Our state capitol city of Jackson has been a liberal dem stronghold for MANY years. Their water supply, an ongoing disaster, has basically failed. Water pressure is very low, the water must be boiled to be consumed, and so many residents and local businesses, and restaurants in particular, are in emergency mode. There is no plan in place to correct any of this other than to say the city needs a billion dollars (What a conveniently round number!) to fix the mess they have created.
So our state newspaper, the Clarion Ledger, decides to run an article on the primary problem behind all of this. Their conclusion? Why, it's RACISM of course, the default position of all liberals when things don't go well in minority communities. The article contends that if Jackson was 70% white, then this problem would not be happening. Aside from the obvious problem of the author having no real idea of what might be happening if things were racially different, his contention is just an exercise in feel good journalism, and it provides an unfortunate excuse for the Jackson residents to say, "Oh well, there is no telling what all those racist white people will do next, so let's just continue to elect the same group of hopelessly inept, liberal democrats since, after all, the Clarion Ledger says none of this is their fault."
As a result, the problem will continue year after year until people begin to wake up and decide that many problems can actually be fixed if competent people are in charge and long-term plans have been made. Neither is the case at present.