Author: East Village Magazine
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Flint Fresh Mobile Market a healthy food oasis on wheels
By Megan Ockert In the face of local food deserts, lead contamination and chronic disease in the community, Amber Hasan and her Flint Fresh Mobile Market are trying to provide an oasis on wheels. Supported in partnership with the Flint Farmers’ Market, the Local Grocer and Flint Food Works, Hasan and her assistant manager Bobby…
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Commentary: What’s the new normal for 2016 and 2017?
By Paul Rozycki Looking back on 2016, it is strange how quickly the abnormal became normal. One of the most worrisome aspects of the Flint Water Crisis is how normal certain things have become. I’ve gotten used to having the house littered with water bottles and having cases of water piled all over the kitchen.…
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Commentary: Post-mortem on the 2016 election poses a “Top Ten” list of questions
By Paul Rozycki We all thought it would be over after Nov. 8. Almost everyone expected Hillary to win by a close, but decent margin. She had a half dozen ways she could win the Electoral College. Trump barely had one. Yet after the shock and dismay of this unprecedented and vicious campaign, we are…
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Flint Mayor Weaver on EM indictments: “Take away the voice of democracy, you see what happens”
Flint Mayor Karen Weaver said there is another indictment in today’s charges filed by the Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette of the last two state-appointed emergency managers in the embattled city: an indictment against the whole emergency manager system. “I’m so happy about what is happening right now,” Weaver said into a scrum of microphones after…
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Earley, Ambrose, last two Flint emergency managers, indicted on felony charges in water crisis
By Jan Worth-Nelson Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette today announced charges against four more people involved in the Flint water crisis: former state-appointed emergency managers Darnell Earley and Jerry Ambrose; and two former City of Flint employees Howard Croft, the City of Flint’s former public works director; and Daugherty Johnson, the city’s former utilities director in the…
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Village Life snapshots: Not everything is gloomy in Flint Town
It’s been a rough year but there are so many moments of cheer available, even in Flint. Take for instance the annual Santa Run (three photos pictured here) and the much beloved Tuba Christmas at the Flint Farmers’ Market last weekend. Wonderful reprieves from worry and bad news. Photos by Jan Worth-Nelson
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Community trust an issue in water crisis recovery, Kildee, Nelson assert
By Jan Worth-Nelson To Flint City Council President Kerry Nelson, one of the biggest challenges following approval of $170 million in federal funds for water crisis response in Flint is healing the community’s doubts about its public servants. Nelson voiced appreciation for how Senators Peters, Stabenow and Kildee “rolled up their sleeves and went to fight for…
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Follow up: state official reacts to local call for more aid, recalls early federal reluctance
By Jan Worth-Nelson Contacted after Flint Mayor Karen Weaver and the city’s congressional delegation called for the State of Michigan to contribute more to the city’s water crisis recovery efforts, Richard Baird, senior advisor to Governor Rick Snyder and “transformation manager,” a familiar face and voice in Flint since early this year, had an answer of…
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U.S. House Committee closes investigation of Flint water crisis
The investigation of the Flint water crisis in Washington D.C. has been closed. Here’s Congressman Kildee’s response. Statement by Congressman Dan Kildee on Flint Congressional Hearings Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) issued the following statement today after the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, under Chairman Jason Chaffetz (UT-03), closed its investigation into the…
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