A good outcome although litigation takes far too long.
>U.S. District Judge David Lawson wrote in Tuesday’s decision that he had found Flint in civil contempt because it had failed to meet deadlines for pipe removal outlined in his February 2023 order. The city had originally promised to replace the pipes by early 2020.
>Lawson’s ruling comes after he held a June 2023 hearing on a motion seeking a contempt finding filed the previous month by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and Concerned Pastors for Social Action.
>“Based on the evidence, it is apparent that the City has failed to abide by the Court’s orders in several respects, and that it has no good reason for its failures,” Lawson wrote. “The City has demonstrated belated compliance since the hearing, but even now, it has not actually replaced all of the lead service lines, which it originally promised to replace by March 28, 2020.”
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Better than nothing but holy fuck this case took forever.
I can’t believe this is still going on. What does the city possibly have to gain by allowing this crisis to continue? I saw recently that tons of bottled water were found abandoned in places like schools in Flint. Are they trying to increase demand to force people to pay for private/bottled water?
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A good outcome although litigation takes far too long.
>U.S. District Judge David Lawson wrote in Tuesday’s decision that he had found Flint in civil contempt because it had failed to meet deadlines for pipe removal outlined in his February 2023 order. The city had originally promised to replace the pipes by early 2020.
>Lawson’s ruling comes after he held a June 2023 hearing on a motion seeking a contempt finding filed the previous month by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and Concerned Pastors for Social Action.
>“Based on the evidence, it is apparent that the City has failed to abide by the Court’s orders in several respects, and that it has no good reason for its failures,” Lawson wrote. “The City has demonstrated belated compliance since the hearing, but even now, it has not actually replaced all of the lead service lines, which it originally promised to replace by March 28, 2020.”
article continues….
Better than nothing but holy fuck this case took forever.
I can’t believe this is still going on. What does the city possibly have to gain by allowing this crisis to continue? I saw recently that tons of bottled water were found abandoned in places like schools in Flint. Are they trying to increase demand to force people to pay for private/bottled water?