“The private sector isn’t going to stop the Zika virus; the private sector isn’t going to get the lead out of the water in the pipes in Flint; the private sector isn’t going to protect us from ISIS”, said Sen. The amount matches an early estimate by the Snyder administration on the cost of replacing or partially replacing lead pipes connecting to residential homes from the city water system. As residents use donated bottled water to drink, the crisis has become a standoff between the economically hard-hit city and the Republican governor and state legislature. Karen Weaver is asking Gov. Rick Snyder to partner with her to get the funds. “We’ll let the investigations determine who’s to blame for Flint’s water crisis, but I’m focused on solving it”.
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The cash-strapped city was reportedly hoping to save $5 million over two years by drawing water from the Flint River beginning in April 2014 rather than continuing to buy it from nearby Detroit.
The appropriation also would include $63 million for improving the physical, social and educational well-being of Flint children and other vulnerable residents and $37 million for safe drinking water efforts, according to the Detroit Free Press, citing an unnamed source familiar with the fiscal 2017 budget. There is a $1 billion supplemental proposal for infrastructure aid by U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, R-Harrison Township, and a broader proposal by U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, that would authorize $385 million in direct grants for Flint to inspect, fix or replace public and private water service lines and to fund corrosion control programs.
The lawsuit alleges the toddler experienced “serious physical and emotion injury due to her exposure to the toxic water”.
“We’re here to investigate what possible crimes there are, anything to the involuntary manslaughter or death that may have happened to some young person or old person because of this poisoning, to misconduct in office”, Flood said Tuesday in a press conference.
If consumed, lead can cause developmental delays and learning disabilities. “We take this very seriously”.
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“We can’t wait for that we don’t trust that, and we deserve new pipes”.
Former Flint mayor Dayne Walling, state Department of Environmental Quality officials, Flint City Administrator Natasha Henderson as well as Ambrose received the March 10 email, which was written after the county encountered what it called “the city’s lack of cooperation” in releasing records related the the Flint water system.
Also Tuesday, officials with General Motors and the United Auto Workers union said they plan to donate $3 million to support increased health and education services for Flint children who have been exposed to lead.
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That dollar figure is what her public works staff and experts from the Lansing Board of Water and Light came up with during a meeting Monday, she said. Gov. Rick Snyder formally announced the $30 million plan last week.
