Flint water crisis: New criminal charges filed

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Source: CNN

Six current and former Michigan state employees were charged Friday in a widening criminal investigation into the Flint water crisis, according to a source close to the investigation.

Corinne Miller, Nancy Peeler and Robert Scott of the Department of Health and Human Services along with Liane Shekter-Smith, Adam Rosenthal and Patrick Cook of the Department of Environmental Quality face charges ranging from willful neglect of duty to conspiracy over allegations they withheld information from the public about lead contamination of the city's drinking water.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/29/us/flint-water-crisis-charges/index.html

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1. Good!

Now who planned, organized and directed this coverup once the problem was revealed, and who gave the order to let it continue without addressing the health issues?

[turbinetree]

2. Now that small fish are coming home to roost with the actions from the TOP of the

food chain, why hasn't there been anything on the "appointed manger" governor, the attorney general?

This game of deflection is just that a game of deflections, so jerk(s) made the unequivocal decisions to do what they did (CUT COSTS), you have a legislative body run by the republican(s) in this state that are still with holding funds on the fix to this issue, and at the feet of those on the committees in Congress, that are being run by one particular hypocrite by the name of Chaffetz from Utah, who tried his hardest to blame the EPA that has had its funds cut and gutted since his crony Paul Ryan was put in charge of the countries budget, just like they do with embassies and consulates around the world.

And now this illustrious group(s) of wannabe kings and queens that go around and basically spew, let them ( poor/ middle class) eat cake attitude, are pissed off that the pipes in there Congressional offices are also damaged and have been neglected (welcome to our world jerks).
But don't fear that they want answers and they want it fixed NOW, so that the people around the country will foot the bill included the people, excuse me the human beings in Flint Michigan that are still under distress, but there is connection that when Michigan had lets say for instance Fisher body plants that have no been shuttered and shipped over seas that no one is coming up with the simple fact that when your economic base has been eroded, and the tax base has been outsourced to another country, that there just might be a connection, and that Quicken Loans doesn't have enough request for filling of applicants in Detroit.

But the good old governor and the legislature can build a new stadium of showing off to the country the mirage is still there, that sports is more important, look no further than what was done with the Silver Dome, while at the same time the let them eat cake crowd are trying to be heard to get clean water, while back at the ranch the selling off of America property----------------------amazing

Honk------------------for a political revolution

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3. And Snyder? The biggest crim of them all?

???

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4. Considering who's been charged I have to believe Snyder isn't far behind

There were a lot of people who were withholding evidence and/or doctoring numbers in official reports. That's not the work of a single, rogue employee.... someone directed them to do this.

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6. I highly doubt Schuette will go after Snyder....

Schuette wouldn't be pursuing anybody except for he has his eye on the Governor's mansion after his buddy Snyder leaves. He's as crooked as they come. He'll throw a couple low level employees under the bus, but never the ones who are ultimately responsible for this debacle.

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5. Does Snyder have enough personal wealth the pay them all to take the fall?

If it wasn't for those pesky deaths.