(MPRN-Lansing) Governor Rick Snyder has released 274 pages of personal electronic communications going back two years related to the Flint water crisis.
The messages detail communications between Governor Snyder and top aides on the Flint water crisis. The governor says he released the e-mails so the public could determine what he knew and when. There were no big surprises.
The messages say the governor was informed about a possible problem in late September and that the state might be culpable. That’s because Flint was under state emergency management and then-Treasurer Andy Dillon had to approve the drinking water switch that led to the lead contamination.
But Snyder aides said they still considered it a local issue. Snyder administration officials also said they trusted the state’s data more than the numbers from Flint-based doctors and researchers who were warning about a lead contamination crisis. The state’s data turned out to be less reliable.