The State takeover wasn't trying to improve the water, it was trying to improve the budget. While I can certainly appreciate that, let's not try to pretend that the action was being take to improve their water quality. The state's concern with Flint during the takeover had nothing to do about quality of life and everything to do with budget. I'm not necessarily against the state taking over failing municipalities, but when the state is at the helm and they make a terrible, costly decision, the state bears the responsibility.
Good faith ends when the state government officials knew of a very dangerous problem and underacted and underreported the issue.
It will be interesting to see how direct the connection is between Snyder and the state officials that knew what was going on.
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