Flint: first day of charges is just the opening move
On Wednesday, the Michigan Attorney General, Republican Bill Schuette, filed charges against three low-level workers.
Mike Glasgow is the Flint water quality supervisor, while Mike Prysby is an engineer for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Steve Busch was the former DEQ district supervisor.
Both Busch and Prysby were suspended from the DEQ in January.
To have officials at this level charged is not the way this usually works.
"These types of charges — charging environmental regulatory officials with falsification and evidence tampering — are extremely unusual," said Jane F. Barrett, a law professor at the University of Maryland's Carey School of Law who has practiced environmental law for 40 years. "I can't think of another case."
Though Rick Snyder seems extremely satisfied with the results.
After a day of information leaks and press conferences, it seems very unlikely that this is the end. In fact…