DETROIT (AP) — Karen Weaver was elected mayor of Flint two years ago arguing that her predecessor had bungled the response to the city’s lead-contaminated water crisis.
Seventeen other people now believe they can do a better job and are seeking to oust her Tuesday in a recall election.
The ballot for the winner-take-all election doesn’t refer to the lead crisis — the official reason is Weaver’s decision to hire a suburban Detroit trash hauler that became connected to a federal corruption investigation. Still, the troubles caused by Flint’s ill-fated switch to a cheaper water source are on everybody’s minds.
“The official reason is the trash-hauling contract, but the real reason, I think, is the water,” said Paul Rozycki, a retired political science professor who taught at Flint’s Mott Community College for 40 years. “And, frankly, the lack of trust in the whole local system.”
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