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Arthur Woodson
May 3 at 5:08 PM
News media needs to pick up the fact that the lawyer representing the City of Flint is allegedly Karen Weaver's cousin. Nobody knows what Kendall Williams is billing Flint taxpayers. And WHILE HE IS RETAINED AS CITY OF FLINT'S LITIGATOR, he's been litigating as Weaver's personal attorney in various case(s)! Not only that, but Whitney Frazier is a salaried lawyer on city payroll in the Flint City Attorney's office. Aonie Gilcreast admits in a deposition that Whitney's his niece! Stacy Erwin Oakes found out family connection and wanted her gone (Stacy was fired instead). No limits to their shameless lack of ethics, nepotism and cronyism.
Henderson alleges she was wrongfully fired in retaliation after reporting that the mayor had asked a city employee to redirect water crisis donations into a political fund. Weaver has said the lawsuit contained "outrageously false claims."
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Former Flint official testifies on retaliation claims |
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Mon May 06, 2019 4:13 am |
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Former Flint official testifies on retaliation claims
Leonard N. Fleming, The Detroit News Published 2:11 p.m. ET May 3, 2019
The former Flint city administrator who filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the city for firing her testified, sometimes tearfully, about her termination by the mayor.
Natasha Henderson, before a jury Thursday in U.S. District Judge Sean Cox's courtroom, testified she was fired in February 2016 by Flint Mayor Karen Weaver, two days after sending then-City Attorney Anthony Chubb an email about an "allegation of unethical conduct" by the mayor.
Henderson alleges she was wrongfully fired in retaliation after reporting that the mayor had asked a city employee to redirect water crisis donations into a political fund. Weaver has said the lawsuit contained "outrageously false claims."
Henderson said the dismissal was swift: Her insurance card didn't work for prescriptions and her assigned parking space had an SUV in what had been her spot.
Henderson said the mayor then began talking about the Legionella outbreak in Flint, seemingly pinned that on her, and told her that she didn't warn city officials quickly enough. Henderson said she fired back, saying, "That was not true."
"Mayor, I don't accept that," Henderson testified Thursday about what she said she told the mayor.
Legionnaires' disease outbreaks in the Flint area from 2014-15 killed 12 people and sickened another 79 people. It followed the lead-contaminated water crisis and critics and water experts linked the outbreak to the tainted water, but the state health department rejected the link.
A Michigan Department of Environmental Quality regulator sent an email on March 17, 2015, to several Flint officials with tips on how to "limit the potential for legionella occurrence" in the plumbing of homes. Henderson and then-Flint Emergency Manager Gerald Ambrose were both copied on the email.
Henderson had a meeting shortly after sending the email, she said, with the mayor, who had Chubb and the city's human resources director in her office, during which Henderson was given a termination letter.
Henderson testified that the mayor told her "... I met with the governor today and they said they can't pay your salary anymore, so I'm going to have to let you go."
That's when Henderson said she knew the governor, who had Flint under the direction of an emergency manager, did not pay her salary.
The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last fall that Henderson's whistleblower claims in a lawsuit against Weaver could proceed after getting dismissed by a lower court judge.
Questioning by Katherine Smith Kennedy, Henderson's lawyer, will continue on Friday, with cross-examination expected from defense attorney Maurice Jenkins.
lfleming@detroitnews.com
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Mon May 06, 2019 4:22 am |
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Whitney Frazier-Jenkins, Assistant City Attorney
Primary Department Assignments: Treasury, Community and Economic
Development
Back up Support Departments: Police, Building and Safety Inspection, Human
Resources/Labor Relations, Facilities, Building & Grounds, Planning and
Zoning
Contact Information: wfrazierjenkins@cityofflint.com /513.328.5950
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Harrell Millhouse, Assistant City Attorney
Primary Department Assignments: Building and Safety Inspection (BSI)
Back up Support Departments: Police and Fire, Community and Economic
Development, Treasury
Contact Information: hmillhouse@cityofflint.com/ 810.237.2071
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Mon May 06, 2019 4:31 am |
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Whitney Frazier-Jenkins is the only assistant attorney who doesn't use a city phone extension. This might give credence to the story that she joined he military husband in California and wrote briefs using her computer,used military transport to return to Flint and is now here because of the election,
Harrell Milhouse had two reprimands from the Attorney Grievance Committee, |
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Mon May 06, 2019 4:43 am |
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Hon. Harrell D. Milhouse, P-43392, Flint, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board
Genesee County Hearing Panel #1.
1. Dismissal.
2. Effective November 29, 2000.
The Grievance Administrator filed Formal Complaint 99-185-GA on November 19, 1999
charging that respondent had committed acts of professional misconduct, specifically: That
respondent was alleged to have knowingly executed a judgement of sentence in three misdemeanor
matters which falsely stated that the defendant had pled guilty to the charged offenses and took no
corrective or remedial action when the defects were brought to his attention. Further, respondent
was alleged to have made false and misleading statements in his written statements to the Judicial
Tenure Commission. Respondent=s conduct was alleged to have been in violation of MCR 9.104(1)-
(4) and (6); MCR 9.205; Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct 8.1(a); 8.4(a)-(c); and Michigan
Code of Judicial Conduct Canons 2A and 3A(1)2B.
On October 27, 2000, the parties filed a stipulation to dismiss Formal Complaint 99-185-GA
with prejudice and without costs. The hearing panel granted the stipulation and entered an order
dismissing Formal Complaint 99-185-GA on November 7, 2000. No costs were assessed against
respondent. |
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Mon May 06, 2019 4:52 am |
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NOTICE OF SUSPENSION WITH CONDITION
Case No. 12-53-GA
Notice Issued: November 15,2012
Harrell D. Milhouse, P 43392, Flint, Michigan, by the Attorney Discipline Board Genesee
County Hearing Panel #2.
1. Suspension - 30 Days
2. Effective November 15,2012
The respondent appeared at the hearing but was found to be in default for failing to file an
answer to the formal complaint. Based on respondent's default, the panel found that, in two
matters, he neglected those legal matters, in violation of MRPC 1.1 (c); failed to act with reasonable
diligence and promptness, in violation of MRPC 1.3; failed to keep his clients reasonably informed
about the status oftheir matters, in violation of MRPC 1.4(a); failed to refund any advance payment
offees that had not been earned and surrender property to which his clients are entitled, in violation
of MRPC 1.16(d); knowingly failed to respond to a lawful demand for information from a disciplinary
agency, in violation of MRPC 8.1 (a)(2); failed to timely provide a copy of his client file, in violation
of MRPC 8.1 (a)(2); failed to timely answer two Requests for Investigation, in violation of MCR
9.104(7) and MCR 9.113(A) and (B)(2).
Additionally, the panel found that respondent engaged in conduct that is a violation of the
Rules of Professional Conduct, contrary to MRPC 8.4(a) and MCR 9.104(4); is prejudicial to the
administration of justice, in violation of MRPC 8.4(c) and MCR 9.104(1); exposes the legal
profession or the courts to obloquy, contempt, censure or reproach, in violation of MCR 9.104(2),
and is contrary to justice, ethics, honesty, or good morals, in violation of MCR 9.104(3).
The panel ordered that respondent's license to practice law in Michigan be suspended for
30 days and that he be subject to a condition relevant to the established misconduct. Costs were
assessed in the amount of $1,732.19. |
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