Flint council approves two-year city budget and 10 of 11 appointees for overdue ethics panel
By Meghan Christian The Flint City Council approved 10 appointments to the Ethics and Accountability Board and approved the Mayor’s biennial budget for the city of $55.8 million for 2018-19 and $56.6 million for 2019-20 at their June 25 meeting. Formation of an Ethics and Accountability Board was one of the requirements outlined in the new city charter adopted by 2-1 by voters in August, 2017, and which was to have taken effect Jan....
Ground broken for Flint Cultural Center K-8 charter school, C.S. Mott commits $35 million, FCS said no
By Harold C. Ford An array of Flint area nonprofit and political leaders gathered Tuesday on the campus of the Flint Cultural Center (FCC) to break ground for a new nonprofit charter school that will serve up to 650 students each school year in grades kindergarten through eighth. Project planners expect the new school to open in time for...
Dr. Mona charms SRO audience, calls for “radical reckoning” on nation’s child-care values
By Jan Worth-Nelson Hurley Medical Center pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha, for the past three years regarded as one of the stand-out whistleblowers and heroes of the Flint water crisis, turned the tables on the hometown standing-room-only crowd who came to celebrate her Thursday night. Speaking at the Flint Public Library launch of her book What The Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City,...
Three years after devastating fire, Whaley House re-opens with top-to-bottom restoration
By Jan Worth-Nelson For staff and historians of the only Victorian home left from the row of mansions that once graced Kearsley Street, the fire of 2015 was a crushing blow. One November day, a welding torch left by roofers working on copper gutters at the Whaley Historic House Museum ignited a blaze that, along with smoke and water damage, ruined every room. Following a settlement and fundraising campaign, restoration work began....
Animal groups aim to abate dog, cat problems with spay/neuter clinics at Franklin Ave Mission
By Jan Worth-Nelson The East Side of Flint may have fewer unwanted kittens and puppies to contend with soon, following a free spaying and neutering clinic from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow and Thursday at the Franklin Avenue Mission, 2210 N. Franklin Ave. A mobile surgical unit provided by All About Animals, a nonprofit rescue clinic, will be staffed with 10 veterinary technicians supervised by a veterinarian, according to Edith...
Proposal cuts gay rights, Roe v. Wade, climate change, NAACP from public school standards: hearing Monday
by Harold C. Ford EVM staff writer Ford, a 44-year veteran of public education, now retired, surveyed the 138-page draft proposal described below and which is available for perusal in full here. The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is holding a series of nine meetings across the state seeking the public’s input about proposed revisions to the state’s social studies standards. Five hearings have already been held. The next...
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