Flint, Michigan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Government== {{Main|Government of Flint, Michigan}} {{See also|Mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan}} [[File:Flint, Michigan Municipal Center.jpg|thumb|Flint Municipal Center]] The city levies an income tax of 1 percent on residents and 0.5 percent on nonresidents.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gibbons|first1=Lauren|title=Michigan State University, city of East Lansing at odds over proposed income tax|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/michigan_state_university_city.html|access-date=August 16, 2017|work=MLive Lansing|publisher=Mlive Media Group|date=August 16, 2017}}</ref> The 1974 Charter is the city's current charter that gives the city a [[Mayor-council government|strong mayor form of government]]. It also instituted the appointed independent office of [[Ombudsman]], while the city clerk is solely appointed by the city council. The city council is composed of members elected from the city's nine wards.<ref name="cc74" /> A Charter Review Commission is currently impaneled to review the charter for a complete overhaul.<ref name="fj5" /> The city operated under state-led financial receivership from April 30, 2015, to April 10, 2018, which saw the city under an Emergency Manager as the State of Michigan had declared a state of local government financial emergency.<ref name="fj4" /> The Receivership Transition Advisory Board had the authority to override council decisions related to financial matters.<ref name="localcontrol" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Longley|first1=Kristin|title=Flint City Council letter to Gov. Snyder: 'We are on the wrong path' with emergency manager|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/01/flint_city_council_to_gov_snyd.html|access-date=October 18, 2013|work=The Flint Journal|publisher=Mlive Media Group|date=January 22, 2013}}</ref> The city has operated under at least four charters (1855,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/lapeer/gen/ch13/earlyflint1.html |title=The History of Genesee County, MI. Chapter XIII: Early Years of Flint City |publisher=Usgennet.org |date=March 1, 2002 |access-date=May 21, 2012 |archive-date=October 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007080128/http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/lapeer/gen/ch13/earlyflint1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> 1888,<ref name="pba">{{cite web | url =http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/tuscola/book/800-803.htm | title =Hon. William A. Atwood | access-date =February 6, 2009 | year =1892 | work =1892 Portrait & Biographical Album of Genesee, Lapeer & Tuscola Counties, Chapman Bros. | pages =801β803 | archive-date =December 4, 2008 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20081204234736/http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/tuscola/book/800-803.htm | url-status =dead }}</ref> 1929, 1974).<ref name="cc74">[http://www.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/Michigan/flint_mi/particharter/cityofflintmicharter City of Flint, Michigan Charter 1974] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302083842/http://www.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/Michigan/flint_mi/particharter/cityofflintmicharter |date=March 2, 2010 }}.</ref> ===Law enforcement=== {{main|Crime in Flint, Michigan}} [[File:Flint Police.jpg|thumb|A Flint police vehicle]] Law enforcement in Flint is the responsibility of the [[Flint Police Department]], the [[Genesee County Sheriff's Office (Michigan)|Genesee County Sheriff's Office]], and the [[Michigan State Police]]. Flint has been consistently ranked as one of the [[List of United States cities by crime rate|most dangerous cities in the United States]] by multiple sources.<ref>[http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2011/05/24/the-most-dangerous-city-in-america/ The most dangerous city in America] ''Market Watch'' May 24, 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2012/04/forbes_magazine_ranks_flint_si.html Forbes Magazine ranks Flint sixth most dangerous city for women in the nation] ''The Flint Journal'' via MLive.com, April 27, 2012</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/07/14/despite-recent-shootings-chicago-nowhere-near-u-s-murder-capital/ |title=Despite recent shootings, Chicago nowhere near U.S. 'murder capital' |last1=Desilver |first1=Drew |date=14 July 2014 |website=FactTank |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=28 August 2014 |quote=According to the FBI figures, Flint, Mich., had the highest murder rate of any sizeable U.S. city in 2012, the most recent year available. There were 62 murders per 100,000 population (which, coincidentally, was just about Flint's estimated population that year). }}</ref><ref>[http://www.businessinsider.com/most-dangerous-cities-in-america-2013-6#1-flint-mich-25 The 25 Most Dangerous Cities In America] ''Business Insider'', June 13, 2013</ref> From 2007 to 2009, violent crime in Flint was ranked in the top five among U.S. cities with a population of at least 50,000 people.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/09/fbi_statistics_show_flint_four.html |newspaper=[[Flint Journal]] |title=FBI statistics show Flint fourth most violent city in America |date=September 17, 2010 |author=David Harris|access-date=October 19, 2010}}</ref> From 2010 to 2012, Flint ranked as the city with the highest violent crime rate among cities with over 100,000 population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/02/flint_loses_the_title_of_fbis.html|title=Flint no longer most violent city in America, according to new FBI crime stats|website=Mlive.com|date=February 19, 2014|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref> In 2015, ''[[CQ Press]]'' (using FBI statistics) ranked the crime index for Flint as seventh-highest in cities with population greater than 75,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.sagepub.com/sagestats/document.php?id=6373|title=Crime Rate Rankings (City): SAGE Stats|website=Data.sagepub.com|access-date=August 27, 2017|archive-date=September 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915150519/http://data.sagepub.com/sagestats/document.php?id=6373|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2018, the FBI reported Flint was ranked as America's sixth most violent city among those with population of 50,000 or more in 2017. Violent crimes were up 23% compared to 2016 according to the report.<ref>[https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2018/09/flint_is_sixth_most_violent_ci.html Flint violent crime rate up 23 percent, new FBI stats show] ''The Flint Journal'' via MLive.com, September 24, 2018</ref> ===Politics=== Most politicians are affiliated with the Democratic party despite the city's elections being nonpartisan.<ref name="cc74"/> In 2006, Flint was the tenth most liberal city in the United States, according to a nationwide study by the non-partisan Bay Area Center for Voting Research, which examined the voting patterns of 237 cities with a population over 100,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/statesman/metro/081205libs.pdf |title=The Most Conservative and Liberal Cities in the United States |access-date=May 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720230956/http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/statesman/metro/081205libs.pdf |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The city elected [[Karen Weaver]] as its first female mayor in 2015.<ref name=mlive>{{cite news | url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2015/11/karen_weaver_makes_history_ele_1.html | title=Karen Weaver makes history, elected Flint's first woman mayor | work=MLive.com | date=November 4, 2015 | access-date=January 19, 2016 | author=Fonger, Ron}}</ref> She was succeeded in 2020 by [[Sheldon Neeley]].<ref>[https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2019/11/sheldon-neeley-beats-karen-weaver-to-become-flints-new-mayor.html Sheldon Neeley beats Karen Weaver to become Flint's new mayor] ''The Flint Journal'' via MLive.com, November 5, 2019</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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