LANSING, MI -- Until it melts (or gets moved), there's going to be a brown-tinted ice sculpture reading "Synder Poisoned Flint" outside the governor's office across the street from the Michigan capitol in Lansing.

Two guys from Ohio delivered the sculpture for a ceremonial rally on the corner of Michigan and Capitol Avenues on Thursday, Feb. 18, organized by a trio of national advocacy groups calling for the resignation and prosecution of Gov. Rick Snyder over mishandling of the lead water crisis in Flint.

About a dozen people turned out for the 11 a.m. event, some holding signs reading "Snyder Poisoned Flint," to help activists with MoveOn.org and Democracy for America carry 8 file crates into the lobby of the Romney Building at 111 S. Capitol Ave.

The cardboard boxes were empty, though. Neil Sroka with Democracy for America handed over the nearly one million signatures they symbolized on a flash drive, which Snyder's constituent relations manager accepted with a wry smile.

Sroka's counterpart, Mark Crain from MoveOn, turned and reminded everyone that while solutions to the ongoing lead contaminated water disaster in Flint are being funded and developed, that shouldn't let Snyder off the hook.

"We should not lose the focus on political accountability when it comes to this case," Crain said. "We shouldn't pretend like the history isn't there when it comes to the emergency manager."

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Snyder was in Detroit on Thursday when the House of Representatives voted unanimously in favor of a $30 million appropriation that would help repay water bills for Flint residents. His office released a statement praising the bill, which must get Senate approval before Snyder can sign it.

"Politicizing this issue has not yet delivered any solutions for Flint's families," read his statement, which nonetheless thanked the legislature for being a "strong partner on getting immediate funding." The $30 million would bring the total amount of Flint aid to $71.2 million total, $59.8 of which is from the state's general fund.

Snyder has proposed an additional $195 million in state money to address the Flint water crisis. If all of it goes through, the state will have dedicated $232 million to the crisis.

Rep. Sheldon Neeley, D-Flint, called the House bill a "Band-Aid" approach.

Outside the governor's office, Don Surprenant of Corunna suggested that Snyder, a successful venture capitalist before becoming governor, should personally fund the lead pipe replacement program gathering speed in Flint.

"After he's in jail, we should be using his money until there is no more," he said. "If it's not enough, then we get the two governments involved, federal and state."

Nearby, Flint Township landlord Clarence Clark said the lead problem has helped crash the Flint housing market. He was trying to sell a property on Bertha Ave, but "since Snyder screwed up all the water, nobody wants to buy there."

Toni Peterson, a Flint native living in DeWitt, said her brother and sister have developed rashes on their skin from the water. The family has children and their house on Alma Street tested at high levels for lead in its tap water.

"It's hard, daily," she said. "You go beyond needing bottles of water. You need jugs of water -- you have to shower, cook -- they have to use water for multiple things."

Snyder, she feels, isn't shouldering enough blame.

"He's shifting the blame; not taking responsibility for his actions and blaming other people," Peterson said. "This is a man-made disaster."

Update, 6pm: The ice sculpture has been removed from the sidewalk outside the governor's office. It's whereabouts are unknown.

Garret Ellison covers government, environment & the Great Lakes for MLive Media Group. Email him at gellison@mlive.com or follow on Twitter & Instagram