“A $34,000 raise to the mayor? That’s more than what the city of Flint residents make in a year.'
The mayor of Flint, Michigan is set to receive a large pay raise after a chaotic city council meeting in which at least one member pushed back given the ongoing water crisis.
"I wouldn't care if it was $150,000...the office is administering and making decisions with corporations in a pool of millions, tens of millions of dollars, and we [the council members] are only looking at a net gain of about $1,000...I'm not tripping over $125,000 salary. But a pair of council members pushed back, including Mays, who filibustered the motion to block the raise."Ain't no reason to vote 'no' during this time. I urge my colleagues not to pass this thing." Mays told Newsweek Monday he was not aware Guerra was going to bring forth the motion and that he was simply seeking to have more discussion on the matter after more debate.
According to Census data for the area, Flint has a per capita income of $16,554, which would place Weaver's new salary at about eight times the amount being made on average in the city with 100,000 residents. Flint's infamous water crisis was uncovered in 2014 after the city's drinking water source was moved from Lake Huron and the Detroit River over to the cheaper Flint River source. Government incompetence and insufficient water treatment caused lead to enter the drinking water and expose the city's 100,000 residents and forced them to cook, clean and consume water from bottles or through filters.
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