The people who will end up getting the raw end of the deal with this bridge collapse are the people of Minnesota. The injured will sue for a large amount of money and the tax payers will have to dish the money out. There taxes were supposed to be going to make sure that this didnt happen. A prison term for the mayor would hold him accountable for not making sure that the money from the tax payers went to help the roads. Now there are at least 4 dead tax payers.
2007-08-07 09:49:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
What did he know and when did he know it?
The Mayor of a town is notmally not the person who would have knowledge of inspection reports on bridges, unless an engineer brought it to the Mayor's attention.
Also, is this bridge even under the Mayor's jurisdiction?
We would need much more information to know whether the Mayor can be help responsible for the collapse of the bridge.
I would say that based on what I have heard and seen I do not see how the Mayor could be held responisble for that collapse.
2007-08-07 10:01:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mayor? the bridge is not the mayors concern. it is the governor, since it is a state road. There is no evdience of blatant negligence. What on earth are you talking about with all this stuff you say? This is simply a tragic loss of life. leave it at that. the families are not crying out like you are...why even start?
2007-08-07 16:59:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Except that the mayor does not provide funding for state maintained interstate highways.
Maybe people that make wild charges about jail terms that are clueless about how government works should go instead.
2007-08-07 16:53:23 · answer #3 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