Category: Analysis
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$1 million-plus restoration project announced for Flint River-Swartz Creek confluence
By Harold C. Ford “Sometimes it’s the use of land, not for commercial purposes, that has the greatest value.” –U.S. Rep.Dan Kildee, (MI-5th District), in a statement to East Village Magazine, Oct. 14, 2020 A restoration project on the peninsula where the Flint River meets Swartz Creek — the “Flint River-Swartz Creek Confluence” — was…
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Three newcomers elected make an all-female Flint school board; host of challenges await
By Harold C. Ford The Flint Community Schools (FCS) Board of Education will have a new look in 2021. Joyce Ellis-McNeal, (9.13 percent/9,409 votes), Anita M. Moore (8.78 percent/9,053 votes), and Laura Gillespie MacIntyre (6.09 percent/6,277 votes) were elected to six-year terms that begin Jan.1, 2021 and end in 2026. (Note: Percentages and votes are…
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PFAS in Buick City site so far not detected in nearby drinking water, RACER Trust reps report
By Coner Segren Despite the findings of PFAS contamination at the former Buick City site in northeast Flint, so far the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has not found any red flags for any specific substances in the drinking water in the neighborhoods around the site, representatives from RACER Trust reported at a…
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“I’m running as a proud Democrat but I’ll govern as an American,” Biden tells drive-in Flint audience
By Tom Travis Drawing sharp contrasts between the last four years of the Trump presidency and eight years of President Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s administration, candidate for president Joe Biden addressed a drive-in rally today at Flint’s Northwestern High School parking lot by declaring, “I’m running as a proud Democrat, but I’ll govern as…
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Blues singer votes red this year: Councilperson Davis makes waves with Trump endorsement
By Tom Travis In the days ahead of one of the most contentious presidential campaigns in recent memory, local blues musician turned politician, 2nd Ward Councilperson Maurice Davis, is making waves with his endorsement of President Donald Trump. Democrats “the party of hate” Davis asserts In a phone interview with EVM, Davis said, “I’ve found out…
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Education Beat: As pandemic numbers surge, student return to Flint schools not likely, officials say
By Harold C. Ford “I don’t think that students will be returning to school in the 2020 school year.” –Anita Steward, Flint Community Schools superintendent, Oct. 21, 2020 As pandemic numbers surge in Flint, Anita Steward, Flint Community Schools (FCS) superintendent, told the FCS Board of Education Oct. 21 that students will not likely return…
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Mayor warns against door-to-door trick-or-treating as Coronavirus cases and deaths surge, alternative trick-or-treating venues offered
By Tom Travis The City of Flint warned residents against door-to-door trick-or-treating due to the continuing spread and rise of coronavirus cases and deaths. In a press release Thursday Mayor Sheldon Neeley and city officials recommend children in the Flint community attend alternative trick-or-treating venues to celebrate Halloween rather than going door to door. There…
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Kildee calls GOP “11th hour” Coney Barrett confirmation process “disgraceful,” warns of peril to health care
Statement by Congressman Dan Kildee on the Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court FLINT—Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05), Chief Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus, issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate, on a 52-48 party line vote, confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court: “Shame on Senate…
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Power of low income voters highlighted by Poor People’s Campaign reps at October Tendaji Talk
By Coner Segren The power of low-income voters was on display at the latest virtual installment of the Tendaji Talks held Oct. 13. During the 2016 presidential election, for example, the total number nationally of low-income voters was about 63 million. Of these, only 29 million voted, while 34 million stayed home. In Michigan during…
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Transform I-475 to a boulevard? City officials offer ideas, public invited to weigh in
By Coner Segren An ambitious proposal to fill in the 12-lane I-475 through downtown Flint and replace it with 30 acres of land open to development was introduced to the public at a virtual town hall Wednesday hosted by Mayor Sheldon Neeley and his chief of staff Brian Larkin. Neeley and Larkin are seeking community…
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