Post by Logan on Feb 3, 2016 4:32:49 GMT -6
Washington — Members of Congress will hear firsthand Wednesday from Michigan and federal officials about Flint’s lead-contaminated water, but former city Emergency Manager Darnell Earley won’t be answering questions from the lawmakers.
Appointed by the state, Earley, currently emergency manager of the financially ailing Detroit Public Schools, oversaw Flint’s drinking water supply was switched to the Flint River in April 2014. But his work with Detroit schools will prevent him from testifying to the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.
“Mr. Earley was invited to appear before the committee, but he has declined that invitation,” Detroit school district spokeswoman Michelle A. Zdrodowski said in an email. Earley will remain in Detroit and be “focused on his work at DPS,” she said.
The committee issued a subpoena Tuesday to Earley to testify Wednesday but his lawyer refused service.
Read more: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/02/02/earley-house-hearing/79689940/
Appointed by the state, Earley, currently emergency manager of the financially ailing Detroit Public Schools, oversaw Flint’s drinking water supply was switched to the Flint River in April 2014. But his work with Detroit schools will prevent him from testifying to the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.
“Mr. Earley was invited to appear before the committee, but he has declined that invitation,” Detroit school district spokeswoman Michelle A. Zdrodowski said in an email. Earley will remain in Detroit and be “focused on his work at DPS,” she said.
The committee issued a subpoena Tuesday to Earley to testify Wednesday but his lawyer refused service.
Read more: www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/02/02/earley-house-hearing/79689940/