Snyder activates National Guard in Flint, seeks federal help
Source: Associated Press
Snyder activates National Guard in Flint, seeks federal help
Roger Schneider and David Eggert, Associated Press
Updated 11:23 pm, Tuesday, January 12, 2016
FLINT, Mich. (AP) Gov. Rick Snyder late Tuesday activated the Michigan National Guard to help distribute bottled water and filters in Flint and asked the federal government for help dealing with a drinking water crisis that began months ago.
Snyder's executive order triggering the Guard's deployment is intended to bolster outreach to residents, whose tap water became contaminated with too much lead after the city switched its water supply in 2014 to save money while under state financial management. Local officials first declared a public health emergency in Flint in October in response to tests that showed children with elevated levels of lead.
Since then, authorities have struggled to ensure residents have safe drinking water. People in Flint have been told not to drink the water until it is determined to be safe, and volunteers and police in recent days have been going door to door with bottled water, filters and lead test kits.
Snyder on Tuesday also requested and was granted support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate a recovery plan with other federal agencies that have the programs, authorities or technical expertise to help. FEMA appointed a disaster recovery coordinator to help the state, spokesman Rafael Lemaitre said.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/science/article/Door-to-door-effort-underway-in-Flint-water-crisis-6753463.php

daleanime
(17,796 posts)some one needs to go to jail.
Matthew28
(1,836 posts)I won't hold my breath as the governors a republican but that is what should happen.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)GOPHERS never pay for their evil deeds. Democrats particularly Obama never get any credit for their accomplishments. The Flint caper is just another example of a double standard. And the media aids and abets.
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)jail. I agree with Michael Moore.
glinda
(14,807 posts)wilsonbooks
(972 posts)and arrest them.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)cannot act as police.
people
(740 posts)This man is a total criminal. He has allowed and facilitated poisoning more than 100,000 people many of whom are babies and children. Residents have had to mix baby formula with water with high levels of lead. The residents have to bathe, cook and clean with that water and drink it. The response to this crisis reminds me of Katrina. Watching a whole community in the United States who have NO WATER and NOTHING being done to bring them water. Thank god, FINALLY, FEMA is going to do something.
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)knitter4democracy
(14,350 posts)Why isn't he in prison yet?!?!
SunSeeker
(54,551 posts)burrowowl
(18,115 posts)But he wouldn't realize he would be getting stupider. What a criminal he is!
Matthew28
(1,836 posts)nitpicker
(7,153 posts)ToxMarz
(2,256 posts)And I'm here to help.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)ToxMarz
(2,256 posts)Hypocrites.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)To or not to
that is the question.
Grins
(8,030 posts)Michigan's version of duck tape and plastic sheeting.
lark
(24,513 posts)Snyder causes the disaster in Flint just to save money then when he gets caught with his pants around his ankles cries for the federal government to clean up his personal mess. This is wrong, his state should fix the problem he created and if they go bankrupt, so be it. He should also be indicted as the criminal he is. Yeah, I don't know enough about the law to know if this is possible or what ground, but seriously, poisoning the children and continuing to do so for 6 months after he knew it is unconscionable and should be an cause for an indictment.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)november3rd
(1,113 posts)I thought he didn't believe in big government?