On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 17:42:44 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 1/23/16 4:26 PM, wrote:
Flint Michigan ... do I have to say anything else.
You have a democratic mayor, a republican governor and the EPA.
It is hard to point the finger at anyone in particular but the
government has clearly failed them.

My question is, way back when Flint was rolling in Detroit money, long
before we heard of Michael Moore, why didn't they replace those lead
pipes? We knew lead pipe was bad when I was a kid. They also knew
about acid rain and the effect of low pH water on lead.
My water here, pretty much does not touch any kind of metal until it
hits the faucet.



"LANSING, Mich. (NYT) — A top aide to Michigan’s governor referred to
people raising questions about the quality of Flint’s water as an
“anti-everything group.” Other critics were accused of turning
complaints about water into a “political football.” And worrisome
findings about lead by a concerned pediatrician were dismissed as
“data,” in quotes.

"That view of how the administration of Gov. Rick Snyder initially dealt
with the water crisis in the poverty-stricken, black-majority city of
Flint emerged from 274 pages of emails, made public by the governor on
Wednesday."

snipped bull****

Flint, Michigan (CNN)The Environmental Protection Agency's regional
administrator for Flint, Michigan, has resigned, the agency said in a
statement Thursday.

"EPA Region 5 Administrator Susan Hedman has offered her resignation
effective February 1, and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy has accepted
given Susan's strong interest in ensuring that EPA Region 5's focus
remains solely on the restoration of Flint's drinking water," the
agency said.

In late June, then-Flint Mayor Dayne Walling wrote to Hedman, seeking
information about the issue of lead in Flint's drinking water. She
essentially shot him down in her response.

"The preliminary draft report should not have been released outside
the agency. When the report has been revised and fully vetted by EPA
management, the findings and recommendations will be shared with the
City and MDEQ (Michigan Department of Environmental Quality) -- and
MDEQ will be responsible for following up with the City," Hedman
wrote.

She had also fallen under fire for allegedly retaliating against EPA
employees involved in investigating sexual harassment cases.