Flint — A visibly irate Mayor Karen Weaver said her city is exploring legal options against Gov.
Rick Snyder and the state after he told her “to get over” the ending of water distribution in the city.
In a hastily called news conference in her mayor’s suite, Weaver said she met with Snyder Monday morning in Lansing hoping to change his mind over the governor’s move earlier this month to stop providing bottled water to the various “pods” across Flint.
The state government needs to re-establish trust in Flint, she said.
Weaver said the governor in the 35-minute meeting wanted to discuss economic development, but she told him the bottled water issue wasn’t going away.
Angela Wheeler, the legal counsel for Flint, said “we do have to explore all possibilities” regarding whether they intend to sue the state.
Weaver has contended that the state should wait until all of the city’s lead service lines are replaced, which would invariably end when Snyder leaves office early next year.
The governor disagreed, she said.
Snyder “showed an extra layer of callousness today” toward her and Flint, Weaver said.
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