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Residents and organizers press Jackson council for water-affordability action
Summary
Detroit-area organizers and Jackson residents urged the council to support state and local measures to address unaffordable water bills, describing disconnections as a public-health crisis and asking the city to pass a supporting resolution and consider legislative language.
Several residents and visiting organizers urged the Jackson City Council on Oct. 28 to take action on water affordability and to support state legislation that would create programs to reduce household water-bill burdens.
Sylvia Ordino, a community organizer who attends local meetings across Michigan, said the problem of unaffordable water is statewide and urged the council to…
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