Congressional Democrats want Snyder’s Flint documents

They also requested documents since April 2014 relating to public complaints about Flint’s water quality, test results, Legionnaires’ disease and steps taken to inform the public about the detection of lead and other water contaminants, including emails to or from Wyant, and emails to or from employees of the state Department of Health & Human Services.

Caleb Buhs, a spokesman for the agency that manages state buildings, said water coolers were introduced at the State Office Building after Flint flunked some drinking water standards that weren’t related to lead.

“While the City of Flint states that corrective actions are not necessary, DTMB is in the process of providing a water cooler on each occupied floor”, said the notice, which was obtained by the liberal advocacy group, Progress Michigan. In response to the notice, DTMB provided water coolers near the drinking fountains in the Flint State Office Building to provide an option for the building tenants. Snyder has said he became aware of concerns over drinking water in Flint around October 1 of 2015; Dillon signed off on the switch in 2013.

“If you don’t replace those pipes, a lot of people tell us they’re simply not going to drink the water no matter how many assurance they’re getting”.

“This allows us to redirect state resources to focus on the health side of it, so if there’s long term issues, we can identify that up-front”, said Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof, R-West Olive. After more than a year of complaining about the taste, color, and smell of the water, state officials admitted that there was lead in the water and that the pipes that fed the city were the cause. The funding was part of a multi-point relief package the governor outlined last week during his state of the state address to the Michigan Legislature. And, Governor Snyder’s decision to put money ahead of safety has left people with no access to clean water, and news that just keeps adding insult to their injuries.

The Board of State Canvassers rejected petitions Thursday to recall the Republican governor over his handling of Flint’s water.

Regulators failed to ensure the water was treated properly and lead from pipes leached into the supply, leading to a spike in child lead exposure. He declared a state of emergency on January 5, 2016 – about a year after the notice was sent out.

The Michigan Senate has unanimously approved $28 million in additional funding to address the lead contamination of Flint’s water. The board says the reasons for a recall must be clear and factual, under MI law.

Snyder said Friday he had “no knowledge of that taking place”. Just today residents and activists protested at Flint City Hall, calling for a moratorium on water bills.

Rather, citing the “disastrous consequences of late-20th century, neo-conservative, trickle down public policy” and how “actual water” has been used to promote “twisted economic beliefs” that have destroyed the lives of Black and poor people, Moore called for a nonviolent revolt.