This is an opinion of The Flint Journal Editor Bryn Mickle.
Gov. Rick Snyder still doesn't get it.
Three months after the state finally acknowledged there was a problem with Flint water, Snyder issued a statement Tuesday, Dec. 29, apologizing for the situation and announcing actions to "ensure a culture of openness and trust."
Unfortunately, Snyder left out some key details.
Like, the fact that the state was in charge of Flint when this whole mess started.
And is still in charge of Flint.
Try as they might to put the blame for the initial water switch on the Flint City Council, the fact is that it's bunk.
The bottom line is that the state has been in charge of Flint operations since 2011 and continues to have final say on major decisions through a state-appointed oversight board.
When asked about his biggest disappointment for 2015, Snyder told MLive that it was the Flint water crisis.
"The biggest challenge, the thing that you really would have liked to see not be an issue, would have been the Flint water situation," Snyder said. "Again, that's not something you'd ever want to see in terms of elevated lead levels."
I might have been all right if he had stopped there.
But he continued.
"And as we were alerted to those issues, we became proactive and worked hard to address them by offering free water testing, free water filters, free blood testing, followup work, helping in the transition back to the Great Lakes Water Authority."
Suggesting that the state has somehow come on a white horse to help Flint in its time of need during the water crisis is not only disingenuous, it is outright insulting.
As we move into 2016, Flint is approaching a critical crossroads with its future.
In the coming months, this community must have confidence that its water is once again safe to drink -- with or without a filter -- and have a clear plan to rebuild the incalculable damage to its people and its reputation.
It's a job that will cost money -- money the city doesn't have and that the state has a moral responsibility to pay.
Flint doesn't need pity or empty platitudes, it needs help in the form of state dollars.
I've said this before and I will continue to say it: The state was at the helm when this problem started and has a responsibility to fix it.
It's nice that Snyder finally said sorry Dec. 29 -- three months late, in my humble opinion -- but sorry isn't good enough.
Nor is the long-delayed, offered and accepted, resignation of state Department of Environmental Quality head Dan Wyant.
Snyder is right when he says that he knows many Flint citizens want more than an apology.
The governor says the state has allocated more than $10 million to test water, hand out filters and do other water-related tasks but much more is needed.
Put your money where your mouth is, governor, and make this right.