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FlintCityMole
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Dear neighbors,
We have been hearing of numerous break-ins in our neighborhood and in other Flint neighborhoods. In the past, the perpetrators usually have been found by police detectives, and the crime sprees ended. Lately, however, break-ins seem to be escalating. What bothers me most is that the thieves seem to be targeting vulnerable, elderly people.
In the heart of our neighborhood last week, an 85-year-old neighbor who has lived here for more than 40 years was assaulted in her own home at midnight. A man kicked in her steel door – although she has an alarm system and a dog – knocked her down and took her purse. She is bruised, but otherwise physically all right. But now she and her family are living in fear. Is this what we want for our neighborhood?
It is wonderful that Mott Community College Safety Department assists the Flint Police by patrolling the mile-diameter neighborhoods around its campus. They are responsive and professional. But it is not enough to stop the crime.
The Flint Journal ran an article on Thursday Feb.11 headlined “Walling brings up ‘L’ word amid talks with police, firefighters.” http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/02/mayor_police_chief_will_talk_a.html
Sunday’s Flint Journal printed numerous readers comments about the issue (A-6, Feb. 14, 2010).
We have serious budget issues in the city, but laying off police and firefighters seems like a pretty bad idea when there are other areas that could be trimmed. Interestingly, the Mayor’s Neighborhood Action Sessions have found that safety is the top concern in all 9 wards of the city.
If this bothers you, then please, now is the time to act. Please email, send a letter or call Mayor Walling and Councilman Weighill. They need to hear from each of us, the people who are keeping this city together. They need to hear what we want.
Here are the contacts:
Mayor Dayne Walling
1101 S. Saginaw Street, Flint, Michigan 48502
(810) 766-7346
1st Floor City Hall. Hours: Mon to Fri
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
You can send an email to the website at:
http://www.cityofflint.com/emailus/e_mail.asp
or go to http://www.cityofflint.com and click the link to “contact us”
Be sure to identify that it is addressed to the Mayor
Councilman Dale Weighill
1101 S. Saginaw Street, Flint, Michigan 48502
(810) 766-7418, ext. 3163
cell: 423-1744 (Sherry’s note – this is his personal cell – please be kind & call during civil hours!)
email: DWeighill@cityofflint.com
If you wish, please send a copy of your email so your neighbors can share it at: ccnaflint@yahoogroups.com
And if you wish to join the yahoo group, please send an email to Cathy Lancaster at: clancaster_fpl@yahoo.com. She will send you an evite to join.
Thank you for doing what you can to make our neighborhood and all of Flint a great place to live and work.
Sherry Hayden
President
College Cultural Neighborhood Association |
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Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:32 am |
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FlintCityMole
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| Wake up people maybe we should be getting rid of Dawn Jones and Steve Montle! |
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Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:33 am |
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untanglingwebs
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Does Dawn's position exist?
ARTICLE XXIII MAYOR’S COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
§ 2-178 ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITION.
There is hereby created in accordance with § 4- 202 of the Flint City Charter, an executive staff position, to be known as the Mayor’s Communications Director.
(Ord. 3142, passed 9-10-90)
§ 2-179 RESPONSIBILITIES.
The Mayor’s Communications Director shall be responsible for coordinating the communications needs of the Mayor’s office.
(Ord. 3142, passed 9-10-90)
§ 2-180 EXPIRATION OF POSITION.
This position shall expire on the 90th day following the regular mayoral general election in 1991, unless a different time is prescribed by ordinance.
(Ord. 3142, passed 9-10-90) |
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Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:14 am |
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Dave Starr
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| Welcome to the real world, Sherry. |
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I used to care, but I take a pill for that now.
Pushing buttons sure can be fun.
When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way.
Paddle faster, I hear banjos. |
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Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:44 am |
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twotap
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One of these days the perps in the gray hoodies are going to pick the wrong home. 
she has an alarm system and a dog
Hello!! this is guardian alarm system we show a forced entry are you alright??? NO SOMEONE JUST KICKED IN MY DOOR !!!!! stay on the line we are sending help right away, OH THANK YOU. 
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Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:13 am |
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00SL2
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quote:
untanglingwebs schreef:
ARTICLE XXIII MAYOR’S COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR . . . (Ord. 3142, passed 9-10-90)
Did you by chance check with the city clerk to see if there's been an amendment to this ordinance since the ones posted online (through 4-25-05) at http://www.amlegal.com/library/mi/flint.shtml? |
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Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:49 pm |
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munnbreslin
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| Really mole? You get an email about how we should be proactive and you use it to start one of your famous pity parties? I know people in davison who have had their WHOLE STREET BROKEN INTO! Its not just flint despite what you pessimists want to believe. Stop your whining and do something, and if you are working hard, as I know many of you are, than devote your time to that, not constant whining. |
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Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:56 pm |
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untanglingwebs
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00SL2 quote:
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untanglingwebs schreef:
ARTICLE XXIII MAYOR’S COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR . . . (Ord. 3142, passed 9-10-90)
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Did you by chance check with the city clerk to see if there's been an amendment to this ordinance since the ones posted online (through 4-25-05) at http://www.amlegal.com/library/mi/flint.shtml?
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2005 is when the codes were upgraded. I went through the agendas since 2005 and found no amendments. Williamson did not have acommunications director, only Brown and Walling. |
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Mon Feb 15, 2010 7:21 pm |
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andi03
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| twotap, if I see one more little yappy dog today, ima gonna freak... |
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Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:16 pm |
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untanglingwebs
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The Flint Journal ran an article on Thursday Feb.11 headlined “Walling brings up ‘L’ word amid talks with police, firefighters.” http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/02/mayor_police_chief_will_talk_a.html
From Sherry Hayden:
Sunday’s Flint Journal printed numerous readers comments about the issue (A-6, Feb. 14, 2010).
We have serious budget issues in the city, but laying off police and firefighters seems like a pretty bad idea when there are other areas that could be trimmed. Interestingly, the Mayor’s Neighborhood Action Sessions have found that safety is the top concern in all 9 wards of the city.
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The number 30 for police layoffs is floating around again. |
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Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:11 pm |
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twotap
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andi !!not yappy dog, guard dog goes along with the alarm.  |
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"If you like your current healthcare you can keep it, Period"!!
Barack Hussein Obama--- multiple times. |
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Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:19 pm |
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how much money would be saved by releasing non essential employees from the
mayors crew and all other departments
excluding police and fire?
don't we have a "forestry dept"? what do they do?
did the city actually make money running it's own impound lot?
(sorry dave i changed my question a little)
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even a small act of goodness may be a tiny raft of salvation across the treacherous gulf of sin, but one who drinks the wine of selfishness, and dances on the little boat of meaness, sinks in the ocean of ignorance.
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Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:41 pm |
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Dave Starr
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| Assuming they make 80K each & police officers make 40K, 4. |
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I used to care, but I take a pill for that now.
Pushing buttons sure can be fun.
When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way.
Paddle faster, I hear banjos. |
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Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:00 pm |
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00SL2
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Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:43 pm |
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FlintCityMole
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I know lots of city workers who could be replaced or eliminated.
quote:
back again schreef:
how much money would be saved by releasing non essential employees from the
mayors crew and all other departments
excluding police and fire?
don't we have a "forestry dept"? what do they do?
did the city actually make money running it's own impound lot?
(sorry dave i changed my question a little)
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Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:46 am |
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