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Lawsuit-Flint Mayor Tried To Funnel Water Crisis Funds To Her Campaign

A former Flint city administrator is suing Mayor Karen Weaver for allegedly trying to funnel donations to her personal campaign fund from a charity meant to help families hurt by water crisis. A wrongful termination lawsuit was filed on Monday in federal court in Detroit said that former city Administrator Natasha Henderson was fired in violation of whistle-blower and free-speech protections under Michigan law and the U.S. Constitution. RT reports: Back on February 9, Henderson met with a city employee who informed her that Mayor Weaver was telling the employee and a volunteer to redirect donations that were being sent to the Safe Water/Safe Homes charity. Instead, the mayor wanted the funds funneled to an organization she set up called “Karenabout Flint,” a group that was not approved to receive donations by the City Council. According to the lawsuit, the employee who went to Henderson said she was “specifically directed to tell donors and potential donors step-by-step how to donate to the Karenabout Flint fund through its website, rather than instruct them in the steps to donate to the charity Safe Water/Safe Homes fund through the City of Flint website,” the Detroit Free Press reported. Currently, it’s unclear if any donations [...]