.thereidout Blog: The $626 million settlement over lead-contaminated water poses an important question: How much is enough to pay for systemic poisoning?
, noting it creates “a comprehensive compensation program and timeline that is consistent for every qualifying participant.” That means everyone who qualifies should get paid in a timely manner.Flint residents, called the settlement “a historic and momentous day for the residents of Flint, who will finally begin to see justice served.”
“Though we can never undo what has occurred, this settlement makes clear that those who egregiously violate the law and harm their communities will be held accountable,” he said in aRoughly 80 percent of the funds will go to people who were under the age of 18 at the time of the crisis, with a large majority of that being paid to children ages 6 and younger.
All of this poses an essential question, though: Is $626 million enough in response to systemic poisoning? I appreciate the acknowledgment from Leopold that officials can “never undo what has occurred,” because the physical and psychological impacts of state officials’ disregard for Flint will linger even after the last dollar of this settlement is spent. Some locals agree.
Multiple residents, along with current and former city officials, decried the amount and the parameters around some of the settlement money,Wednesday. One of them was former Flint Mayor Karen Weaver, who was elected after the crisis erupted. “When will we get something reflective of what we are worth? When does that happen?” Weaver said. “We haven’t gotten it in the settlement. We haven’t gotten it in the criminal cases. I mean, we just seem to be devalued people here in the city of Flint.”
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