This was Snyder's Michigan. Few in power to control every outcome and when control was not available, then scapegoat.

Ms. Liane Shekter Smith should be a witness in any trial. She is the face of corruption by Snyder and how he manipulated every outcome in the State of Michigan.

October 20, 2021

Liane Shekter Smith, the only Michigan official fired in the Flint water disaster, was likely a "public scapegoat" who lost her job because of politics, an arbitrator said.

The only Michigan official fired (click here) in the Flint water catastrophe likely was a "public scapegoat" who lost her job because of politics, an arbitrator said in ordering $191,880 in back pay and other compensation.

It's a remarkable victory for Liane Shekter Smith, who served as head of the state's drinking water office when Flint's water system was contaminated with lead. She was removed and then fired in 2016 and subsequently faced criminal charges in one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history.

Shekter Smith was dismissed while engineers in her department — the "boots on the ground" in Flint — were suspended with pay before ultimately returning to work, the arbitrator said in a 22-page report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.

Sheldon Stark said the state had failed to show by a preponderance of evidence that there was "just cause" to fire Shekter Smith, who had an "exemplary" record in government.

The arbitrator noted that Keith Creagh, director of the Department of Environmental Quality, fired Shekter Smith without even speaking to her about Flint or waiting for a state police investigation that exonerated her.

"No one ever asked (Shekter Smith) for her story," Stark said....

SAVE THE SETTLEMENT IS ON!!!!

The lawyers love it!!!!  

What could be wrong?? But, Ms. Edwards, there is plenty to be said about ethical behavior, especailly where there are fiducary relationships like with lawyers. BUT. There is often nothing illegal about unethical behavior. Yes, greed is a very unethical behavior.

October 27, 2021

Connie Edwards, who has lived in Flint for 68 years, stands with a protest sign as she listens on during a news conference protesting the attorney fees of the Flint water settlement outside of the Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 in downtown Flint.

Flint - Dozens of Flint residents (click here) mistakenly opted out of a $626-million partial settlement related to the Flint water crisis, and a federal court official is recommending they be allowed to withdraw their initial filings and make claims for damages.

Special master Deborah E. Greenspan filed the report in U.S. District Court this week and gave a status update on her work to Judge Judith E. Levy during a virtual hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 27....

Defining the lines of the new civil war.

The Rittenhouse judge is seeking to divide the country along race lines. He is stating minorities don’t have the same standing as Caucasian people. He is trying to create tension and not justice. 

He is setting precedent to sway the jury and legitimize the use of weapons of war on the streets of the USA against unarmed minorities.

If the deaths and injuries of the Rittenhouse vigilantism were conducted during a crime, the lives and maiming have rights. Rittenhouse has no legal standing except vigilante. There were police at the scene and were not engaged in armed assault.

Self-defense is non-sense. He doesn’t live there and was not performing a vital task to save lives and property. There were police legally hired and employed by the people.

When someone openly carries a weapon of war into a crowd of unarmed people there is only one motive, mass murder. What makes him any different from the mass murder in Las Vegas? A hotel instead of a street? A concert instead of a protest? Killing for the sake of killing is a crime. There was no self-defense.

How can a vigilante claim self-defense? He didn’t even belong there.

Rittenhouse was approached by a person with a handgun because he was killing people. The people were trying to disarm him. In doing so, the people were using self-defense to end his assault. Rittenhouse was the perpetrator and the others were attempting to disarm him and end his ability to kill.