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Originally Posted by L-Pink
Mark, it took a lot of people to fuck up things in Michigan. Not just the Governor who I'll bet knows nothing about water except frozen it makes ice cubes. The fact you ONLY post when you can throw a political slant on things takes away from the real problem.
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Its the Governors job to know though, especially when he was directly responsible for appointing the people who made the decision to draw water from the Flint River.
These were not local officials who made that decision.
When it comes to politics, sure there is going to be a lot of finger pointing, but in this case, it is very clear who was responsible for this.
Even if the former democratic mayor publicly said "hey, there is nothing wrong with this water and its safe," he had no part in the decision. Was he morally wrong for saying that? Of course, and it was probably why he lost his bid for re-election, but it wasn't his decision to make.
Ricky Snyder appointed emergency managers, who were warned that it would be a bad idea to do it, yet they did it anyway in an attempt to save money. It doesn't get anymore clear cut than that.