The Pros And Cons Of Governor Rick Snyder

Who knew that Flints water could be deadly? Everyone should be allowed to have the same clean water to bathe in, drink, cook with, and to have fun in. Unfortunately, residents in Flint could not do this for quite some time. These residents were bathing and drinking from this water before the founding of high lead levels in it. Not only was it because of the high lead levels, but the pipes were very old as well. Due to actions made by the city council this caused a lot of problems for the residents in the city of Flint. This effected children, pregnant women, and the elderly the most. Many lawsuits were filed against the city of Flint. It was so serious to the point that Governor Snyder had to declare a state of emergency. This took place January 5th of 2016. High levels of lead in the water and old pipes lead to lawsuits, the sickness of Flint residents, and the city of Flint not doing their job.

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On December 3rd, 2015, the mayor of Flint, MI Karen Weaver declared a state of emergency because of the high levels of lead in the water supply. Two weeks later President Obama directed FEMA to help provide equipment and resources to the citizens affected, including providing bottled water and local water stations around the city. On March 21st, 2016, Governor Rick Snyder came out with an outline that addresses the agencies goal to help fix the crisis. It focused on providing professional support for children under 6 with elevated lead levels, replacing water fixtures in public facilities, replacing the city’s 8,000 lead service lines, and increasing resources for schools. (Michigan.gov. 2017). Through April to July 2016, nine state officials and employees face criminal

She fights for the economy and the middle class, working to turn Michigan’s economy around and cut taxes for the middle class. Yet, most of the biggest issues in Michigan deal with the environment such as solar energy, the dying off of bees and global warming. However, the most pressing issue in Michigan environment is the pollution in the water, especially in the Great Lakes and more recently with the toxic water in Flint. Protecting the Great Lakes is one of Stabenow’s most important issues as she “believes protecting our Great Lakes for future generations must be a top priority” (“Protecting Our Great Lakes”). In Flint, the entire water supply was toxic and dangerously unsafe to use, severely harming hundreds of people as there was no other water to use. It became a huge controversy as news was leaked that the mayor of Flint knew about the toxic water supply and did nothing to stop the problem. Stabenow has been a huge supporter in helping Flint get the clean water the town deserves. Stabenow and Gary Peters, the other Michigan senator, proposed a 220-million-dollar bill that would directly help the situation and Flint and hopefully give them new, clean water (Burke, “$220M Proposal Affecting

In conclusion, the Flint Water Crisis will forever be in the history books as one of the most avoidable crisis to occur in the State of Michigan. No amount of lawsuits will remedy the water crisis still occurring in Flint but cleaning the water, repairing damaged pipes, holding state officials accountable, and dealing appropriately with health problems as a result of the tainted water will slowly but surely bring about a remedy that will ensure healthy water for all Flint

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I also explored Ryan Felton’s use of the persuasive appeals; Logos, Pathos, and Ethos. These appeals were used to inform the audience (Flints Residents, homeowners, and the government) about what happened, since there were some speculations and no governmental entity have claimed responsibility for the crisis. Almost every agency has pointed and blamed the author for not taking the necessary actions and not taking the residents’ complaints to account, even though they were already complaining ever since the switch happened. However, volunteers from all over the country poured with their support to the city. Michigan’s governor, Rick Snyder, finally acknowledge the crisis in October, when he said “the situation was far graver than he initially understood”, he also announced a “12 million-dollar plan to reverse Flint's water source back to its previous supplier the city of Detroit” (Felton). Residents however are still hesitant on trusting the governor. However, the majority is still in shock about how was it that poisoned water flew in to their homes for Months. The city and its people are slowly adjusting back to their normal lives; however, the damage is already

The Flint water crisis was a public health emergency that occurred only an hour from my home. It is a crisis that involved failures on multiple levels of government, including my state government. Their failures caused a preventable public health issue to increase in severity until there was irreversible damage, millions of dollars in recovery costs, and an entire city’s health at risk. It is important to look at the failures of my government and be able to recognize and identify when they are not performing their duties, so that future crisis such as this can be avoided.

