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Flint council member Eric Mays dies age 65

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Eric Mays, a Flint, Michigan, city council member known for activism during the city’s water crisis and for disruptive behavior at public meetings, has died. City officials made the announcement late Saturday, without listing a cause of death. Mays was 65. “This is a tremendous loss for our community and a shock to all friends and family,” Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley said in a statement. “As our community grieves during this difficult time, on behalf of Councilman Mays’ […]

todayFebruary 26, 2024 1

Politics

Water Crisis in Flint

By: Emily Guiles The city of Flint Mich. is currently going through an ongoing battle with their water and piping. Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards, who has dealt with these circumstances before in Washington in 2010, has been investigating the water and its lead levels and has confirmed that they are some of the highest he had ever seen. Edwards shared this information with the Environmental Protection Agency, but was ignored by a high ranking EPA official who in turn […]

todayFebruary 16, 2016 2