Environmentalists are suing to stop the flow of 1,4-dioxane into the drinking water supply, which one local water utility found at concentrations 17 times higher than the EPA’s health advisory goal.
The CSB monitor the causes leading up to events like this in investigations carried out afterwards, usually only published a year or two after the actual event. The EPA are the ones that monitor the waterways and emissions from plants in real time. They have also faced cuts, but there's not currently a plan to completely eliminate them like the CSB
My cousin moved down there a few years ago, and a lot of my family talk about how they want to because its so cheap. I guess if you enjoy your local government to be non-existent and allow things like this to even take place, then I guess it's a wonderful place to live! Enjoy your low taxes, you get what you pay for.
Where I live, the local government is all at-large, so no one runs as a member of any party, but you can separate everyone into two groups of "people who want the town to provide basic services", like parks and libraries, and "people who want to keep property taxes as low as possible" by not spending money on any services.
It's comical how much Americans loathe to pay their taxes.... Look at those "best places to live in the world" lists and everywhere good requires people to pay high taxes! ...it's almost like they get what they pay for!
Now don't get me wrong, american politicians and leaders are garbage and I would not trust them with my money either, but that's more about getting what you voted for (either directly, or indirectly by staying home that Tuesday)
We all live in NJ, so I can't agree with your statement, haha. It may not be bad to most states, but from what I see, NC is about 1-3k for property taxes? For us anywhere in the state, the middle class is going to start at around 6k and quickly rise to 14k a year if not more. I say 6k, but I don't even know anywhere close to my area that doesn't start at 9-11k. Mine is higher than that and trust me we live in an average, not even updated, middle class place in a town most people don't want to live because it was the cheapest within an hour drive, which we did not want to deal with going to work everyday.
North Carolina must have some of the most poisoned water between this, PFCs, and coal ash. The government should provide all residents with RO filters.