Councilman Eric Mays ordered to pay Flint $35K in legal fees after failed lawsuit
Updated May 14, 2021;
Posted May 14, 2021
Flint City Councilman Eric Mays speaks during a press conference on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, outside of Christ Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Flint. Community members, activists, and politicians reacted to the $600 million settlement in civil cases filed by Flint residents over the city s water crisis. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | Mlive.com
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FLINT, MI Councilman Eric Mays, whose federal lawsuit against Mayor Sheldon Neeley and others inside City Hall was dismissed two months ago, has been ordered to reimburse the city $34,975 in legal fees related to the same case.
Flint City Council delays drag racing ordinance, sale of former police training facility
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
A former Flint police training facility (left) and a Flint drag race are shown in these Flint Journal file photos.
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FLINT, MI The City Council will wait before moving ahead with a new ordinance designed to curb drag racing and before selling a former police training facility to a company that wants to use the property to grow and process marijuana.
Council members sent both proposals back to committees at their Monday, May 10 meeting, with a majority saying they still had questions about both plans.
Flint’s old police academy could be sold for marijuana grow operation
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The exterior of the former training building used by the Flint Police Department Tuesday, April 27, 2021 located at 3420 St. John Street in Flint. The city is considering selling the building to an individual for an offered $500,000. (Cody Scanlan | MLive.com)
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FLINT, MI City officials want to sell the shuttered Flint Police Training Academy for $500,000 to a company that wants to convert it into a commercial marijuana grow facility.
The Flint City Council postponed any action on the property sale during its Monday meeting after representatives from the city’s Department of Planning and Development asked to proceed with the sale to Evergrow LLC.