Post-Katrina Post #1

EVENT

One step goes one step by one step:

To start close to home, and selfishly, my chest has been expansive, and I'm bursting with pride. First the word arrives that Detroit is taking on hurricane refugees, then Governor Granholf's commitment to house 10,000 homeless. And now, Genesee County follows. Most of the Genesee County refugees will, in fact, be placed in Flint.

And that, I think, is remarkable. Two of the poorest cities in the country, afflicted with racial strife, violence, sanitation trouble, and grave poverty, still open their arms in a moment of the gravest trouble.

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