Dennis Schornack (Facebook photo)
Dennis Schornack (Facebook photo)
Dennis Schornack, who retired after more than three years as a senior adviser on transportation issues to Gov. Rick Snyder during his first term, becomes the first Snyder aide to step up and publicly criticize the governor since the Flint water crisis blew up on the national stage, the Detroit Free Press reports.
Schornack believes the crisis is a result of Snyder's failed model of trying to run state government like a business, the Detroit Free Press reports. He also told the paper that Snyder won’t survive a recall vote if the question makes the ballot.
"Government is not a business ... and it cannot be run like one,” Schornack said, according to the article by Paul Egan, Kathleen Gray and Todd Spangler.
“The people of Flint got stuck on the losing end of decisions driven by spreadsheets instead of water quality and public health. Having been a Snyder staffer, luckily in a spreadsheet-rich area like transportation, I lived the culture amidst its faults.”
"The issue has totally spun out of the governor's control," and if a recall question makes it onto the ballot, "he's dead."
