Sunday, January 24, 2016
That's mighty white of him
Now that the damage to the City of Flint has been maximized to the fullest extent possible by his appointed Commissars, Gov Snyder is very graciously returning some of the powers of governing to the duly elected mayor. And on the way he slapped down a couple of scapegoats for his disastrous handling of the whole thing.
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on Friday suspended two state workers in connection with water testing failures in the Flint contamination crisis, and the state restored some powers to Mayor Karen Weaver.Neat trick! First Snyder pushes aside the elected mayor for a couple of his stooges who thoroughly fuck over the city, then when he is caught, he fires a few lower level stooges and partially gives the city back to the elected mayor so that she is stuck with the cleanup of his well designed mess. Truly a master criminal mind at work here.
Snyder, who NBC news reported has hired a public relations crisis firm, suspended two Michigan Department of Environmental Quality workers in an increasing national furor over elevated lead readings in tap water and the blood of some children...
Shortly before Snyder's announcement, the Michigan state treasurer said Mayor Weaver, who was elected in November to lead the city that is in receivership, can now hire and fire the city administrator and department heads.
Weaver met on Tuesday with President Obama over the water contamination crisis gripping her city. A state-appointed board on Friday unanimously recommended that some powers be returned to the Flint mayor as the financially strapped city transitions to local control from the state control that once included an emergency manager.
Flint's lead contamination problem came after a 2014 switch in water supplies to save money.
"I recognize, and we recognize, that we have a lot of work we have to do, I believe this is a step forward and I appreciate it," Weaver told the board via a conference call.
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