Category: Analysis
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City Council questions plaintiff, defendant attorneys in $641 water crisis settlement; will vote Dec. 14 on whether to accept city’s $20 million portion
By Tom Travis The Flint City Council will vote Monday Dec. 14 on whether to accept a $20 million portion of the $641 million Flint water crisis settlement. That $20 million would come from the city’s insurance company. Because the City of Flint is named as a defendant in the water crisis settlement, the insurance…
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Mayor Neeley to deliver live-streamed State of the City address Dec 8
Mayor Sheldon Neeley will deliver his first State of the City address at 7 p.m. Dec. 8. The Mayor’s address will be broadcast on NBC 25 and livestreamed on the City’s Facebook page and YouTube channel, according to a press release. “This year’s State of the City is much different than we have seen in…
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Flint residents can apply to receive up to $225 to help pay water bills
Community Development Block Grant funds totaling $50,000 are being made available to assist moderate and low-income residents pay their water bills, according to a press release from the Mayor’s office. In addition, residents relying on unemployment because of job losses from coronavirus can benefit. Residents are eligible to receive a credit of up to $75…
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Flint Community Schools move toward pursuit of special education funding
The following press release was provided to East Village Magazine (EVM) by Tarajah Ramsey at Lambert, the public relations firm for the Flint Community Schools (FCS) As EVM Education Beat reporter Harold C. Ford notes, the news is significant. “The bottom line is that FCS and a few other districts are going to get more…
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Eight-hour Flint City Council meeting, recessed for second time, covers COVID effects on trash pickup, accounting costs.
By Tom Travis At an eight-hour long meeting Monday night, the Flint City Council was updated by the city’s accounting firm requesting a greater reimbursement, heard from the city’s trash collector about COVID effects on yard waste pick-up, and received a follow-up about the September fire which destroyed the Pierce Park community center. City’s accounting…
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Meet Cassandra Washington, Flint Schools’ HR director, who settled contracts with all three employee unions in first year on job
By Harold Ford Editor’s Note: East Village Magazine’s Education Beat writer, Harold C. Ford, submitted a list of 20 questions to Cassandra Washington, Flint Community Schools’ executive director of human relations. Washington responded to about half of the questions in her online reply. Her responses are provided below in a Q & A format. Cassandra…
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Land Bank reprioritizing demolitions as federal funds dry up, FNU members told
By Coner Segren Federal “Hardest Hit Fund” dollars appropriated to Flint expired this year, leaving the Genesee County Land Bank without a large source of funds. These funds were key to demolitions in Flint, the Land Bank’s Christina Kelly told participants in a November Zoom meeting of Flint Neighborhoods United (FNU). Kelly, the Land…
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After $36.5 million renovation of century-old downtown landmark, Hilton Garden Inn opens with two new restaurants, COVID-19 protocols
By Tom Travis The first guests have checked into their rooms and reservations have been made for the weeks and months to come, according to the new Hilton Garden Inn staff. A historic century-old building that sat vacant for two decades has been renovated into a new 101-guest room hotel in the heart of Flint’s…
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City Council Beat: Leadership change brings on Fields, Davis: no city business voted on during five-hour meeting
By Tom Travis After a contentious five-hour meeting and acting only on two pieces of city business, the Flint City Council voted to recess until Thursday at 5:30 p.m. The meeting did result in an upending of council leadership, with Kate Fields (4th Ward) elected president of the council by a 5-4 vote, replacing Monica…
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Commentary: Biden wins — What does it all mean? Ten takeaways from the 2020 election
By Paul Rozycki In a year of pandemics, racial division, economic crisis, and the most divisive election in the last century, it’s a challenge to uncover the things that really matter in this year’s presidential election. In the last weeks, we’ve all had wall-to-wall coverage and analysis of this year’s presidential contest. It may be…
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