> Very easy to solve this one - the elected official doesn't eat the fish and drink the water, their children do.

Are you trying to setup some breeding program for building a better psychopath? :)

"Here's this high-status high-paying job, that people with a sense of ethics aren't taking because of the Flint-like water that can't be fixed on budget in any reasonable amount of time. No problem, just adopt a few orphans, score political brownie points in the process by seeming caring, and have them drink all the pollution!"