Malibber conducted Alan’s research for him today in hopes that he will use it to educate himself. Malibber notes this research turned up that Darnell Early (Alan’s fall guy) was Flint’s 4th emergency manager.
First up, the special state prosecutor said today that elected officials (Republicans) may face manslaughter charges. Malibber hopes any such charges include the governor. Malibber also notes the Federal Government is investigating as well and criminal charges may be brought there too. The state special prosecutor also said he would seek restitution from state officials. Malibber advises Michigan taxpayers to get their wallets out.
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“We’re here to investigate what possible crimes there are, anything to the involuntary manslaughter or death that may have happened to some young person or old person because of this poisoning, to misconduct in office,” he said. “
Source:https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/02/09/flood-manslaughter-charge-possible-flint-water-case/80063354/
Here is a timeline for Alan:11/29/11 - Governor Snyder appoints Michael Brown as Flint’s first emergency manager. He is an old white guy.
8/8/12 - Governor Snyder appoints another old white guy, Ed Kurtz, as emergency manager.
3/25/13 – Flint City Council votes to join a new water system although they had no authority under the Emergency Manger Law to do so. They did not vote to get water from the Flint river.
4/16/13 – Unelected Ed Kurtz signs a contract obligating the city of Flint to join a new water system.
4/17/13 – Detroit notifies Flint it needs to negotiate a short term contract with them if they want to continue to use their water while the new system is being built.
6/26/13 – Unelected Ed Kurtz hires an engineering firm to begin planning getting water from the Flint River.
6/30/13 – Ed Kurtz resigns.
7/8/13 – Old white guy Michael Brown is appointed Emergency Manager by Governor Snyder for the second time.
9/11/13 Old white guy Michael Brown resigns as Emergency Manager.
10/1/13 Governor Snyder appoints Darnell Early as Emergency Manager.
3/7/14 – Early turns down Detroit’s offer to sell Flint water as an interim solution.
4/9/14 – State Environmental Regulators (Part of the Snyder Administration) gives Flint approval to use Flint River water.
4/25/14 – Flint starts drawing its water from the Flint River, and residents complain about the smell and color of the water immediately. By June several residents are complaining the water is making them or a family member sick.
8/14/14 – Flint water tests positive for E. coli and boil advisories are issued. The advisories continue off and on until 9/9/14.
10/13/14 – GM announces it will quit using Flint Water in its engine plant as the city’s water is corroding its industrial machinery.
1/2/15 – Flint is found to be in violation of the Safe Water Drinking Act.
1/9/15 – The University of Michigan finds the water on their Flint campus to have high levels of lead.
1/11/15 – Elected City Council members ask the Emergency Manger to switch the water back over to Detroit and he says no because it would cost too much.
1/13/15 - Darnell Early leaves as Flint’s Emergency Manager to become the Emergency Manager of Detroit Public Schools. Governor Snyder appoints Jerry Ambrose, an old white guy, as Emergency Manager.
2/25/15 – Tests the city conduct find a high level of lead in a Flint resident’s home.
2/27/15 – The EPA asks Michigan about its anti-corrosive treatment process in Flint. A Snyder administration official responds in writing saying they are treating the water with phosphates and that they have a comprehensive corrosion control plan in place. In fact there was no plan in place, and they weren’t treating the water.
4/29/15 - Emergency Manager Jerry Ambrose resigns.
Source:https://michiganradio.org/post/timeline-heres-how-flint-water-crisis-unfolded#stream/0
As to the argument that the Emergency Manager system is just like Bankruptcy. It is not. However, for now I will let that ultra-liberal rag, Forbes, describe how that law works. They say it is an affront to the democratic process.
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In 2012, the Snyder administration shepherded through the Michigan Legislature a bill reinstating—after a state-wide referendum rejected a similar provision in 2011— a law allowing “emergency managers” to take over financially challenged municipalities and school boards. The objective of the law was to empower officials to cut costs.
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The American system of government is a democracy—a system where government is for the people and by the people, typically through elected representatives. State officials in Michigan undermined this core principle and left the citizens of Flint subject to decisions by unelected representatives who were not accountable to them.
