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Political Factoid
In his 2016 State of the State
speech, Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI)
blamed the Flint, Michigan,
water disaster on a failure of
leadership at the local, state,
and national levels.
- Local? -- Gov. Snyder threw out
the locally elected officals in
Flint and installed his personally
selected "emergency manager"
who started the problem.
- State? -- The governer-appointed
emergency manager caused the
problem by substituting
untreated water which ruined
the water pipes, poisoned the
people, and caused Legionaires
disease deaths -- while the
state EPA covered up the problem.
- National? -- The federal
government did absolutely
nothing to cause the
problem ... but did respond
promptly once the Governor
belatedly asked for help.*
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Which was after Gov. Snyder and
coherts had stonewalled and covered
up the problem for more than a year.
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