Problems in Detroit, Flint show rift over emergency managers

Bush, whose presidential campaign continues to struggle in the crowded GOP primary field, was asked about the crisis in Flint during an appearance Sunday morning on ABC’s “This Week” political talk show.

Snyder unveiled a $28 million plan during his January 19 State of the State address to combat the city’s water crisis.

While speaking at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, actor Matt Damon offered some blunt words for Governor Rick Snyder after residents of Flint complained for more than 18 months that their water was contaminated. “He’s rolling up his sleeves and trying to – trying to deal with this”. “A thing like that shouldn’t happen….” First you have to understand how Flint got its water before the crisis.

Creagh wrote that state officials don’t know whether it’s legal for the EPA to order MI to take such actions.

In Iowa on Monday, Florida Sen.

Snyder declared a state of emergency on January 5 and mobilized the National Guard to distribute bottled water and filters on January 12. After getting briefed on the issue, Rubio told reporters in Manchester, N.H. on Wednesday that the lead poisoning of Flint residents was the result of “a systemic and ugly breakdown at the local and state level”, NBC News reported.

Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton both have sharply criticized Snyder for issue.

Bush said city, state and federal officials should be talking more about the crisis, which he blamed on “a 20th-century regulatory system in a 21st-century world”.

Flint’s water source was switched from the Detroit water system to the unfiltered and corrosive Flint River water in 2014 in a bid to save money.

“And as (Water.org co-founder) Gary (White) said, at a visceral level, we feel it. We see these families, we see these children, and we think of our children”.

Snyder said in a news release Friday two DEQ officials were suspended pending an investigation, in accordance with civil service rules.

According to MLive.com, Flint Mayor Karen Weaver recently said that “Governor Snyder must decide for himself whether he is going (to) step down” and it’s ‘his call to make for the people’.

Bush continued, “Look, I am too. And that’s why it was important to accept responsibility, and my focus is on fixing this problem”.

After the interview with Bush, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm appeared on “This Week” as a commentator.

The Democrats elected to run Flint have done a frightful job.

At the Department of Environmental Quality, two key employees – Liane Shekter Smith, who was the chief of the DEQ’s Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance, and Stephen Busch, a district manager in the drinking water division for MDEQ, whose area of responsibility included Flint – have been reassigned and no longer have any role in dealing with the Flint water crisis.