Detroit News editorial writer and columnist Nolan Finley commends Gov. Rick Snyder for taking blame for the Flint water crisis, but suggests the governor stop shifting blame.
The governor is likely right that incompetence in both the local and state bureaucracies led to the initial failures that allowed lead into the water.
But as he has acknowledged, his own slow response and the abysmal communications among his executive team helped keep the bad water flowing months longer than it should have. . . .
Continuing to focus on who failed to do what is pointless. Snyder should focus all his messaging instead on what’s being done to fix Flint.
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