Commentary:   A funny thing happened on the way to the election
Jul02

Commentary: A funny thing happened on the way to the election

By Paul Rozycki Note:  This column has been updated for a correction via City Clerk Inez Brown: it was the city’s Finance Department that initially omitted the $320,000 in the budget for this year’s election, not the City Council–Ed. For most cities, villages, and townships, an election is a pretty routine thing.  Candidates file, their names go on the ballot, they campaign, voters go to the polls, and the next set...

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Education Beat: Admin shakeups, contracts highlight end of year for Flint Community Schools
Jul02

Education Beat: Admin shakeups, contracts highlight end of year for Flint Community Schools

By Harold C. Ford “Our buildings are not worthy of the children that enter them…There are lots of people who have been paid to do lots of things that have not done the things they were paid to do.”  …Derrick Lopez, Superintendent, Flint Community Schools Administrative shakeups and the approval of ten service contracts highlighted the end of the 2018-2019 school year for Flint Community Schools. After robust debate, the district’s...

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Flint City Bucks are winning games–and the hearts of the “River Rats”
Jul01

Flint City Bucks are winning games–and the hearts of the “River Rats”

By Harold C. Ford “Our Father who art in Atwood, Soccer be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, all matches won, on Earth as it is in Section Eleven.  With Liberty and Justice for Flint and Demir Muftari.” … River Rats pregame prayer–by River Rat William Balcer The Flint City Bucks soccer team bested Chicago Football Club United by a 2-1 score before 3,145 paid fans at Atwood Stadium June 27.  It was the Bucks’ fourth victory this season...

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