Article from The Daily Caller by Luke Rosiak.
Four years ago this month, then-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder declared an emergency in Flint, and $390 million in state aid began pouring in. Much of the money, however, was spent on activities only peripherally related to lead in water, state spending data show.
About $129 million was spent on economic development and “social development,” nearly as much as the $144 million spent on safe drinking water, according to the state budget tally.
Money from a state water grant was used to bring “a youth basketball league back to the city after a fifteen-year absence,” according to the book “The Poisoned City.”
State water-crisis money has been providing free daycare for children ages 3 and under in the city, even though none of them were alive or in utero during the primary water crisis, a state spokesman acknowledged. The city switched from the problematic water supply in October 2015.
Read the entire article at The Daily Caller.
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Michigan state law allowed a Korean War Veteran’s home to be taken from him without warning because he didn’t pay $8.41 added to his property tax bill he was not informed about. Michigan might be a beautiful state but like many others, their state government screws it up. I wouldn’t want to live there.
You are so right! The corruption is unreal, the government is bringing in 3rd world invaders and Detroit is the shining city on the hill!
The State and Local governments in Michigan are, indeed so corrupt, so inept, so STUPID, the citizens MUST ACCEPT their responsibility for the election and re-election of these BOZOs, rather than whining to the Federal Government to “fix our local problems”, which are the responsibility of their State and Local governments!
All the more reason to let these liberal run hell holes go and whatever happens to them, happens. Democrats are low life irresponsible IDIOTS who pander to the poor, thereby creating more poor. They use these poor people to attain and keep office. There is big power in big poverty. Michigan doesn’t deserve a DIME of federal taxpayer money, and someone should be going to JAIL for diverting funds meant for the water system to go to some bogus basketball program. LIBERALS ARE INCAPABLE OF RUNNING ANYTHING.
Scot Fowler, I live in Michigan, and the fault in NOT Michigan, the fault is with all of those unvetted so called asylum seekers who have wormed their way into our political system at the lowest level. in order to gain influence in the U.S.A. President Trump needs to look into the ban for Muslims to even enter the U. S. A.
Michigan like all other dim wit run states is a crap hole. Sadly now overrun by the cult of death. No federal funds to help until the state shapes up and the messes including the cults are removed. Omar and the other rag head are in the US as militants, lied to get here and all need to be revisited for their claim of refugee status. And no doubt they are here to spread their hate which is fermenting in that state run by mismanaging dim wits.
And those who employ the cultist need to be looked at too. No doubt the billionaires who back the dim wits and all their meddling are definitely profiting from the cult being here financially and in actions pressing their nwo agenda on this nation. Find out investigate!
And I would like to add that there are few comments on this articulations because it is darn nearly impossible to reach this section for comments. Evidently Liberty news wants little comment on their articals.
Yes I noticed that too, was trying to read comments and it kept jumping way back up the page. Anybody involved in diverting the money into social programs/etc should be prosecuted to the fullest!! Michigan voters, vote the Democrats out of office and you will have a much better state. I was born and raised in Upper Michigan.
I’ve got a question
Where’s Michael Moore when you need him?