October 15, 2019
If it wasn’t for the yard signs (click here) sprinkled around town, you might not know that Flint is electing a mayor next month.
It’s been a low-key campaign between incumbent Karen Weaver and state representative Sheldon Neeley (D-Flint).
However, the quiet nature of the campaign may change this week. Weaver and Neeley will meet in their only debate this Thursday, where the two may exchange barbs publicly that until now have only been said in private.
Elected in 2015 and surviving a recall election in 2017, Karen Weaver led Flint through its water crisis. Since 2016, the mayor says her administration has made significant progress upgrading the city’s water system and replacing lead service lines....
Everyone knows the current Mayor Karen Weaver (click here), but, who is Sheldon Neeley? Rep. Neeley believes Flint's water resolve should be further along. I don't believe that is a valid point of view when considering the faulty methods being used in the beginning of the water pipe replacement. And if
Rep. Neeley sincerely wants to have the Flint project more along more quickly, will he be as thorough in the assessment as Mayor Weaver has been. I think Mayor Weaver has won the trust of the people in protecting them from exploitative practices by contractors. That is going to be hard to beat.
October 2, 2019
By Tom Travis
Speaking with East Village Magazine (click here) on his birthday, Sept. 20, Flint mayoral candidate Sheldon Neeley offered insight about how he would conduct his administration if he wins the Nov. 5 election. He was pressed for time and was able to grant 20 minutes on the phone for the interview.
Neeley cited that if elected, his focus would be on what he calls his “Five Points of Light” — residential, recreation, economics, education and safety.
Neeley is familiar to many Flint residents, having served as Flint’s Sixth Ward councilperson for nine years and for the last six years as Michigan’s 34th District state representative.
He could be characterized as a seasoned politician, from his years of experience holding elected offices. In his terms in the state legislature, he has served on the health policy, commerce and trade, tax policy, local government, and transportation and infrastructure committees. For the past four years Neeley has served on the legislative Black Caucus in the House of Representatives....
Rep. Neeley has been frustrated with these circumstances for some time now.
May 31, 2018
..."In 2015, on behalf of the residents of my city, (click here) I demanded that the state take action to address the water crisis. It took three months for Attorney General Schuette to review Gov. Snyder's administration's involvement in the crisis and begin to hold them accountable. One month ago, I once again demanded that the state take action to protect the most vulnerable people in our community, including seniors, pregnant women and homebound individuals. I urged him to advocate on behalf of our most vulnerable population and restore bottled water distribution to concerned residents after it was cut off. We have still not received a response.
Rep. Neeley must be knowledgable to the problems Flint residents have encountered for years now. He seems involved in all the events leading up to deceptive practices by the contractors to the current state Attorney General to review the cases regarding the deaths and injuries to Flint residents.
July 14, 2017
State Representative Sheldon Neeley (click here) believes that Governor Rick Snyder's decision to allow two Health and Human Services employees charged with felonies over the Flint Water Crisis is hurting Flint residents trust in government.
Shortly after Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced new charges in the Flint Water Crisis against Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon, and Chief Legal Executive Dr. Eden Wells, Governor Rick Snyder took to the airwaves to show his support for the pair.
Snyder is allowing Lyon and Wells to stay on the job until the charges make their way through the court system.
Snyder says in a video released by his office that Wells and Lyon are committed to the recovery of Flint, and are presumed innocent until otherwise proven differently in court.
Lyon is facing involuntary manslaughter charges, and Wells is facing obstruction of justice charges, for their handling of the Legionnaire’s outbreak which spread through the city in 2014 and 2015.
State Senator Jim Ananich, (D) Flint, says he doesn’t believe they can effectively do the job, and should be fired.
“These are very serious charges and it calls into question whether or not they are able to manage the agency, and protect millions of people in the state whose safety depends on them. I felt that the governor’s statement defending these employees, but saying nothing about the damage they did to Flint resident tone deaf to say the least and disgusting to be honest about it,” Ananich says....
Rep. Neeley sincerely wants to have the Flint project more along more quickly, will he be as thorough in the assessment as Mayor Weaver has been. I think Mayor Weaver has won the trust of the people in protecting them from exploitative practices by contractors. That is going to be hard to beat.
By Tom Travis
Speaking with East Village Magazine (click here) on his birthday, Sept. 20, Flint mayoral candidate Sheldon Neeley offered insight about how he would conduct his administration if he wins the Nov. 5 election. He was pressed for time and was able to grant 20 minutes on the phone for the interview.
Neeley cited that if elected, his focus would be on what he calls his “Five Points of Light” — residential, recreation, economics, education and safety.
Neeley is familiar to many Flint residents, having served as Flint’s Sixth Ward councilperson for nine years and for the last six years as Michigan’s 34th District state representative.
He could be characterized as a seasoned politician, from his years of experience holding elected offices. In his terms in the state legislature, he has served on the health policy, commerce and trade, tax policy, local government, and transportation and infrastructure committees. For the past four years Neeley has served on the legislative Black Caucus in the House of Representatives....
Rep. Neeley has been frustrated with these circumstances for some time now.
May 31, 2018
..."In 2015, on behalf of the residents of my city, (click here) I demanded that the state take action to address the water crisis. It took three months for Attorney General Schuette to review Gov. Snyder's administration's involvement in the crisis and begin to hold them accountable. One month ago, I once again demanded that the state take action to protect the most vulnerable people in our community, including seniors, pregnant women and homebound individuals. I urged him to advocate on behalf of our most vulnerable population and restore bottled water distribution to concerned residents after it was cut off. We have still not received a response.
Rep. Neeley must be knowledgable to the problems Flint residents have encountered for years now. He seems involved in all the events leading up to deceptive practices by the contractors to the current state Attorney General to review the cases regarding the deaths and injuries to Flint residents.
July 14, 2017
State Representative Sheldon Neeley (click here) believes that Governor Rick Snyder's decision to allow two Health and Human Services employees charged with felonies over the Flint Water Crisis is hurting Flint residents trust in government.
Shortly after Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced new charges in the Flint Water Crisis against Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon, and Chief Legal Executive Dr. Eden Wells, Governor Rick Snyder took to the airwaves to show his support for the pair.
Snyder is allowing Lyon and Wells to stay on the job until the charges make their way through the court system.
Snyder says in a video released by his office that Wells and Lyon are committed to the recovery of Flint, and are presumed innocent until otherwise proven differently in court.
Lyon is facing involuntary manslaughter charges, and Wells is facing obstruction of justice charges, for their handling of the Legionnaire’s outbreak which spread through the city in 2014 and 2015.
State Senator Jim Ananich, (D) Flint, says he doesn’t believe they can effectively do the job, and should be fired.
“These are very serious charges and it calls into question whether or not they are able to manage the agency, and protect millions of people in the state whose safety depends on them. I felt that the governor’s statement defending these employees, but saying nothing about the damage they did to Flint resident tone deaf to say the least and disgusting to be honest about it,” Ananich says....
