Tag Archives: Dennis Muchmore

With a number of staffers now confirming that Snyder not only knew of the toxic water situation in Flint a year ago, but had been asked to address it, all pretense of “plausible deniability” is gone

By Mark | February 26, 2016

Up until last night, when Rick Snyder’s office released an additional 2,528 pages of emails from his executive staff related to the Flint water crisis, I’d thought that our “let’s run government like a business” governor might possibly be able to escape the consequences of his actions. Now, though, I’m not so sure. Thanks to […]

Posted in Health, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Flint, Flint water crisis, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, lead poisoning, Legionnaires' disease, Lonnie Scott, Michael Dykehouse, Michael Gadola, plausible deniability, Progress Michigan, public health, Rick Snyder, Valerie Brader | 18 Comments

While it’s nice that people are sending bottles of water to Flint, I can’t help but wonder where all of that money is going

By Mark | January 25, 2016

I’ve been thinking a lot today about the millions and millions of little, single-serving bottles of water being sent to Flint by people around the world… On the whole, I think it’s a good thing. And I love knowing I live in a world where people so desperately want to help that they’re willing to […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Environment, Uncategorized | Also tagged ACLU, Big Water, bottled water, campaign donations, Cher, Curt Guyette, Deb Muchmore, disaster capitalism, Flint, Flint water crisis, FOIA, Ice Mountain, lead, lead poisoning, MDEQ, Mecosta County, Michigan Department for Environmental Quality, Muskegon aquifer, NERD fund, Nestle, public health, transparency, water | 41 Comments

This is why we use the word “coverup” when talking about the Flint water crisis

By Mark | January 17, 2016

In 1991, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a regulation to control the levels of lead and copper in American drinking water. This regulation, which is known as the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), required that, by January 1, 1997, “public water systems serving more than 50,000 people… survey their own corrosion control systems and […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Environment, Uncategorized | Also tagged accountability, Alec Gibbs, Bernie Sanders, Brad Wurfel, corrosion control, corruption, coverups, Dan Wyant, Emergency Manager, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Flint, Flint River, FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, LCR, lead, Lead and Copper Rule, lead poisoning, Lee Anne Walters, Legionnaires' disease, Miguel Del Toral, protests, public health, Rick Snyder, scandal, scandals, state of emergency, transparency, water | 17 Comments

Reporter demands of Snyder… “What did you know, and when did you know it?”

By Mark | January 8, 2016

With an increasing number of people calling for the arrest of Rick Snyder for the role he may have played in hiding evidence of the fact that the people of Flint were being poisoned by their drinking water, the Governor when to Flint earlier today to meet with Mayor Karen Weaver and reiterate, “We’re (now) […]