The problem is the lead in the pipes. Flint was mis-managed years before Snyder appointed an emergency manager.
Even kwami kilpatrick, the ex-mayor of detroit who is now in prison, said he knew about the water problems when he was in office.
Even kwami kilpatrick, the ex-mayor of detroit who is now in prison, said he knew about the water problems when he was in office.
Despite the above, the water problems in Flint can't be attributed to a single thing, but rather a culmination of failures in state and local government best described as a problem of culture. Instead of a culture of openness and communication, there are indications the state, and to a lesser degree, the local government embraced a culture of only communicating good news and spinning or squashing bad news - even internally.