Guest post by Aleister
A new lawsuit claims Flint Michigan’s Democrat mayor Karen Weaver diverted funds meant for the city’s water crisis to her own political PAC.
This news comes after months of high ranking Democrats like Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders trying to blame Republicans for the crisis.
CNN reports:
Flint mayor diverted water-crisis money to political PAC, suit says
The former city administrator of Flint, Michigan, filed a federal lawsuit against the current mayor’s office, claiming she was fired after raising concerns about donors being directed away from a charity for victims of the city’s water crisis and toward a fund sharing a name with the mayor’s campaign fund.
In the suit filed Monday, fired administrator Natasha Henderson claims that in February 2016, Flint’s current mayor, Karen Weaver, directed a former city employee and a city volunteer to stop directing potential donors to a charity called Safe Water/Safe Homes. That charity was run by the Community Foundation of Greater Flint and had been approved by the city for water-crisis donations.
Instead, the lawsuit claims city employee Maxine Murray was directed by Weaver to begin directing donations to “Karenabout Flint.” According to the lawsuit, Murray came to Henderson “in tears” and in fear of “going to jail.”
CNN cannot independently verify the authenticity of “Karenabout Flint,” and it does not appear in any state tax registries. “Karen About Flint” was Weaver’s campaign slogan when she ran for mayor in 2015, and her Twitter handle is @karenaboutflint.Murray could not be reached for comment.
Here’s a video report from the local ABC News affiliate:
The people of Flint have every right to be outraged about the water crisis but they might want to direct their anger to corrupt local Democrat officials who sold them out and apparently still haven’t learned their lesson.
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