{"id":4100,"date":"2021-02-07T12:43:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T17:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/?p=4100"},"modified":"2021-02-07T12:47:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T17:47:00","slug":"flint-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/02\/07\/flint-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Flint Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An article in NPR caught my attention this AM.  An extract is given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;The Michigan Attorney General&#8217;s Office Thursday announced criminal  charges for eight former state officials, including the state&#8217;s former  Gov. Rick Snyder, along with one current official, for their alleged  roles in the Flint water crisis.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attorney general&#8217;s announcement cites other charges as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jarrod Agen<\/strong> \u2013 Former Director of Communications and Former Chief of Staff, Executive Office of Gov. Rick Snyder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>One count of perjury \u2013 a 15-year felony&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gerald Ambrose<\/strong> \u2013 Former City of Flint Emergency Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Four counts of misconduct in office \u2013 each a five-year felony and\/or $10,000 fine<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Richard Baird<\/strong> \u2013 Former Transformation Manager and Senior Adviser, Executive Office of Gov. Snyder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>One count of perjury \u2013 a 15-year felony<\/li><li>One count of official misconduct in office \u2013 a five-year felony&nbsp;and\/or&nbsp;$10,000&nbsp;fine<\/li><li>One count of obstruction of justice \u2013 a five-year felony&nbsp;and\/or&nbsp;$10,000 fine<\/li><li>One count of extortion \u2013 a 20-year felony&nbsp;and\/or&nbsp;$10,000 fine<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Howard Croft<\/strong> \u2013 Former Director of the City of Flint Department of Public Works<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Two counts of willful neglect of duty \u2013&nbsp;each&nbsp;a&nbsp;one-year misdemeanor&nbsp;and\/or&nbsp;$1,000&nbsp;fine&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Darnell Earley<\/strong> \u2013 Former City of Flint Emergency Manager  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Three counts of misconduct in office \u2013&nbsp;each&nbsp;a five-year felony&nbsp;and\/or&nbsp;$10,000&nbsp;fine&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nicolas Lyon<\/strong> \u2013 Former Director, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Nine counts of involuntary manslaughter \u2013&nbsp;each&nbsp;a 15-year felony&nbsp;and\/or&nbsp;$7,500&nbsp;fine&nbsp;<\/li><li>One count of willful neglect of duty \u2013 a one-year misdemeanor&nbsp;and\/or&nbsp;$1,000&nbsp;fine&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nancy Peeler <\/strong>\u2013 Current Early Childhood Health Section Manager, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Two counts of misconduct in office \u2013&nbsp;each&nbsp;a five-year felony&nbsp;and\/or&nbsp;$10,000&nbsp;fine<\/li><li>One count of willful neglect of duty \u2013 a one-year misdemeanor&nbsp;and\/or&nbsp;$1,000&nbsp;fine<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eden Wells<\/strong> \u2013 Former Chief Medical Executive, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Nine counts of involuntary manslaughter \u2013&nbsp;each&nbsp;a 15-year felony&nbsp;and\/or&nbsp;$7,500&nbsp;fine<\/li><li>Two counts of misconduct in office \u2013&nbsp;each&nbsp;a five-year felony&nbsp;and\/or&nbsp;$10,000&nbsp;fine<\/li><li>One count of willful neglect of duty \u2013 a one-year misdemeanor and\/or $1,000 fine&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The article link is right here and you should read it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/01\/14\/956924155\/ex-michigan-gov-rick-snyder-and-8-others-criminally-charged-in-flint-water-crisi?utm_campaign=storyshare&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;fbclid=IwAR3_k_Oe_Yi3EfAVA_f_DgknSL6WNDD_B7jEGljymjKRRrdCzlm-c9dR9b0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/01\/14\/956924155\/ex-michigan-gov-rick-snyder-and-8-others-criminally-charged-in-flint-water-crisi?utm_campaign=storyshare&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;fbclid=IwAR3_k_Oe_Yi3EfAVA_f_DgknSL6WNDD_B7jEGljymjKRRrdCzlm-c9dR9b0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article in NPR caught my attention this AM. An extract is given below: &#8220;The Michigan Attorney General&#8217;s Office Thursday announced criminal charges for eight former state officials, including the state&#8217;s former Gov. Rick Snyder, along with one current official, for their alleged roles in the Flint water crisis. The attorney general&#8217;s announcement cites other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4100"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4103,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4100\/revisions\/4103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}