You know people like Michael Moore are the worst kind. Here he is calling for Snyder's head a Republican because of the pollution in the Flint river yet clear back in 2000 under a Republican governor Engler the river was being tested to determine where the sources of the pollution were coming from. They learned there were several illegal sewer lines dumping into the river. You know before septic tanks and treatment of raw sewage is a relatively new concept. Prior to them that farmers and rural lands along the river dumped their raw sewage into the river. Cities did too. They had tunnels under the city and all the collective flushes ended up in the river untreated. That's what cities all over this country did and then used the same river for their drinking water. EWEEEEEE!. In 2000 under Engler this testing was complicated when a utility busted a sewer line and sewage poured into the river for days till they could fix it. They began monitoring the river even more closely because of the high level of e-coli found in the water after the spill. This occurred in 2000.
Now the city of Flint has been a Democratic stronghold for ions. In the mid-2000s, it became known for its high crime rates and has been ranked among the "Most Dangerous Cities in the United States", with a per capita violent crime rate seven times higher than the national average. The city was under a state of financial emergency from 2011 to 2015, the second in a decade. . Is it me or do Democratic stronghold cities go into state of financial emergencies when a Republican governor is elected?
James Blanchard
January 1, 1983 January 1, 1991 Democratic
John Engler
January 1, 1991 January 1, 2003 Republican
Jennifer Granholm
January 1, 2003 January 1, 2011 Democratic
Rick Snyder
January 1, 2011 Incumbent Republican
Flint River still roils with pollution
In recent history the fact of the matter Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) a huge supporter of Obama (please do a search on her) was in office as governor for two terms and well aware of the problems in the Flint River. That there were illegal sewage lines dumping into the river and it has been monitored for over a decade. For eight years she did not solve the problem. The testing concluded that everything North of Flint, the water was testing good and safe. I personally think the problem truly lies with the city itself. I think the city isn't up to code of their waste management. And if so, a Democratic stronghold that has already been declared a state of emergency twice in a decade can't afford to take care of their problem and neither does Snyder have the funds due to the feckless fiscal mess he inherited. But Obama has come through with federal aid.
Flint Mayor ‘Happy, Thankful’ After Obama Approves Federal Aid « CBS Detroit
Now as someone who lives in Ohio and has vacationed in Michigan all my life knows that state has probably one of the most bodies of pristine waters than just about any other state. In their lakes you can swim out to breast deep, stand up and still see your feet and the fish swimming around you. But on a river near a Democratic stronghold named Flint located on the Flint river seems to have an illegal sewage problem because anything North of Flint is full of good water. But because this Democratic stronghold could not take care of their own problem, Obama is sending our taxdollars collectively to save the day!
