Mississippi: Judge allows Feds to oversee Jackson, MS's water systems

[Roadvirus]

Normally, i'd prefer that Big Fed minded it's own damn business in many things, but this is something i support. This issue has been going on for a long time. What happened over the summer was unacceptable and it obviously needs someone with better management skills (or what passes for it in the case of the Fed govt) to fix it.

Judge okays feds' bid to step in and manage Jackson, Mississippi's struggling water system

Jackson's mayor said he hoped the "collaborative effort to repair, replace and modernize Jackson's water infrastructure" would become a "model for other U.S. cities."

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[TheParser]

From what little I have read about it, the water system problem in Jackson is outrageous.

This is, IMHO, a case of genuine racism.

If Jackson were still predominately Caucasian, the water system would never have been allowed to deteriorate to such an extent.