{"id":456622,"date":"2021-04-26T16:20:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T20:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=456622"},"modified":"2021-04-26T16:20:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T20:20:55","slug":"flint-councilman-threatens-crackhead-colleague-he-says-is-trying-to-control-100-million-in-coronavirus-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flint-councilman-threatens-crackhead-colleague-he-says-is-trying-to-control-100-million-in-coronavirus-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Flint Councilman Threatens \u2018Crackhead\u2019 Colleague He Says Is Trying To \u2018Control\u2019 $100 Million In Coronavirus Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflint-councilman-threatens-crackhead-colleague-he-says-is-trying-to-control-100-million-in-coronavirus-funds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=456622&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3843.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>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 \u201ccrackhead,\u201d is on a quest to \u201ccontrol\u201d the money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>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\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastvillagemagazine.org\/2021\/03\/24\/city-of-flint-to-receive-99-33-million-in-federal-stimulus-from-american-rescue-plan\/\"><span>$99.33 million<\/span><\/a><span> by the Democrats\u2019 March coronavirus relief bill despite the city\u2019s infamous water crisis being resolved for years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Davis, the city\u2019s third most powerful official, took to his popular \u201cBlues and News\u201d Facebook live show earlier this month to rant about Mays, who is notorious for disrupting city council meetings and has a criminal record for pawning city property and driving impaired.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEnough is enough of this holding the city business up with a crackhead, Mays,\u201d Davis said on his April 8 show, adding, \u201cdon\u2019t play with me, and I\u2019m letting that be my last warning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Davis called Mays a \u201cblack bastard,\u201d \u201cdamn drunk,\u201d \u201cbully,\u201d \u201clittle b****,\u201d and a \u201cbarking damn dog with no teeth\u201d as well as a \u201cfa***t\u201d and threatened to \u201cexpose that ass\u201d regarding \u201cyour homosexual activities in the penitentiary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLuckily we wasn\u2019t in council. That wouldn\u2019t have ended good last night,\u201d Davis said of the council\u2019s virtual meeting. \u201cYou goddamn right I got a gun. I keep a gun. But the point is, I didn\u2019t need no gun. But the way you put your mouth on people, that\u2019s why Murdock slammed your ass or whatever when you called him all kind of names and got all up in his face, just like you doing me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Davis was referring to an incident at a Flint bar last year between Mays and Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley\u2019s deputy chief of staff, DuVarl Murdock. The two traded verbal barbs before the confrontation became physical, with Murdock allegedly taking a swing at Mays, who ended up on the ground and later went to the hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In February, the FBI worked with Flint police to track down a man charged with aggravated stalking for threatening Davis and his wife. Davis <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc12.com\/2021\/02\/15\/fbi-helped-track-down-man-accused-of-threatening-flint-councilman\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> at the time that he was threatened with being killed if he did not vote to move $1 million to the Flint police budget, a move Mays strongly supported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mays has also advocated for coronavirus relief money to be spent on raising salaries at the police department, a dubious use of the CARES Act\u2019s state aid, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/system\/files\/136\/CRF-Guidance-Federal-Register_2021-00827.pdf\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span> to the U.S. Treasury guidance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a phone call with The Daily Wire, Davis alleged that the man who threatened him was \u201ctied directly to Councilman Mays,\u201d saying the stalker told him, \u201cyou better vote with Councilman Mays,\u201d or Davis and his wife would be killed. Davis added he found bullet holes in \u201call my trailers, trucks, and everything\u201d last week, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc12.com\/2021\/04\/16\/ethics-expert-explores-solutions-to-dysfunction-during-flint-city-council-meetings\/\"><span>similar<\/span><\/a><span> to what he told council members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After some residents complained about Davis\u2019 language on his show, the episodes where Davis talked about Mays disappeared from his Facebook page. Last week in a phone call, Davis denied talking about Mays at all on his show, saying, \u201cwe talk raw, but it ain\u2019t talking nothing about an individual.\u201d The Daily Wire has a recording of the show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Davis complained about efforts by Mays to remove him from his council seat, saying Mays is \u201cdisrupting the whole of city government.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe wants to control all of the money that comes into this city,\u201d Davis said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last month, Mays was removed from a virtual council meeting after two council members said they believed he was drunk. It was at least the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/flint\/2021\/03\/flint-councilman-eric-mays-denies-he-was-drunk-after-removal-from-virtual-meeting.html\"><span>ninth time<\/span><\/a><span> in the past few years Mays has been ejected for being disruptive, including one instance last year when he was escorted out in handcuffs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In January 2020, Mays was stripped of his council leadership roles after he gave a Nazi salute to the council president and compared her to Hitler. In 2017, Mays was sentenced to pay $300 and serve a week on the sheriff\u2019s work detail for pawning city laptops nine times over two years. In 2016, Mays was sentenced to 28 days in jail for a 2013 incident in which he drove the wrong way on an expressway in a vehicle with four flat tires. Back in 1987, Mays pled guilty to felonious assault and was sentenced to a year of probation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI can assure you I am not a crackhead, ma\u2019am,\u201d Mays told The Daily Wire, calling himself a \u201cpopular local elected official.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mays also denied that he sent anyone to \u201cextort him or do anything\u201d to Davis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, Flint City Council President Kate Fields said she would not be surprised if Mays had sent someone to threaten Davis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t doubt it. I wouldn\u2019t put anything past Eric Mays,\u201d she told The Daily Wire, calling Mays \u201can obnoxious, horrible drain on the city of Flint.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEric Mays baits Maurice Davis at every opportunity,\u201d Fields said. \u201cI don\u2019t condone unprofessional language. I don\u2019t condone violence, but I\u2019ll tell you, poor Maurice Davis has had a lot to put up with.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Caught in the political volatility is Flint\u2019s $100 million chunk of federal aid, which Fields said remains in limbo since the U.S. Treasury has not yet finalized guidelines on how the funds can be used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe have some idea of some things it can be used for and some things it can\u2019t be used for, but there is no decision or any plans yet that I\u2019m aware of,\u201d Fields said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The city has a checkered history on spending emergency aid responsibly. Of the $390 million in state aid Flint received for its water crisis, about $129 million was spent on economic development and \u201csocial development\u201d and only $144 million was spent on ensuring the city\u2019s drinking water supply was safe, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/01\/15\/flint-water-crisis-money-spending\/\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span> to state spending data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276762,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3843.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Flint Councilman Threatens \u2018Crackhead\u2019 Colleague He Says Is Trying To \u2018Control\u2019 $100 Million In Coronavirus Funds","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-456622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3843.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Flint Councilman Threatens \u2018Crackhead\u2019 Colleague He Says Is Trying To \u2018Control\u2019 $100 Million In Coronavirus Funds","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}