In Flint, Michigan water crisis, city mayor did not violate ethics

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

The mayor of the city of Flint, Michigan, did not redirect donations to her personal campaign from a charity meant to help families hurt by a water crisis in the city, an independent attorney said on Monday.

There was no evidence of any ethical violations by Mayor Karen Weaver, said Brendon Basiga, an immigration attorney hired by Flint to investigate charges made in a federal lawsuit by a former administrator.

"Simply put, ladies and gentlemen, I cannot find any evidence of unethical conduct by Mayor Karen Weaver," Basiga said at a press conference.

"I am so glad the independent investigation is complete and clears me and my staff of any wrongdoing regarding donations sent to the City of Flint," Weaver said in an emailed statement.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-michigan-water-lawsuit-idUSKCN0YZ27L

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World | Mon Jun 13, 2016 2:43pm EDT

[hollysmom]

1. excuse me?

they are cleared of using money for personal profit, they are not cleared of unethically not doing their job, not notifying people they were being poisoned or not caring to correct the problem or not taking the proper procedures to safeguard the public and not using the change to promote themselves politically, they just did not steal a particular charity fund.

[Siwsan]

2. Karen Weaver wasn't in office, when the water emergency started

Flint was being dictated to by a corrupt Emergency Manager who answered to the equally corrupt Governor. When the crisis started, the Mayor was Dane Walling.

[merrily]

3. Why an immigration attorney to investigate?

[AtheistCrusader]

4. And why release it today?

Hoping it'll be buried in the news cycle, no doubt.

[cutroot]

5. snyder now has one less scapegoat