There needs to be people held accountable for deaths, maiming and broken lives that have beset the people of Flint because of wayward leadership during the Snyder administration. There is neglect everywhere, including a storage area (click here) where bottled water never found the people.
The neglect started with Snyder and the new administration should see the end to it. I have a feeling the Snyder administration tied the criminal cases up in knots. The people's that have seen their cases dismissed will receive the jobs back. I think the reason the Whitmer administration dismissed the charges was to prevent double jeopardy when the Michigan Attorney General finally hands down indictments.
The Snyder administration was highly corrupt. The state government saw a management style that consolidated power to one person that wasn't even elected to office. I believe it was David DeVries (click here) that moved offices and personnel around like old furniture. I am sure the remnants of the Snyder administration has resulted in problems for Governor Whitmer, but, it is time to hold people responsible and it needs to happen soon.
I share the sentiment of "The Flint Journal" in their recent editorial. When are the people going to find justice?
The Flint Water Crisis (click here) has no pending criminal cases today. They’ve all been dismissed.
A year ago, there were cases against at least eight state and local officials.
There have been no significant convictions. No real consequences.
It’s a travesty that there’s no justice, no one held to blame for the poisoning of an entire American city.
It’s our society’s moral imperative to hold people accountable for disasters like this. It’s not enough for officials to say, “We all failed,” and move on.
The water crisis was a preventable, manmade catastrophe, the product of budget-slashers trying to save a few bucks.
It’s been 5 years. Flint still doesn’t trust the water
The leaders in charge at the time – Gov. Rick Snyder, his cabinet heads and the emergency managers appointed to run the city – failed the people of Flint.
And yet no one has been held responsible....
...The message is that it’s OK to do it again. The criminal justice system exists not just to punish, but to deter people from committing similar crimes. Government officials across the country – perhaps the world – can now look at Flint and feel emboldened that they will not face any real consequences for committing grave mistakes at the expense of public health.
It sends a message that when government fails, there will be no repercussions.
Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud has promised to refile criminal charges, but it’s been more than 200 days and we’ve not seen anything.
Attorney General Dana Nessel has still promised to deliver justice. We’re hopeful but have grown skeptical....
...The biggest winners in this catastrophe of public health and justice are the attorneys who have reaped, at our last count, more than $30 million of taxpayer money...
...The officials in charge at the time of the water crisis have seemingly moved on. But the people of Flint still don’t trust their water, much less their government anymore.
Something really bad happened to the people of Flint.
Surely someone is to blame.
Attorney general shouldn’t promise justice for Flint if she can’t deliver.
