Home FLINT, MICHIGAN – FEBRUARY 3: City councilmen Eric Mays of Flint, Mich., discusses his leadership over the course of the previous year regarding Flint’s ongoing water crisis during a city council meeting, which introduced the topic of whether Flint residents should have to pay for their water bills, at Flint City Hall on Wednesday, February 3, 2016. High water rates and shutoff notices have been part of an ongoing discussion between residents and city officials since the beginning of the city’s water crisis. (Photo by Brittany Greeson for The Washington Post via Getty Images) FLINT, MICHIGAN - FEBRUARY 3: City councilmen Eric Mays of Flint, Mich., discusses his leadership over the course of the previous year regarding Flint's ongoing water crisis during a city council meeting, which introduced the topic of whether Flint residents should have to pay for their water bills, at Flint City Hall on Wednesday, February 3, 2016. High water rates and shutoff notices have been part of an ongoing discussion between residents and city officials since the beginning of the city's water crisis. (Photo by Brittany Greeson for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

FLINT, MICHIGAN – FEBRUARY 3: City councilmen Eric Mays of Flint, Mich., discusses his leadership over the course of the previous year regarding Flint’s ongoing water crisis during a city council meeting, which introduced the topic of whether Flint residents should have to pay for their water bills, at Flint City Hall on Wednesday, February 3, 2016. High water rates and shutoff notices have been part of an ongoing discussion between residents and city officials since the beginning of the city’s water crisis. (Photo by Brittany Greeson for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

FLINT, MICHIGAN – FEBRUARY 3: City councilmen Eric Mays of Flint, Mich., discusses his leadership over the course of the previous year regarding Flint’s ongoing water crisis during a city council meeting, which introduced the topic of whether Flint residents should have to pay for their water bills, at Flint City Hall on Wednesday, February 3, 2016. High water rates and shutoff notices have been part of an ongoing discussion between residents and city officials since the beginning of the city’s water crisis.
(Photo by Brittany Greeson for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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