Michigan Gov. Snyder confronts the perils of running government like a business

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/michigan-gov-snyder-confronts-the-perils-of-running-government-like-a-business/2016/03/13/29d0256c-e705-11e5-b0fd-073d5930a7b7_story.html

Republican Rick Snyder called himself #onetoughnerd when he swept into the Michigan governor’s office in 2010, winning election easily after pledging to run the state more like the businesses that had generated his substantial wealth.

Though a first-time elected official, by 2012 he was considered a possible running mate for GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. A few years later, he was actively exploring his ownbid for president.

Yet now, as he prepares for congressional hearings on the water-contamination debacle in Flint, Mich., Snyder’s Twitter handle might be #onedonedude.

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“We were an experiment in their philosophy of government,” said Jim Ananich, the state Senate minority leader, who lives in Flint and is a harsh critic of Snyder’s. “But unfortunately, it failed.”

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1. Public service is not like corporate governance. nt