• Rick Snyder made this happen: How the Flint water crisis could have all been avoided

    Rick Snyder made this happen: How the Flint water crisis could have all been avoided
    The tragic lead poisoning of the Flint water supply in Michigan is a study in bureaucratic bungling, racial inequity and national media inattention. But the fallout from the crisis has obscured another lesson: There are consequences when those in power are able simply to circumvent the public will.For two decades, Michigan has used emergency managers to supplant local elected officials and bring order to its most financially troubled cities. Flint has been overseen since 2011 by a succession of

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