There are literally no valid points in this article. The things Illitch did wrong are listed as: 1) Made a lot of money building a business, 2) Made a lot of money in real estate, and 3) Took maximum advantage of municipal subsidies.

I was at an FCA dealer just this past weekend. I asked if they honored the Employee discount on Hellcats and the salesman said, “and then some.” They had a Charger the floor and a half-dozen (between Chargers and Challengers) sitting outside in the snow. I didn’t really go into it with him, and I don’t think…

I can’t even tell which punch is supposed to be horrifying. The uppercut had him obviously dazed; the KO shot was routine boxing. Or is this a meta thing where we are saying boxing itself is horrifying, and I just haven’t had enough coffee?

Regardless, it is certainly possible. In fact, Lansing, MI just completed the job last month, although it took a long time: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2016/12/14/lead-line-removal/95419004/

Some folks on this thread might be interested in the below regarding the crisis response in Flint:

Yep. My last doc was a disaster and prescribed me Levaquin for a routine sinus infection (after twice incorrectly diagnosing me with pneumonia, yay). After a reaction that landed me on a gurney in the ER, the attending doc could barely believe the Rx...I think he thought I had swiped it somehow...!

I know that Beyonce organized a fan fundraiser for Flint that brought in over $80k (which was quickly delivered and put to good use), but I had not heard that she personally kicked in that kind of coin...do you have a source for that? Would love to learn more.

For what it’s worth, lots of great people have spent untold hours and dollars helping mitigate the effect of this crisis on Flint’s kids. University of Michigan-Flint, the Flint public schools, and other organizations have partnered to make early education (preschool) free to any affected child, programs are in place…

I discussed this exact question a couple of weeks ago with a B1G women’s varsity player who has since played and coached boys hoops in Europe. She feels that a good college women’s team would be competitive with a good boys high school freshman or JV team. (This would be consistent with soccer - the USWNT scrimmages…