Flint water crisis. His critics contend he's been so far behind the curve that now the health of Flint kids and their parents are at risk.

So there he was flanked by his top aides embracing the decision to restore Detroit water to Flint after it decided some time ago to disconnect from Motown and use its own water instead. The resulting "lead in the water" story has dominated the headlines and forced the governor to concede a short time ago that more needed to be done and pronto.

While the debate rages on over the alleged tardy response by the administration, over in the legislature, coughing up the 6 mil will be a challenge.

Rep. Kurt Heise (R-Plymouth) harkens back to his days in Wayne County when he recalls GeneseeSince then, the Alabama press corps has been all over their tall, gangly governor, piecing together the details of a romance that has been best described by one Birmingham columnist as “wretch inducing.” But the intergenerational canoodling is in many ways the least interesting part of the scandal. Bentley and his paramour have spun around themselves a web of deceit that includes “dark money,” taxpayer-funded trips together, untraceable “burner” cell phones, and a shared safe deposit box. Now the state legislature is considering impeachment, and the lovers are being hunted by a handful of state and federal law enforcement agencies.

Bentley was a long shot to win the governor’s race in 2010. A dermatologist by trade, he was elected to the first of four terms in the Alabama House