It is so interesting how this entire Flint water crisis and resulting chaos continues to "have legs". The NY Times weighs in with a very harsh editorial. Nationally pundits and op ed writers continue their hits on Governor Snyder with no end in sight of the biting commentary. Now we have a report by a review commission appointed by Governor Snyder and chaired by two former legislators--one Republican and one Republican. The report is very blunt about what Governor Snyder and his staff did not do but is constructive in making some very specific recommendations on what needs to be done as we move into the future.
One important recommendation is to amend the Emergency Financial Managers Act to allow, among other things, citizens to be able to appeal actions of these Emergency Managers--giving citizens a voice and a route to a change in direction.
Both the Commission report and the NYT Times editorial are worth reading. Both will make you think about how we got to where we are today in Flimt and to what we can do as a state to prevent this from happening again.