Post by Logan on Apr 20, 2016 23:59:17 GMT -6
Snyder: State may not pay legal fees for those charged in Flint crisis
LANSING — The criminal charges filed Wednesday against two state employees have resulted in both being suspended without pay, and the state may revisit the idea of continuing to pay the employees' legal fees, Gov. Rick Snyder said at a news conference Wednesday.
Snyder held the news conference to discuss the criminal charges in the Flint drinking water crisis announced Wednesday by Attorney General Bill Schuette.
"These are deeply troubling and extremely serious," Snyder said of the charges. Snyder has long blamed much of the crisis on "career civil servants" who lacked common sense, but said that if the charges are true, "this would take that to a whole new level."
As a result of the criminal charges, Department of Environmental Quality officials Stephen Busch and Mike Prysby have been suspended without pay, Snyder said. Busch was already suspended, but under a rule related to pending investigations, his pay could only be halted for seven calendar days. So after that initial short-term halting of his pay, Busch had remained suspended but was again receiving full pay until Wednesday. Prysby was still working after moving to a new job in another division of the DEQ. Now that they are criminally charged, both are suspended without pay indefinitely, officials said.
Read more: www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/04/20/snyder-address-reporters-flint-charges/83291284/
LANSING — The criminal charges filed Wednesday against two state employees have resulted in both being suspended without pay, and the state may revisit the idea of continuing to pay the employees' legal fees, Gov. Rick Snyder said at a news conference Wednesday.
Snyder held the news conference to discuss the criminal charges in the Flint drinking water crisis announced Wednesday by Attorney General Bill Schuette.
"These are deeply troubling and extremely serious," Snyder said of the charges. Snyder has long blamed much of the crisis on "career civil servants" who lacked common sense, but said that if the charges are true, "this would take that to a whole new level."
As a result of the criminal charges, Department of Environmental Quality officials Stephen Busch and Mike Prysby have been suspended without pay, Snyder said. Busch was already suspended, but under a rule related to pending investigations, his pay could only be halted for seven calendar days. So after that initial short-term halting of his pay, Busch had remained suspended but was again receiving full pay until Wednesday. Prysby was still working after moving to a new job in another division of the DEQ. Now that they are criminally charged, both are suspended without pay indefinitely, officials said.
Read more: www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/04/20/snyder-address-reporters-flint-charges/83291284/