This is the biggest joke I think I have ever seen in my life. The Great Lakes Water Authority was created following the occupation of Flint, Michigan by Snyders' Emergency Manager. The creation of the GLWA is the reason Snyder didn't respond to Flint's lead levels until the entire country became aware of it.
March 14, 2019
By Ron Fonger
The authority (click here) that sells water to the city of Flint sued the state to block stricter lead in water rules but says it’s interested in resolving the matter out of court.
“All parties have expressed an interest in finding common ground to resolve the pending lawsuit without court intervention,” the Great Lakes Water Authority said in a statement to MLive-The Flint Journal.
"GLWA believes that further out-of-court discussions of the Lead and Copper Rules between the parties will ensure the continued protection of public health and safety of all Michigan residents and will establish better coordination of infrastructure repair and renewal throughout the state.”...
As if Governor Whitmer doesn't have enough to deal with after Rick Snyder was in office for two terms, this needs to be investigated. There was a lot of slight of hand with the development of the new water authority. No one wanted it, but, with both Flint and Detroit having financial issues, they were given no other choice.
Febraury 2, 2016
It was a last-chance meeting, (click here) an attempt to help two financially ailing cities reach a mutually beneficial water deal.
But the April 19, 2013, gathering of state, Flint and Detroit officials produced no new agreement and left Flint on a course toward disconnection from Michigan’s largest water system. It would eventually lead to a public health crisis whose effects are expected to be felt for years, if not decades.
On April 17, 2013, Detroit’s Water and Sewerage Department sent Flint a notice of termination indicating the flow of water would stop in one year. It came on the heels of Flint officials announcing they had agreed to join a new regional authority based in Genesee County that would be completed in a few years.
Detroit water officials battled to keep Flint and Genesee County from breaking off, charging that the proposed regional body, the Karegnondi Water Authority, was flawed and too expensive. Flint area officials were convinced that Detroit’s estimates about building a new pipeline to Lake Huron and operating the regional authority were inflated....
Detroit was sort of bribed in the end when the new authority came on line. It was promised monies from the water sales that would go into a separate fund to improve the water infrastructure in Detroit. The city had no way of carrying out such improvements, so it conceded.
There have been a lot of strange events that occurred after the Flint Water Crisis. This for instance absolutely astounded people.
There probably needs to be a Blue Ribbon Panel to review what occurred in Flint, including with it's new water provider, and the events affiliated with it that either would not have happened or should not have happened after the Flint Crisis.
The Snyder administration used the emergency manager law to take advantage of African American communities. One of the abuses was the sale of a public park in Benton Harbor. It sold for $102,000. That is not a great deal of money and it was a poor reason to take away a public park from the people in Benton Harbor. Today, a dialysis center was build there and it brings in a lot more than $102,000 every year.
The abuses of power by Snyder are numerous and Governor Whitmer has many issues to address. The Governor could take executive action for a panel to look into abuses by Snyder. The state legislature is Republcan and proving to be too worried about their actions under Snyder they are continually obstructing measures by the Governor to improve quality of life of Michiganders.
2016
By Denis Huxtabook
While much of the public scrutiny (click here) focuses on Governor Rick Snyder for his mishandling of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, his subordinates share some, if not most, of the blame. The origins of the water crisis date back to April 16, 2013, when both Flint and Detroit were under emergency management appointed by Governor Rick Snyder. When Ed Kurtz, Flint's Emergency Manager at the time, authorized creating a new water district that would reroute Flint's water supply from the expensive Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) to Lake Huron, Detroit's Emergency Manager Kevin Orr informed him that they had to give a one-year notice to terminate the 50-year contract. This would have resulted in even higher costs since the project wouldn't be completed by April, 2014. Detroit's attempt to exploit Flint's financial crisis, while it was in the midst of a financial crisis itself, should have been reason enough for Governor Snyder to reassess his managerial approach to his states' issues, but alas it was not. Fast forward to February of 2014, DWSD director Sue McCormick offered Flint an opportunity to continue using their water supply until their pipeline was complete; enter newly appointed Emergency Manager Darnell Earley and this letter he sent to McCormick that inflamed the crisis.
As if Governor Whitmer doesn't have enough to deal with after Rick Snyder was in office for two terms, this needs to be investigated. There was a lot of slight of hand with the development of the new water authority. No one wanted it, but, with both Flint and Detroit having financial issues, they were given no other choice.
Febraury 2, 2016
It was a last-chance meeting, (click here) an attempt to help two financially ailing cities reach a mutually beneficial water deal.
But the April 19, 2013, gathering of state, Flint and Detroit officials produced no new agreement and left Flint on a course toward disconnection from Michigan’s largest water system. It would eventually lead to a public health crisis whose effects are expected to be felt for years, if not decades.
On April 17, 2013, Detroit’s Water and Sewerage Department sent Flint a notice of termination indicating the flow of water would stop in one year. It came on the heels of Flint officials announcing they had agreed to join a new regional authority based in Genesee County that would be completed in a few years.
Detroit water officials battled to keep Flint and Genesee County from breaking off, charging that the proposed regional body, the Karegnondi Water Authority, was flawed and too expensive. Flint area officials were convinced that Detroit’s estimates about building a new pipeline to Lake Huron and operating the regional authority were inflated....
Detroit was sort of bribed in the end when the new authority came on line. It was promised monies from the water sales that would go into a separate fund to improve the water infrastructure in Detroit. The city had no way of carrying out such improvements, so it conceded.
There have been a lot of strange events that occurred after the Flint Water Crisis. This for instance absolutely astounded people.
There probably needs to be a Blue Ribbon Panel to review what occurred in Flint, including with it's new water provider, and the events affiliated with it that either would not have happened or should not have happened after the Flint Crisis.
The Snyder administration used the emergency manager law to take advantage of African American communities. One of the abuses was the sale of a public park in Benton Harbor. It sold for $102,000. That is not a great deal of money and it was a poor reason to take away a public park from the people in Benton Harbor. Today, a dialysis center was build there and it brings in a lot more than $102,000 every year.
The abuses of power by Snyder are numerous and Governor Whitmer has many issues to address. The Governor could take executive action for a panel to look into abuses by Snyder. The state legislature is Republcan and proving to be too worried about their actions under Snyder they are continually obstructing measures by the Governor to improve quality of life of Michiganders.
2016
By Denis Huxtabook
While much of the public scrutiny (click here) focuses on Governor Rick Snyder for his mishandling of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, his subordinates share some, if not most, of the blame. The origins of the water crisis date back to April 16, 2013, when both Flint and Detroit were under emergency management appointed by Governor Rick Snyder. When Ed Kurtz, Flint's Emergency Manager at the time, authorized creating a new water district that would reroute Flint's water supply from the expensive Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) to Lake Huron, Detroit's Emergency Manager Kevin Orr informed him that they had to give a one-year notice to terminate the 50-year contract. This would have resulted in even higher costs since the project wouldn't be completed by April, 2014. Detroit's attempt to exploit Flint's financial crisis, while it was in the midst of a financial crisis itself, should have been reason enough for Governor Snyder to reassess his managerial approach to his states' issues, but alas it was not. Fast forward to February of 2014, DWSD director Sue McCormick offered Flint an opportunity to continue using their water supply until their pipeline was complete; enter newly appointed Emergency Manager Darnell Earley and this letter he sent to McCormick that inflamed the crisis.
