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Flint Councilman Threatens ‘Crackhead’ Colleague He Says Is Trying To ‘Control’ $100 Million In Coronavirus Funds

As massive sums of money rain down on impoverished cities, squabble over how to spend it leads councilman to threaten to "expose that ass" regarding colleague’s purported "homosexual activities in the penitentiary."

Mairead Elordi
Flint Councilman Threatens ‘Crackhead’ Colleague He Says Is Trying To ‘Control’ $100 Million In Coronavirus Funds
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Tucked inside the March coronavirus bailout package was nearly $100 million for Flint, Michigan, setting off a threat- and profanity-filled feeding frenzy, with city council Vice President Maurice Davis saying Councilman Eric Mays, whom he described as a “crackhead,” is on a quest to “control” the money.

The small city of 95,000, which has been in and out of the national spotlight for the better part of a decade, was awarded an estimated $99.33 million by the Democrats’ March coronavirus relief bill despite the city’s infamous water crisis being resolved for years. 

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