Tag: Cynthia Neeley
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Council approves new rules, adds support for repealing Emergency Manager law; Mays is ousted, again
By Tom Travis This article has been updated to include a link to view and/or download the Rules Governing City Council meetings. – Editor Flint City Councilperson Eric Mays (Ward 1) was removed again for “disorderly conduct” from Monday’s council meeting. Council President Allie Herkenroder (Ward 7) called out Mays for continuous incorrect use of…
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Early cancer detection to save lives highlighted at MLK Jr. Day Berston celebration
By Tom Travis “Dr. King once said that injustice in health was the most inhuman form of inequality because it leads to death that could have been prevented. Earlier detection of cancer should be accessible to everyone, not just those who can afford to pay out-of-pocket.” — Gary Puckrein, National Minority Quality Forum Berston…
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Commentary: What’s at stake on the Nov. 8 ballot? Here’s a preview
By Paul Rozycki It’s common to refer to every upcoming election as “the most important election” of our times. Most of the time that’s just political rhetoric to get people out to vote. Yet, this Nov. 8 mid-term election may be the exception to that old rubric. Yes, it’s just one more mid-term election, but…
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More than 500 Flint residents get COVID-19 tested in two-day blitz
By Jan Worth-Nelson More than 500 Flint residents lined up their cars on the streets surrounding Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, moving slowly forward to get tested for COVID-19 on Sunday and today, Memorial Day. They were greeted by State Rep. Cynthia Neeley, a driving force in organizing the two-day event at her home church, and…
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Biden, Flint schools, MCC and Cynthia Neeley win in Genesee County primary
By Paul Rozycki With a turnout of about 26 percent, Genesee County voters gave victories to former Vice President Joe Biden, Flint Community Schools, Mott Community College, and Cynthia Neeley, in the March 10th “Big Tuesday” primary election. The presidential primary: Michigan mattered Unlike 2016, when Bernie Sanders outpolled Hillary Clinton in Michigan’s Democratic primary,…
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Biden rallies supporters at Flint’s Berston Field House before Tuesday’s primary
By Paul Rozycki With less than 15 hours before the polls open for Michigan’s primary election, former Vice President Joe Biden brought his campaign to Michigan, and to Flint, to rally supporters for the Democratic presidential nomination. On Monday afternoon Biden made a stop at Berston Field House on Flint’s north end. Meeting for over…
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Mayor Sheldon Neeley, Cynthia Neeley jointly endorse Joe Biden
By Jan Worth-Nelson In a brief press release issued Sunday night, Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley and his wife, State House of Representative candidate Cynthia Neeley, issued what they called a “dual presidential endorsement” for former Vice President Joe Biden. “Former Vice President Joe Biden has long been a friend of working people, and working alongside…
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Cynthia Neeley wins nomination over nine Dems in 34th District primary; turnout 6.7 percent
By Paul Rozycki The last two months have been very good for the Neeley family. In November Sheldon Neeley was elected mayor of Flint. And in a short campaign, conducted during the holiday season, Cynthia Neeley outpolled nine other candidates in the primary election Tuesday to win the Democratic nomination for the 34th state House…
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“Unity is strength, division is weakness,” Flint’s new mayor asserts at swearing-in
By Tom Travis Despite a snowstorm barreling down outside, it was standing room only in the 440-seat Council Chamber room on the third floor of City Hall Monday for the swearing in of Flint’s new mayor, Sheldon Neeley. The audience was a “who’s who” of politicians, entrepreneurs, business leaders, ministers, activists, city leaders. The crowd…
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