A longtime employee of the EPA just resigned from a position we didn’t know existed

One of the most important figures in environmental justice just quit Trump’s EPA https://t.co/i6sBVclaV9 pic.twitter.com/shpQEe5m0x

— grist (@grist) March 9, 2017

Just to show you how out of control the federal bureaucracy is, an employee of over two decades at the Environmental Protection Agency just resigned in a huff over President Trump and no one has ever heard of him or knew the office he headed existed.

Mustafa Ali resigned as the chief Environmental Justice Official — an office he founded some 24 years ago. In dramatic fashion, Ali issued a three-page resignation letter explaining how moving “backwards [under Trump] didn’t make any sense.”

“I have worked with a number of administrations over the years,” Ali said. “The current administration, I have not had a conversation with them. I was not asked to brief the transition team. I have not been asked to engage with the new administrator. No one has officially said my position is not going to be continued. But sometimes you can read the writing on the walls.”

That’s because President Trump is draining the swamp by ensuring the EPA’s budget excludes the ridiculous “environmental justice office.” That’s not worthy to be anywhere near our government. When the Sierra Club announces “devastation” in losing Ali as “a dedicated public servant” then you know this is great news. The Club said:

“We heartily thank Mustafa Ali for his twenty-four years of persistent fighting to improve the lives of low-income communities and communities of color, which are at the front lines of dealing with the negative health effects of fossil fuel industry pollution and climate change. Ali elevated the environmental justice work of the EPA nationwide and fought to incorporate the struggles, accomplishments, and contributions from impacted communities in policy and practice.”

Like in Flint, Michigan where the EPA allowed poisonous, rust-brown water to flow into the homes of those very communities while it sat on its hands except when they were writing checks to Ali? Yeah, it sounds like he did noble work.

I say good riddance and continue draining, please. Trimming the fat is what’s best for this country.

“My values and priorities seem to be different than our current leadership and because of that I feel that it’s best if I take my talents elsewhere,” Ali added.

Sounds like a great idea. B’bye.

H/T Twitchy