By Ed White
Flint - A judge dismissed criminal charges (click here) against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in the Flint water crisis, months after the state Supreme Court said indictments returned by a one-person grand jury were invalid.
Snyder, a Republican who left office in 2019, was charged with two misdemeanor counts of willful neglect of duty. He was the first person in state history to be charged for alleged crimes related to service as governor.
Snyder also is the eighth person to have a Flint water case thrown out after the Supreme Court’s unanimous June opinion.
Genesee County Judge F. Kay Behm signed the order Wednesday, a day after the U.S. Senate approved her nomination to become a federal judge in eastern Michigan.
“The charges against (Snyder) were not properly brought and must be dismissed at this time,” Behm wrote, sending the case to a lower court for the final step, weeks after hearing arguments....
Ron Fonger who was so very dedicated to the people of Flint is still writing about them.
May 26, 2023
By Ron Fonger
The Michigan Department of Transportation said in a news release on Thursday, May 25, that it should be easier to drive through 81 of its 146 active construction zones as work is paused and lanes temporarily opened....
What occurred instead of justice because of something known as the statute of limitations is typical for Republican scandals, they threw money at it.
The people of Flint are still and always will be recovering from the poisoning. The children will be scrutinized to their well being and success in life. They will be given every reason to do well, but, will they? Will the lead live up to it's promise of permanently replacing iron in those that were poisoned and susceptible to damage? The facts aren't in yet, but, many strategies are at work to take that reality and turn it into well being and success in the lives the poison touched.
The deaths are forever as are the miscarriages of fetuses. That is a stain in the USA and it's human rights record.
There is one place where justice might still be secured and that is the Department of Justice. They should do a review, if they haven't begun already, to determine if malpractice to facilitate corruption and manipulation to fight the statute of limitations ensued to protect the obviously guilty in the Governor's office.
Basically, why did the Michigan Attorney General turn away from the obvious crimes and cover-up by the Governor?
Someday, when he retires and reflects on his life as a journalist, I hope Ron Fonger will write a book of truth that rattles the judges chambers that facilitated the dismissal of justice for poisoning an American city.
Oh, one other thing. Snyder? Besides his return to some sort of wealth management office or whatever he is doing, came out of his hiding place recently to criticize the passage of the end of "Right to Work." The guy is no one to trust. His politics are corrupt and damage the American Middle Class. All he is doing is playing with a potential to be a Vice Presidential candidate for 2024. I mean some people are never remorseful of their crimes and simply want to commit more.
