Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Eric Mays is dead after black Americans pay tributes.
Longtime Flint City Councilman Eric Mays has died, the city announced late Saturday, Feb. 24.
“This is a tremendous loss for our community and a shock to all friends and family,” Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley said in a statement. “As our community grieves during this difficult time, on behalf of Councilman Mays’ family, we ask that community members respect their privacy and allow them time and space to mourn. We continue to lift the family in prayer.”
Mays had garnered national attention due to his repeated clashes with fellow council members. Videos of his antics have gone viral on many occasions and have helped him collect more than 200,000 followers on the social media platform TikTok.
He had been reelected by voters in the city’s 1st Ward three times.
Mays represented the First Ward on the Flint City Council for more than 10 years. He often received the most votes of any of his colleagues on the council, showing his enduring popularity among his constituents.
He first was elected in November 2013 to succeed Anita Brown in representing the city’s northwest side. First Ward voters elected Mays to his third term on the council in November 2021.
He served as council president for part of 2021 and chairman of the powerful Finance Committee in 2018. Mays ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2022 against former Flint Mayor Karen Weaver and Neeley, the current mayor.
