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Re:100k Detroit homeowners illegally taxed $600M still waiti... by gruez on Sunday April 17, 2022 @11:40AM (#31061588)
>But the guy with authority (local elected mayor, not the state emergency manager)

doesn't the emergency manager have more authority than the elected mayor? How much did the mayor know and how much power did he have?

>and the engineers/technicians/???

1. the plant manager was prosecuted

2. what's the point of prosecuting non-managerial employees? Did they participate in the cover-up? Were they supposed to predict what was going to happen?

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Re:100k Detroit homeowners illegally taxed $600M still waiti... by coryrc on Sunday April 17, 2022 @11:26PM (#31067027)
According to the linked Wikipedia article, the water department was under the authority of the elected mayor at the time, despite an emergency manager still involved in other affairs.

Slap on the wrist. If my job was to get you spinach, and I am an expert in that area, and I chose to use animal waste for fertilizer, shouldn't I be held responsible for giving people e-coli if I don't take standard precautions?

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