[DBCJR]

I don't know who had responsibility for making the decision to switch from lake water to river water, seems like that would have been local, but the Governor seems to be getting targeted for it, possibly because he is Republican. In a state that is so economically depressed, they do have to make some tough, cost-saving decisions. But someone did not do their homework on this decision. It seems like an EPA step was missed or the EPA must have failed, one of the two.

Now they are making this about race, since the area affected, Flint, MI, has a high prevalence of minorities. However, that rationale fails to consider the situation. Flint is a depressed city, with extremely high unemployment. Their tax-base is almost nothing, the reason for taking cost-saving measures. This was a bad idea but it wasn't about race.

We need to identify what person or body made the decision. That entity bares responsibility for this. We need to investigate what EPA regulations might have been violated, or what failures the EPA may have been responsible for. It kind of looks like certain people are trying to turn this into an election year propaganda opportunity instead of considering the causes and responsibility.

[cripplecreek]

The governor appointed an unqualified idiot but the EPA seemed quite happy to ignore the issue till it became useful to the democrats.



Michigan legislative action thread

[Sacajaweau]

Water tests are easy chemistry. This shouldn't have happened and there must have been plenty of tests.

Someone was fed some bad info.....and someone knew about it before the screaming started.

[CWW]

The democrat Flint mayor approved with a 7-1 vote from the all democrat city council. The Obama EPA sat on it. Flint has been broke and under receivership and an appointed manager. It’s just a little Detroit and another city ruined by democrat control that taxed away the job producers. You can’t lay this at the Governor’s feet. He was a late invitee to the game. Don’t let Michael Moore dictate the narrative here. He doesn’t even live in Flint. He lives in a pricey suburb.

[Lee'sGhost]

Finding out who is really responsible is what the media SHOULD be doing...but isn’t

The Governor IS getting targeted for it, ABSOLUTELY because he is Republican. The media have their preferred guilty party and will not be asking any more questions.

It only makes sense when you realize that the Flint mayor at the time is a democrat and the Fed agency involved is Obama’s EPA. There is absolutely no doubt that the media, Hillary, Bernie, et al would not have targeted the gov for this were he a dhimicrat.

[montag813]

Why aren’t the BLACK MAYOR and BLACK CITY COUNCIL responsible for their own disastrous decision to change water supplies?

[MarMema]

The Flint city council voted for and made the decision. To save money.