The Michigan Credit Union League has donated $50,000 in gift cards to Flint residents who are working with officials to monitor lead levels in water in their homes.
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Weaver says they city will stop mailing out bills until computer systems can be updated to credit accounts.
Every day brings a new bombshell revelation in the scandal around Gov. Rick Snyder’s role in first creating the Flint water crisis and then failing to do anything about it.
The river water which was more caustic did not get proper treatment before being supplied to homes.
Immediately following the USCM Winter Meeting in January, Conference of Mayors President and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake asked that former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin – a national expert on water investment – and USCM CEO & Executive Director Tom Cochran co-lead a mission to Flint in early February.
Current State talks about the mounting bills related to lead in Flint’s drinking water with Detroit News political reporter Jonathan Oosting.
Snyder’s staff falsely claimed that the Flint City Council approved the switch to Flint River water when in fact it did no such thing and the administration admitted that in private emails. Flint water customers are expected to get an average of $600.
The problem occurred after the city switched its water source about two years ago to cut costs.
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The city reverted to using the Lake Huron water supply in the fall. Now the mayor is leading the way to replace the water pipes.
