Today, community leader and former mayoral candidate Greg Eason endorsed Dayne Walling for mayor. In addition to Eason, former State Representative Vera Rison spoke in support of Walling.




During the primary Eason was a strong advocate for change. Eason cited several reasons for his endorsement of Walling.


"During the primary, Dayne and I got a chance to know each other and we share many of the same values, perspective, ideas and a commitment to real and positive change for Flint. His ideas on how we can strengthen our neighborhoods, attract business investment and jobs, reform city government, ensure a fair and equitable distribution of resources to all communities, encourage entrepreneurship and support our current business community, develop strong and meaningful partnerships and collaborations with the non-profit community, diversify our local business economy, create a public safety plan, establish a grants department, repair and re-establish critical partnerships with city council and other county, state and federal officials, ensure fiscal accountability and create a comprehensive master plan to better meet the challenges of the 21st century were key reasons why I believe he is the best choice for mayor" said Eason.

For the full text of Eason's remarks click here.


"I am proud to have Greg's endorsement today," said Dayne Walling. "Clearly, Greg is someone who understands the challenges that we face as a community and the need for us to work together to change how Flint works."



Continued Walling, "I'm also humbled by Vera Rison's very kind and heartfelt words. She's has been a strong leader in this city and fully understands where we have been and where we need to go to live up to our full potential."