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11. In 2020, Jackson reached a settlement with @Siemens. Under the settlement agreement, Siemens paid Jackson $90 million, the original upfront cost of the contract. But $90 million was not nearly enough to make Jackson whole. https://t.co/vFmWZXZPqt — PolitiTweet.org

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10. In 2019, Jackson filed a lawsuit against @Siemens seeking $450 million in damages. The suit sought to recover the $200 million Jackson paid to finance the project, $175 million in lost revenue, and $75 million to repair the water meter system. — PolitiTweet.org

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@copleac @Siemens The state controls how the infrastructure money is allocated. — PolitiTweet.org

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9. The new meters did not work, and they did not communicate with the new billing system @Siemens installed. Jackson was stuck with a $7 million annual bond payment, a $2 million monthly shortfall in water fees, and a system non-functioning water meters https://t.co/vFmWZXZPqt — PolitiTweet.org

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8. After @Siemens installed the new automated meters many Jackson residents "reported not receiving any [water] bills." Residents who received water bills "reported inaccurate—and unusually high—amounts, which they often did not pay." https://t.co/vFmWZXZPqt — PolitiTweet.org

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7. In 2013, @Siemens inked a $90 million deal with the city. The city issued a bond to cover the upfront cost of the contract. It will ultimately cost Jackson over $200 million. $7 million per year through 2041. https://t.co/vFmWZXZPqt — PolitiTweet.org

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6. What Siemens was promoting is an "energy performance contract." It allows municipalities to finance energy projects through projected future savings. Under a new Mississippi law championed by Siemens, such contracts could be signed without a competitive bidding process. — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Siemens argued that Jackson couldn't afford to say no. In a December 2010 email, Siemens told a Jackson official that "[r]ight now the city truly needs this project b/c you are losing thousands of dollars each day the project is not implemented." https://t.co/vFmWZXZPqt — PolitiTweet.org

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4. @Siemens assured city officials that the project would more than pay for itself. Jackson would pay @Siemens $90 million — the largest contract in city history — and the new automated system would generate "$120 million in guaranteed savings" over 15 years — PolitiTweet.org

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3. In 2010, @Siemens began pitching city officials on a solution. The company would install all-new automated water meters and a new billing system. Where would cash-strapped Jackson get the money for such a project? https://t.co/vFmWZXZPqt — PolitiTweet.org

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@Siemens 2. When schools were integrated in the 1960s, affluent whites began to leave Jackson. Followed by the black middle class The city was left with 114 sq miles of crumbling water infrastructure, a declining population, shrinking tax revenues, and a disinterested state government — PolitiTweet.org

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1. There are many causes of the water crisis impacting 150K people in Jackson, Mississippi But one thing that has garnered very little attention is how a multi-billion dollar corporation, @Siemens, made things much worse Follow along if interested 🧵 https://t.co/vFmWZXZPqt — PolitiTweet.org

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1. There are many causes of the water crisis impacting 150K people in Jackson, Mississippi But one thing that has garnered very little attention is how a multi-billion dollar corporation, @Seimens, made things much worse Follow along if interested 🧵 https://t.co/vFmWZXZPqt — PolitiTweet.org

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Florida Attorney General @AshleyMoodyFL is using her position to curtail abortion rights. On August 22, @ATT donated $25,000 to Moody's reelection campaign. https://t.co/ehNURbRcaK — PolitiTweet.org

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Source: https://t.co/aa4aGGGC7g — PolitiTweet.org

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Zuckerberg acknowledges that it's "kind of rude" to text during a meeting so his solution is not to stop texting during meetings but to have everyone attending meetings wear expensive headsets so other people can't tell if you are texting — PolitiTweet.org

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Mark Zuckerberg's "vision" for the metaverse is being able to read and send text messages during a meeting without other people noticing https://t.co/MHEcHVLq0m — PolitiTweet.org

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Just a reminder that this week the broadcast networks decided that a speech by the President of the United States on imminent threats to democracy itself was not newsworthy enough to preempt reruns of Law & Order and Young Sheldon — PolitiTweet.org

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PURGING ANYONE WHO CRITICIZED TRUMP IS NOT "IDEOLOGICALLY NEUTRAL." — PolitiTweet.org

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"Licht, who joined the network as chairman and CEO in May, is starting his tenure by casting out voices that had often been critical of former president Donald Trump and his allies, in an effort to present a new, more ideologically neutral CNN" https://t.co/unHgBh5ilD — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SenRickScott's fundraising strategy for the @NRSC was tricking people into donating without telling them what they were donating to https://t.co/euctF9Seaj https://t.co/DFPU0cbEo8 — PolitiTweet.org

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@RonDeSantisFL @KarlaforFlorida .@ChristinaPushaw, @DeSantisWarRoom, and others attempted to defend their smears for about 24 hours and repeatedly attacked Popular Information. Then they abruptly changed the subject https://t.co/lhvGu1VW23 — PolitiTweet.org

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UPDATE: Now that their lies have been exposed, @RonDeSantisFL and his campaign have largely dropped its smear against @KarlaforFlorida They've moved on to various other attacks https://t.co/Ag6TAmkBUQ — PolitiTweet.org

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Some important thoughts about Biden from the woman who said: “Hitler was right about one thing…” — PolitiTweet.org

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Call the “White House tradition” police immediately — PolitiTweet.org

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BREAKING: The President of the United States is a politician — PolitiTweet.org

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6. The repeated attacks by the DeSantis campaign on Popular Information are intended to intimidate me from further reporting. I stand by my reporting and will not be intimidated. For updates and more accountability journalism sign up free https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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5. More details and FACTS here. These facts will not prevent @RonDeSantisFL's campaign, @DeSantisWarRoom, and @christinapushaw from continuing to advance false attacks. But they are still important. People deserve better than lies and fabrications. https://t.co/lhvGu1VW23 — PolitiTweet.org

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4. Further, what the Miami-Dade teachers union did do (before @KarlaforFlorida was prez) is provide a representative when a member faces a civil disciplinary proceeding That's a union's job It doesn't mean the union is obstructing the investigation — PolitiTweet.org

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@RonDeSantisFL @KarlaforFlorida @FloridaGOP @orlandosentinel 3. The @RonDeSantisFL campaign, particularly Rapid Response Director @ChristinaPushaw, is deeply committed to the fiction that a 2019 Miami Herald article supports their false claims. But the author of that article tweeted yesterday that it did not. https://t.co/ovY0zanujx — PolitiTweet.org