Michigan Gov. Cuts Ties With PR Firm Hired for Flint Water Crisis
Looks like he's trying to get the lead out? Sorry.
Gov. Rick Snyder (R-Michigan) has royally screwed up.
Flint’s toxic water transformed two years ago, when Snyder switched the city’s drinking water source to the Flint River. As politicians do, he wanted to save some cash so the water wasn’t properly treated.
Jacked-up city plumbing, stopped-up drains, and damaging clogs have created areas for toxic lead to leak into the drinking water ever since.
After a public outcry, followed by substantial national news coverage, Snyder was forced to hire two PR entities to help — Bill Nowling of New York’s Finn Partners and D.C.-based
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