It is up to the residents of Flint. They need to understand what is occuring to protect their rights.

There will be an "opt-out" filing but then a resident will need their own lawyer to sue in court. There are approximately 96,000 residents of Flint. Simple math means the settlement will deliver about $6700.00 per resident. For a family of four that is a settlement of $26,800. Every family is going to be different. Some were hit harder than others. Applications to the settlement will be weighed according to the severity and will bring greater amounts of settlement. Every resident may not necessarily receive a settlement either.

At this point, the city and the people have to decide about the settlement and/or whether they want to move forward with lawsuits. The lawyers will tell residents to take the settlement and move on. The residents have to come to a consensus on what the city's direction will be. 

Property taxes in Flint can increase if the city does not accept the settlement. It is a difficult decision and there is no guarantee taxes won't go up, but, it won't be due to this liability. There is a lot to consider. In all honesty, Flint did not bring this on itself, but, the liability is still there. Snyder's administration made a huge mess. This can be the beginning of reclaiming Flint. I am curious about the cost of insurance for Flint if there is a settlement.

November 27, 2020

By Amy Diaz

Flint – Attorneys involved in the Flint Water Litigation provided an overview of the $641.25 million water settlement Nov. 23 on the City of Flint Facebook page (click here).

This information session followed the proposal of a $20 million contribution to the settlement by the city’s insurer. Flint City Council is set to vote on the city joining the settlement at the Nov.23 city council meeting.

Present at the live session was Attorney Rick Berg, Attorney Sheldon Klein, Assistant City Attorney William Kim, City Attorney Angela Wheeler, and Director of Communications Marjory Raymer.

Berg presented an overview of the lawsuit settlement at the beginning of the meeting.

He shared four key points for residents to understand:

- Berg said the city’s insurer has provided all of the money for the settlement, meaning the $20 million will come at no cost to the city or the residents.

- He said that more money can be recovered through lawsuits against the EPA, and the two engineering companies that have indicated they would not settle: Veolia and LAN.

- If the City Council does not approve the settlement, Berg said “the city will be at risk for thousands of dollars in lawsuits, if not millions of dollars.” He said the $20 million that has been negotiated from the insurance company won’t be contributed, and the city “will be in the same boat it’s in right now.”
Berg said it was important for residents to make sure to get information from reliable sources, and shared the following links:

- After Berg presented an overview of the settlement, Raymer asked the attorneys to respond to questions that were being asked in the comments of the live video:...

...Klein said residents can opt out of the settlement and file their own lawsuit, which he said is “an extremely risky course,” or object to the settlement and tell the judge why it shouldn’t be approved.

“The court will consider all of that before deciding whether to approve it. Assuming it is approved, then there will be your opportunity to submit your claim and provide documentation,” he said.

Once the claims are submitted, Klein said someone will review them and make sure the documentation is correct, and then the money will be paid out.

“We’re on a very aggressive schedule to make that happen,” he said. “It’s not gonna happen tomorrow. It’s going to take a little bit of time to process the tens of thousands of claims, and give you an opportunity to understand and make your decisions.”...

Donald John Trump is an impeached president whom has already exhibited untrustworthy behavior regarding Ukraine.

Donald John Trump is a chronic liar. He and his entire staff during his four years, including his family, should be placed on a far lower level of intelligence access than trustworthy former presidents. I just don't see a man that prefers Russian national security over that of the USA at all worthy of being included in the intelligence services.

There is no precedent that would include an impeached president in national security information. 

November 27, 2020
By Ken Dilanian

Washington - When David Priess was a CIA officer, (click here) he traveled to Houston, he recalls, to brief former President George H.W. Bush on classified developments in the Middle East.

It was part of a long tradition of former presidents being consulted about, and granted access to, some of the nation's secrets.

Priess and other former intelligence officials say Joe Biden would be wise not to let that tradition continue in the case of Donald Trump.

They argue soon-to-be-former President Trump already poses a danger because of the secrets he currently possesses, and they say it would be foolish to trust him with more sensitive information. With Trump's real estate empire under financial pressure and his brand suffering, they worry he will see American secrets as a profit center....

Without profoundly clear satellite data and/or evidence there can be no pointing fingers at Israel

November 23, 2020

Dubai - Iranian state television (click here) says scientist that Israel alleged led a military nuclear program in early 2000s ‘assassinated.’

Engaging an armed caravan is not the style of Israel. Kindly remember the 2nd in charge of al Qaeda was recently killed. I think Israel took responsibility for that death.

There was a confrontation of the caravan which included exchanges of gunfire. That is a group of armed individuals confronting Iran. A group that well-armed with the knowledge of the movement of a particular nuclear scientist sounds more like a domestic attack than from outside the country. I remind Hezbollah has access to extensive weapons and will distribute them to groups within Iran. So, there is no clear indication Israel was involved at all.

This scientist is more of a signal that others have knowledge of any Iranian covert nuclear program than a real loss to the Iranian nuclear program. The reason nuclear scientists in Iran have bodyguards is that no one would be a nuclear scientist in Iran given the successful past assassinations.

That said, Iran will not hesitate to increase tensions in the Gulf of Oman, especially along the Straights of Hormuz.

The tensions within the Strait is not new. There were two incidences in 2019. So, this is nothing new.

Any military aggression in the Straits compromises ship movement and that involves the entire area. It is difficult to run significant actions in the area because of the countries dependence on that waterway. Changing the status is grave and should not be engaged out of some idea of defensive maneuver.

Iran's population is 81.1 million people. Currently, SARS-CoV-2 has caused infections in at least a little more than 169,000 in 465 cities. I think that is more the concern of Iran than engaging in any confrontation.

26 November 2020

Written bySecretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)

• For the third consecutive day, (click here) the Health Ministry’s engineered statistics set a record in the number of dead and those critically ill.
• Iraj Harirchi, regime Deputy Health Minister: The increase in the number of hospitalizations and deaths is worrying. It is excruciating that COVID-19 is the leading cause of death in the country and in many provinces.
• Chairman of the regime parliament’s Health Commission: ‌ We wanted the cities to be fully quarantined for 15 to 30 days. It happened with delays, and only for two weeks. One-third of the employees are going to work, and the banks and parks are open. The traffic is not much different in many major cities and even in Tehran. Do those who are making the decisions have a presence in society?
• Shiraz University of Medical Sciences: 42 people died in the past 24 hours, and the death toll reached 2,314. We have 2,297 patients, of which 386 are in ICU....