Tree removal funds, Flint Fresh, crime and safety among CCNA highlights
By Kim Owens On the eve of autumn’s return, the College Cultural Neighborhood Association’s monthly meetings resumed appropriately with a discussion of trees. After introducing the 2017-2018 officers, President Mike Keeler thanked the group for helping the neighborhood protect its trees. Several motions have been made to the Flint City Council regarding funds for trimming services, he said. The original motion was to give funds to the...
Commentary on the mayoral recall: why your ballot will be different
By Paul Rozycki For the fourth time in as many mayors, Flint’s mayor is facing a recall election. However, unlike the recall of Woodrow Stanley in 2002, the near-recall of Don Williamson (before resignation) in 2009, and the attempted recall of Dayne Walling in 2010, this November’s recall election will be different—and may surprise voters. The official reason given for the recall of Mayor Weaver is the dispute over Flint’s trash...
“Where are the journalists?” Part One: threats to local news persist as Flint Journal dwindles
“Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom…of the press…” First Amendment, United States Constitution “Journalism is the only profession explicitly protected by the U.S. Constitution, because journalists are supposed to be the check and balance on government. We’re supposed to be holding those in power accountable. We’re not supposed to be their megaphone. That’s what the corporate media have become.” Amy Goodman, Democracy...
Expanded LadyFest returns to Flint with more art, more empowerment
By Dylan Doherty Flint is not a stereotypical artists’ scene, but “is not bereft of art,” according to Janice McCoy, art coordinator of LadyFest, a Flint event that returned for the second year Sept. 15-17 in four downtown locations. “There are jazz nights, art walks, and film showings at the Flint Institute of Art,” she noted. “Arts and culture play a very vital role– “something we cling to very strongly.” Still, organizers...
Joyful jazz at The Whiting launches nationwide Mott/Lincoln Center program for kids
By Jan Worth-Nelson Everybody in the lobby of The Whiting auditorium seemed happy Thursday afternoon as jazz great Wynton Marsalis came to town to ring in a new C.S. Mott Foundation partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York for kids, music, and after school programs. Joining Marsalis, who arrived in the late afternoon before a free public concert held later, was a roomful of Flint elementary school students eager to meet...
Recycling participation, PODS updates highlight FNU monthly meeting
By Sherrema Bower The City of Flint’s recycling program and the closing of Points of Distribution Sites (PODS) were topics of interest at the Flint Neighborhoods United (FNU) monthly meeting at Woodside Church, Saturday, Sept. 9. About 25 people attended, representing a variety of community groups. Heather Griffin, waste services coordinator at the City of Flint, summarized the City’s recycling program, started in 2013, when...
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