Aide: Gov. wanted Flint fix without declaring emergency
Source: Detroit News
Lansing Gov. Rick Snyder could have declared a state emergency in Flint months before he did but was directing top staff to explore other options to fix the water contamination crisis, according to new administration emails released this weekend.
Boss wants us to work through this without a disaster declaration if (possible), Transformation Manager Rich Baird wrote in a Nov. 26 email to Col. Kriste Etue, director of the Michigan State Police.
Snyder eventually would declare a state emergency on Jan. 5, more than three months after he had first announced in October a comprehensive action plan for Flint, where experts had found elevated lead levels in water and the blood of some children.
Ari Adler, a spokesman for Snyder, said the governor had asked staff to be prepared in many different ways and have multiple plans for addressing the crisis. Baird, he said, was exploring what a state response would look like without an emergency declaration.
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datguy_6
(176 posts)ladjf
(17,320 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)He was more concerned about buffing his street creds with the GOP and looking like a take charge leader who didn't need any Big Government aid to fix the water problems. He didn't care about the people at all, just puffing up his own reputation.
Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)dembotoz
(16,842 posts)cause what he did was criminal
bemildred
(90,061 posts)chapdrum
(930 posts)Meanwhile, they all knew that Flint residents were drinking water that GM had rejected because it was corroding its parts.
Good thing this is the land of Exceptionalism.