Hello. You forgot to say that this question is about the article "I'm a Flint resident. I'm done paying for water that is not safe."
Answer:
He develops the claim showing the neglect of water distribution in the city, even if citizens pay expensive taxes.
Explanation:
Olaniran wrote the article showing the difficulties that the Michigan water crisis has brought to citizens. He describes the disruption of this situation and the negligence of the companies responsible for the distribution of water to the population, who had to continue paying very high taxes to have access to water, reaching the point that these taxes were higher than the taxes in states who had free access to water, being even higher than the import of large corporations.
Mrs. Jones' response expresses the feeling of empathy and compassion for marginalized people and this contributes to the development of the short story theme.
