Our Manifesto

You may often wonder why so many of our fellow Flintstones disapprove of Mayor Don Williamson. With the primary only a month away this is a great opportunity to lay out the facts against the Mayor.

Fact #1: Don Williamson does not support organized labor. In 1991, he dumped a dump truck of manure on a picket line of workers who were striking to unionize at one of the facilities he owns. Williamson is also reported in the Detroit Free Press as telling an aide to buy a truck full of pizza and pop to throw a going away party for any of his employees who did not accept the terms of his proposed contract.

Fact #2: Don Williamson has lied to the people of Flint on several occasions. For example, he has lied about being a Democrat. Both he and his wife have claimed to be Democrats yet they contributed the maximum contribution to George W. Bush when he was running for re-election against John Kerry.

Fact #3: Don Williamson is an ex-con. He was sentenced to a Federal Penitentiary for operating a stolen car ring in the 1960's. That is why his wife Patsy Lou owns the car lot; the government does not trust Mr. Williamson to run a used car lot. Should we trust him to run a city of 150,000?

Fact #4: Williamson promised in his campaign for Mayor to reduce crime. Flint's crime rate has steadily increased since Williamson has been in office. His proposed solution is to re-open the city jail, but he has not identified how he plans to keep it open indefinitely or how he is going to incarcerate criminals with a diminishing police force.

Fact #5: Don Williamson promised to clean up Flint. Yet Williamson operates a junk yard that violates the state of Michigan's environmental standards as the junk yard is located over an aquafier. He refuses to comply with the orders to shut the junk yard down. Also, Williamson only bothers to clean up city parks when his wife plans to use them for campaign events. Several parks have been allowed to fall into complete disrepair. Try playing baseball on a diamond of mud and knee-deep weeds. Try playing tennis when the closest thing to a net are the weeds growing up from beneath deep cracks.

Fact #6: Don Williamson also promised during his campaign to bring 3000-7000 new jobs to Flint. He has only been able to bring 500 and many other jobs have been lost since then.

Fact #7: Don Williamson refuses to cooperate with Flint's City Council in an investigation to determine possible budgetary fraud. He also refused to cooperate with state officials and with non-profit organizations which have helped to redevelop Flint's downtown. He has directly told non-profits to but out.

Fact #8: Don Williamson thinks he can violate Flint's Constitutional rights. He had a Flint Journal delivery boy arrested for delivering newspapers to officials at City Hall because the Flint Journal is "biased" against Williamson.

Think about these facts and judge for yourself whether Flint is better off now than before he took office. Look at all the candidates before you vote on August 7th.

~Winston Smith