was on and spoke of environmental racism. In this case it may not be skin color but it is poverty, and I believe that just because there may be many white in this area it still qualifies as racism. Like I said Ludington lives matter and we need this out there to get things better because there is no reason that any part of any city should be disregarded! All people of all race/creed/color/social standing/religion deserve to be treated as Americans, not just the ones that might be headline worthy! Why suppress any?

This brings up a lot of questions. If they can definitely say the water is not a problem then why can't they definitely say what the problems is? Saying "probably old paint" just doesn't answer any questions. Is the number of kids who have elevated lead in their system an average number which is to be expected and which is acceptable? If it is considered a low number then that means Flint does not really have a problem and it's being blown out of proportion. If it is high then where's the concern and the initiative  to correct the situation? I guess I just don't understand. At what % of people with high levels of lead will cause the authorities step in and investigate? Does the Health Authority have guidelines that are written down which mandate action if a certain number of children / people test positive for high levels of lead?

Good questions.  I'm going to the city hall tomorrow to look over a recent FOIA request concerning that Madison Street pipe that became visible when the water level was low in the bayou.  As normal, I will share what I can.

This is who we need to help us in Ludington! Almost had him then Flint became a story, so maybe we are next?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwVO3mn5QR4&feature=youtu.be

Ironic that a guy named Leduff would be doing investigative reporting on led. 

We need the private Virginia Tech team that stepped up and protected the citizens of Flint better than our elected and appointed officials did.  Where was our environmental teams at our own prestigious universities in Ann Arbor and East Lansing?  Are the officials there doing too much investigative work and prosecuting of people who write on bathroom stalls? 

And why is our appointed Fourth Ward councilor and the people from the MSU Extension Office he directs at his secondary job not addressing any of our local environment problems?   It's as good a question with them as asking Councilor Katie Moonbeam's AFFEW for a comment. 

Good video jfc123. The problem isn't the river water but what happened to the water between the river and the people who consume it. Any water can be purified enough to drink so the question is why wasn't Flint's water processed properly. I think the lead has been in Flint's water for years and is only now being looked at because of the other contaminates that were not filtered out. I would like to see a report which follows Flint's water trail, from the source to the tap so that the true problems can finally be revealed.

What happened to the water is a good question but who's taking care of our water is a better one. Our city, state and through out the united states even possibly the world we trust our drinking water to a low paid city worker who probably isn't certified to do anything.

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