Flint water crisis has been a low key story that did flush out into mainstream media until recently in early 2016 when President Baraka Obama declared this as a federal state of emergency. This crisis began in April 2014 when Flint’s water supply had been switch from Lake Huron, Detroit’s water system, to the Flint River which has high rates of contamination (Craven and Tynes 2016). After many complaints and petitions to switch the water supply back to Lake Huron’s water, the water source was still not switch over, because the river was claimed “safe” by the white people who held power. However, when the switch was made, the water pipes made of lead are already damaged and contaminated. Leading poisoning in children became a serious issue as many children began to show signs of poisoning and a chance for them to get Legionnaire’s disease. Surprisingly enough, when searching up “Flint Water Crisis”, there was no article that listed race as a potential factor into this decision of switching water supplies, until the addition of “racism” to the search bar to find many articles on this case. The reason to switch water supplies seems to be just saving 15 million dollars (Martinez 2016). However, Flint is a heavily populated black community, more than 57% are black, and Flint is about 40 % poor (United States Census 2016). Therefore, Flint water crisis is the intersection of race, poverty, money and power of a current society that believes in colorblindness and that residential

The state of Michigan is in a serious crisis! The governor of Michigan, Rick Snyder, seems to not care about the poor people of the state of Michigan. One of the state of Michigan’s urban school system, in the city of Detroit, is unhealthy, disorganized and is not equipped with the necessary supplies, equipment or resources to effectively or safely teach students. The water pipes in Flint, Michigan are filled with lead and citizens in Flint who drink, bathe, and cook with the municipal water have incurred lead poisoning.

Many people believe that Governor Snyder should resign as a result of being negligent when it comes to this serious issue. His leadership is questioned because it took so long for him to acknowledge it and apologize for it. In Snyder’s speech spoken about in an article from The Washington Post he apologizes by saying “I’m sorry, and I will fix it”. He provided a plan to solve the problem, which has been long awaited by people who are already negatively effected. The question is: Should he be forgiven and trusted to make the necessary drastic change? The people who were forced to drink toxic water for a year and a half by the government may go with the

There currently is a problem in the US with the government and how they cut corners with the water problem in Flint, Michigan. About two years ago, Michigan’s government decided they would save money by switching the water supply in Flint, Michigan. Before, Flint was getting their water from Lake Huron. Now, they are getting their water from the Flint River, known by it’s filth through the people of Flint. When reporters interviewed long-time residents of Flint they were shocked at the decision. The decision was supposed to be temporary, it wasn’t planned for it to go on for almost two years. Soon after the switch, the people of Flint saw the water didn’t look, smell, or taste right. It was almost as if the water was brown and you could see the dirt in it. Most people thought it was sewage but it turn out to be iron. The Flint River is highly contaminated, 19 times more so than Lake Huron. The state Department of Environmental Quality wasn’t treating the river so, the water was building up iron which caused the water to turn brown. The water was worse than it seemed, half the service line to homes in Flint are made of lead because the water wasn’t treated like it was supposed to be. The lead got into the water and mixed with the iron. The fire stations are helping with providing free bottled water and water filters for the homes. The fire stations also gave out lead testing kits

Background: Flint had several types of industries operating out of its city limit for most part of the last century. By the end of last century Flint had lost several businesses which led to high rate of unemployment and loss of government revenue which, in turn, led to a failure to provide services to its residents. In 2011 Michigan governor Rick Snyder appointed an emergency financial manager to handle Flint’s budget. Ever since Michigan took over Flint’s beleaguered finances in 2011, it has been trying to cut costs whenever possible.

Like any directly voted democracy should, the citizens in Michigan wanted to ensure that their rights was to be meant however the governor simply passed Public Act 436 in which took away their rights to veto a bill by referendum. Simple, yet unlawful legislation destroys the natural attachment that people had with Michigan. In Federalist papers #46 says in terms that ‘The natural attachment of the people will always be to the governments of their respective states” and when a state government does something that destroys the trust of the citizens to their respective government then that bond is truly hard to get back. Not only with passing these various legislation that destroys any legal hands that the citizens have over their state government but also the water crisis in Flint will only destroy that bond even

According to documentary “poison water” by Nova “Since the late 1950s, G.M. closed seven major facilities in the region. Tens of thousands of jobs were lost. In 2011, with the city close to bankruptcy, Governor Rick Snyder stripped power from city officials and assigned a series of emergency managers to fix Flint's financial crisis. ” In order to save money, Michigan state took over Flint and started using it as their water source stating from April 2014.The switch from lake Huron to Flint river ended up being a awful to the residents. The flint water was not being treated inadequately. Even though the government of Michigan knew about this, they weren’t willing to do anything about it. Because of that, the residents were being affected in many ways. The residents started noticing that the water was starting to have an odor and changing colors. On top of that, they started noticing that the water was affecting their children's skins and that the water is thinning their hair.This is not the only way the residents are being affected. From the unmonitored excessive amount of led that is out in Flint's water, these people are exposed to possibly permanent lead poison and other health effects.These people can’t even move out because it's almost impossible to sell their houses in the arias that are affected by this water,and these residents are forced to stay and knowingly use the contaminated water.