January 30, 201610 yr Author When Did Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Find Out About Lead Poisoning in Flint's Water Supply? - The Atlantic
January 30, 201610 yr Author Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Has No Plan to Remove Poison Pipes in Flint - NBC News
January 30, 201610 yr Revealed: Rick Snyder gave state workers in Flint clean water a year before providing it to residents His poor response has nothing to do with why it got to this point. Years of city mis management and corruption lead to these type of things.
January 30, 201610 yr His poor response has nothing to do with why it got to this point. Years of city mis management and corruption lead to these type of things. And yet it wasn't until a city manager, appointed by the governor, came to Flint that this happened. The city governance is not innocent in this (more so that of Detroit Water than the Flint city council), but to pretend that this is some consequence of Democratic governance is just the worst kind of partisan nonsense.
January 30, 201610 yr And yet it wasn't until a city manager, appointed by the governor, came to Flint that this happened. The city governance is not innocent in this (more so that of Detroit Water than the Flint city council), but to pretend that this is some consequence of Democratic governance is just the worst kind of partisan nonsense. Agreed. I do not recall mentioning Democrat/Republican/BullMoose in my post.
January 30, 201610 yr Author Agreed. I do not recall mentioning Democrat/Republican/BullMoose in my post. I blame them all and with each passing day it seems they are all becoming more and more culpable.
January 30, 201610 yr And yet it wasn't until a city manager, appointed by the governor, came to Flint that this happened. The city governance is not innocent in this (more so that of Detroit Water than the Flint city council), but to pretend that this is some consequence of Democratic governance is just the worst kind of partisan nonsense. It's an indictment public sector corruption and mismanagement at the expense of taxpayers, period.
January 30, 201610 yr Although I do not know the exact details of Flint's issues, I was not aware that the Governor had anything to do with an individual city's governance. I would think the problems would lie at the feet of the city's mayor/ city council. Not unreasonable to think, but as it turns out the republican gov Snyder used a state law in 2012 to place a city manager there of his choosing, and the mayor and the council had no power. The law was supposedly an emergency measure to solve flint's fiscal problem. It was this governor appointed manager, and the water companies, who are to blame, along with the governor who knew about these issues and did nothing. Hard to blame the local officials when they were divested of any power and authority.
January 30, 201610 yr If only that were true. Michigan's governor is a Republican venture capitalist whose record on economic growth is abysmal. Liberal leadership for 30 + years, "Republican venture capitalist" a few years--Pipes don't rust overnight?? Keep your heads in the sand and this will be coming to a city near you, unless it's already there?
January 30, 201610 yr It's an indictment public sector corruption and mismanagement at the expense of taxpayers, period. Agreed, and this crosses all party lines.
January 30, 201610 yr I blame them all and with each passing day it seems they are all becoming more and more culpable. Two words for all forms of government--"Term Limits"!!
January 31, 201610 yr Actually the same guy who was city manager when this started in Flint is now the emergency manager for Detroit public schools. Darnell Earley. His name should be included in the mix of those responsible. Michigan black lawmakers want Detroit school manager fired
June 14, 20179 yr Flint water crisis: 5, including Michigan health chief, charged with involuntary manslaughter | Fox News The head of the Michigan health department is among the 5 people charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter in an investigation of Flint’s lead-contaminated water. All are blamed in the death of an 85-year-old man who had Legionnaires’ disease. Nick Lyon, head of the Department of Health and Human Services, is the highest-ranking member of Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration to be snagged in a criminal investigation of how Flint’s water system became poisoned in 2014. He’s accused of failing to alert the public about an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the Flint area, which has been linked by some experts to poor water quality in 2014-2015. If convicted, Lyon could face up to 15 years in prison. “The health crisis in Flint has created a trust crisis for Michigan government, exposing a serious lack of confidence in leaders who accept responsibility and solve problems,” Attorney General Bill Schuette told reporters. Lyon also is charged with misconduct in office for allegedly obstructing university researchers who are studying if the surge in cases was linked to the Flint River. The others are people who were already facing charges. They are: Darnell Earley, who was Flint's emergency manager when the city used the river; Howard Croft, who ran Flint's public works department; Liane Shekter Smith; and Stephen Busch. Shekter Smith and Busch were state environmental regulators. Lyon, Croft, Earley, Shekter Smith and Busch are blamed in the death of Robert Skidmore in December 2015. The state's chief medical officer, Dr. Eden Wells, was charged Wednesday with obstruction of justice and lying to an investigator. “Dr. Wells vehemently denies the charges,” defense attorney Jerry Lax said. Flint started using water from the Flint River to save money in 2014 but it wasn’t treated to reduce corrosion. Lead from old plumbing leached into the water system. Legionnaires’ is a type of pneumonia caused by bacteria that thrive in warm water and infect the lungs. People can get sick if they inhale mist or vapor, typically from cooling systems. There were nearly 100 cases in the Flint area, including 12 deaths, in 2014 and 2015. The investigation led by Schuette and Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton has already led to charges against 13 current or former government officials, including two city emergency managers appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder. In March, Corrine Miller, the state's former director of disease control, was sentenced to probation and ordered to write an apology to residents after pleading no contest to willful neglect of duty. She is a key cooperating witness for Schuette's team.
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