It seems as though there were some proceedings that postponed the hearing. Mayor Weaver was dismissed as a single defendant and that originally defeated the case.
Ms. Henderson was hired by the Emergency Manager. Basically, she worked for then Governor Snyder.
I don't know why this hasn't been settled beyond a civil suit. How did
Ms. Henderson know about the money transfer? It seems to me a record of the deposit coming from the city to Mayor Weaver would be easy to validate. I am sure Mayor Weaver receives a salary and expenses, but, anything out of the ordinary would have shown up. I would be surprised if Mayor Weaver participated in offshoring.
I think it is a strange lawsuit. There is no criminal aspect to it. if Ms. Henderson is found to be correct, then she was never taken seriously by law enforcement.
This is a very upsetting lawsuit.
Regardless, this does not change the reality of the Flint nightmare.
May 1, 2019
By Ron Fonger
Flint - Former Flint City Administrator Natasha Henderson’s lawsuit (click here) against the city she once helped govern is expected to begin Wednesday, May 1, in federal court in Detroit.
Henderson, who filed a Whistleblower Protection Act lawsuit against the city, claims she was fired after alleging Mayor Karen Weaver routed donations given to help the city with its water crisis to a personal account rather than a fund managed by the Community Foundation of Greater Flint.
Weaver, who has denied that claim, was dismissed as an individual defendant in the case in February by U.S. District Judge Sean F. Cox.
“We are relieved that Ms. Henderson will finally get her day in court,” said Sarah Riley Howard, an attorney representing the former city administrator in the lawsuit. “We’re looking forward to a jury hearing the evidence in this case...”
...She (Henderson) remained in her position after Weaver was elected in November 2015 but was fired by the mayor in February 2016.
The two women disagree on the reasons for the firing.
Weaver has testified that Henderson was fired for not having informed her of outbreaks of Legionnaires’ during the Flint water crisis until February 2016 --- an allegation the city administrator has denied.
Henderson’s lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice in August 2017, but the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated it in September 2018, ruling the case could move forward as a whistleblower case.
