He is angry? What a bunch of lying hypocrites! This whole administration has
been the most controlling, and least transparent administration in my lifetime.
They take over cities and towns. And they’ve destroyed all consumer input,
control and transparency in every disability program.
They lie openly in the public domain about programs, services and activities. I
mean I’ve got literally a $746,000 Ffreedom of Information Act response for an
inquiry about the destruction of our commission for the blind, Statewide
Independent Living Council, and Statewide Rehab. Council for crying out loud.
And we all know the story of how a couple of dozen of us with disabilities were
barred from attending let alone protesting abuses on the Capitol Lawn,
September 17, perportedly celebrating the 25th anniversary of our civil rights
by this administration. And I got illegally arrested for crossing the arbitrary
and abusive line too!!!
Now, the Governor, in spin control fashion says “He is angry?”
Hell the abuse is at an emergency level here and caused by his person,
policies, practices and corrupted minions.
He is angry?
People are being poisoned and have died for crying out loud! People with
disabilities are being abused daily here and are turned in to commodoties and
worse with no recourse either by this “corporativist state”. Now, the tainted
water will create thousands more of persons with disabilities to be abused.
And he is angry?!?
Time for revolution!
And you’re damned right I’m angry Governor Snyder!
This elitist crap has to end!
Time for rremedy, not spin control here. Time for accountability has long since
come and gone.
Joe Harcz
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Aide: Snyder angry when he heard Flint water news Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press
Lansing Bureau EAST LANSING ' Gov. Rick Snyder was angry that he didn't
find out sooner about outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease in the Flint area in
2014 and 2015, Snyder's outgoing chief of staff, Dennis Muchmore, said Friday.
But Muchmore, whose last day in Snyder's office is Tuesday, defended state
Director of Health and Human Services Nick Lyon, who Muchmore believes informed
Snyder on Monday about the outbreaks, which may be related to the 2014 switch
of the source for Flint's drinking water from Lake Huron to the Flint River.
The cost-cutting move was made while Flint was under the control of a
state-appointed emergency manager. "I'm sure he's angry," about when he was
informed
about the outbreaks, said Muchmore, appearing on the political talk show "Off
the Record," on WKAR-TV. "I'm getting used to it. I'm over being angry about
it, because it doesn't do any good. Muchmore said the lack of earlier
disclosure "shows that the information flow, important information flow, is not
always
forthcoming. But he said a department director such as Lyon can only rely on
the information his scientists are giving him, and he said he's also not clear
on exactly what information was being sent to the state by the Genesee County
health authority. "That's a great director," Muchmore said of Lyon. Muchmore
also discussed the July e-mail he sent to Lyon, expressing concern that the
concerns of Flint residents about the quality of their water were being 'blown
off' by the Snyder administration. Lyon went back to officials in his
department, and officials both there and in the Department of Environmental
Quality
continued to say there was not a problem, Muchmore said. He described his
interactions with state officials after he had, during the summer, "a gut-level
feeling (that) something is wrong here. Not being a scientist, "I had asked
more general questions," Muchmore said. "Why is this water brown? We've got
to do something about it. They come back to me and say, 'We've got this cleared
up.' Then Muchmore asked, "why does the water smell? and the same thing
happened again. Muchmore, who said the Flint water crisis had nothing to do
with his decision to leave state government to become a government relations
consultant,'pegged Snyder's awareness that there was in fact a problem to late
September. Snyder has previously said it was around Oct. 1. Muchmore said
he expects Snyder will detail a comprehensive and funded plan to address water
and infrastructure problems in Flint and across Michigan in his State of
the State address on Tuesday. At a Monday news conference in Flint, Snyder said
that after Muchmore'raised concerns in a July e-mail that Flint residents'
concerns about the safety of their drinking water were being "blown off" by the
administration, officials at both the DEQ and the Department of Health
and Human Services maintained there was not a problem. Asked to follow up on
the Muchmore e-mail, state officials "came back and reaffirmed they didn't
believe there was an issue. Unfortunately, that turned out to be incorrect,
Snyder said. House Minority Leader Tim Greimel said Thursday that the Snyder
administration should release all documents relevant to the Flint water crisis.
"If the governor knew about the seriousness of this problem -- personally
knew -- and decided not to take action, then he should resign," Greimel said.
"But we don't know that that's the case. "The first thing we need to know
is what did the governor know and when did he know it? Contact Paul Egan:
517-372-8660 or pegan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. Follow him on Twitter @paulegan4.
