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The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin empowers the next generation to take on our greatest policy challenges.

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  1. More than 3,400 Texans have their names inscribed on the

  2. RT : RT : Replica of Vietnam Veterans Memorial to be displayed at LBJ Library

  3. Need technically competent, ethical leaders to have nerves of steel to stand on a desk & say something is wrong

  4. Need a funding source like state or federal (i.e. someone else's money) to fix the corrosion issue in the service lines.

  5. RT : Look at EPA regs. When's the last time we made a new water quality standard? Lynn Katz of

  6. The tragedy is that we know all of the factors and problems, and the water is still not fixed.

  7. Systematic discrimination and generational inequality continue to persist in our time.

  8. When you look at demographics of Flint, it's not a surprise that this happened.

  9. Segregation comes with consequences. Bifurcated democracy w/ different sets of life chances based on race.

  10. The Civil Rights Movement has always been an environmental movement.

  11. . sharing stats on minorities and the environment.

  12. This is a good chance to talk not just abt Flint, but race, public policy & the environment.

  13. It's a good time for Congress to look at Clean Water Act, make sure schools are safe in terms of lead.

  14. Flint is best case of system's checks/balances + grassroots work, but not yet a good case of how to get it done.

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