Michigan Governor To Call For Flint Water Crisis ‘Action Plan’

A sign points the ay for Flint residents to get bottled water, water testing kits, and water filters at a Flint Fire Station January 13, 2016 in Flint, Michigan.

Snyder, whose office is exempt from Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act, told Fournier he is considering releasing all of his emails related to the Flint water crisis, as requested by the Detroit Free Press, Common Cause in MI, and other individuals and groups.

The financially-strapped city was under control of a state-appointed emergency manager when, seeking to save money, it switched its source of tap water from Detroit’s system to the nearby Flint River in April 2014. Flint returned to the Detroit system in October after elevated lead levels were discovered in children.

Governor Rick Snyder faced heat from residents and presidential contenders over his handling of the crisis. “I want to solve this problem”.

“People are overwhelmed, people cannot bathe, cannot drink water, cannot cook properly…The people of Flint have been betrayed”. And what I would say is, politicizing the issue doesn’t help matters.

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders both criticized Snyder for his seemingly-blasé attitude toward the entire situation. Class action lawsuits expected to be filed today against city and state officials over the ongoing water crisis. Filters and bottled water are being handed out to the residents of the city.

“We’ve had a city in the United States of America where the population, which is poor in many ways and majority African-American, has been drinking and bathing in lead-contaminated water”, she said.

Aides say the governor is likely to offer at least the outlines of a water safety strategy, and more plans to aid in the Flint emergency effort.

In response to a continuing water crisis in Flint, Michigan, a resident in the town has launched a GoFundMe campaign aimed at providing clean water for Flint citizens.

Some on social media have since taken to calling the Flint crisis “Katrina II”.

Even though protesters have repeatedly called for him to resign, he has resisted.

She said she would donate more than 180,000 bottles of water to the city, which is home to 100,000 people. Responding to Weaver’s and Snyder’s cry for federal assistance, which Snyder said would help with temporary housing and home repairs, President Barack Obama also issued a state of emergency Saturday.