Snyder Will Not Testify Before House Dems on Flint Water Crisis

Only on 7, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder urged to come clean on school lead testing and email in Flint Water Crisis.

Lawmakers from both parties have resisted Snyder’s plan to shift $72 million a year from the school aid fund to pay down Detroit Public Schools’ operating debt, estimated at $1,100 per student, and to launch a new district with better-performing schools.

As the governor laid out his budget plan today Wednesday protesters laid into him over the Flint water crisis.

State officials in MI did not tell the EPA’s Midwest regional everything they knew about Flint, and the regional office did not share everything it knew with EPA headquarters in Washington, Upton said. According to FOIAed documents Henry requested the results on November 3, asking MDEQ to treat his ask as a FOIA request (subject to a maximum 15-day time limit).

“It’s not far-fetched”, Flood said, citing similar cases that included negligence leading to deaths of onsite construction workers.

Manslaughter charges would require proof that officials had demonstrated gross negligence, Flood said.

“That’s not accurate”, the Republican said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”.

“And we don’t yet know what the city of Flint was telling the state or EPA”. Outside experts also have suggested a link between the Flint River and a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak. The city’s water problems began when it switched to using the Flint River for its supply in 2014.

If consumed, lead can cause developmental delays and learning disabilities.

Such precautionary measures are recommended whenever a water system loses pressure for a significant amount of time, the city said.

Emails show state and county officials investigated it for more than a year before Snyder’s remarks. “And I hope it doesn’t take as long as they predicted”, said Lilly.

Flood, who was appointed last month by the Attorney General Bill Schuette, said his investigation would be “full and complete”.

Schuette said Tuesday that Michigan’s public-records law should be expanded to include the governor’s office because of the Flint disaster.

The city of Flint, Michigan advised many residents to boil their water, after a water main break stoked fears of bacterial contamination. Mayor Karen Weaver said households where residents are deemed to be high-risk will be given priority.

FLINT, Mich. (AP) – Flint’s fire chief says he suspects corrosive water from the Flint River contributed to damaging his department’s trucks. “All lead pipes need to be replaced”.

“We are getting new pipes put in”. “But it requires treatment, it requires nutrition, and it requires us to move fast”.

Snyder will deliver his annual budget proposal to lawmakers on Wednesday.

To help solve the problem, the governor proposed spending $195 million in Flint in the upcoming budget year. A DEQ official did not respond to a message seeking comment about whether bacteria had been a concern or discussed with Flint officials.

One lead-fighting food Flint residents might not see a lot of at their neighborhood food pantry? But Flood also compared the possible negligence of city officials to construction workers ignoring potholes-dangerous, and not without effect.