I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
DETROIT — Sept. 11, 2007, was a good day Gary Brown, the ex-police chief who blew the whistle on ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s affair. That day, Brown and his colleague, police officer Harold Nelthorpe, became millionaires.
Brown and Nelthorpe won $6.5 million in a settlement with the city after they were fired by Kilpatrick for getting too close to revealing details of an extramarital affair between the mayor and his chief of staff.
We haven’t heard much from Nelthorpe in the news since the city of Detroit paid him millions, but Brown is stepping back into the spotlight with an aggressive campaign for Detroit City Council.
According to Crain’s Detroit Business, Brown said he plans to spend $250,000 on his campaign. He already has name recognition from the high-profile lawsuit that eventually led to Kilpatrick’s resignation. He’s got the money, too, which will help him stand out among the 206 names that will appear on the primary ballot for council on Aug. 4.
It’s hard to say whether name recognition and sufficient campaign funding will get Brown a seat on city council. But if we follow the pattern of how Detroiters vote, name recognition and money seem to do the trick. Martha Reeves, the councilwoman who won because people recognized her name from her Motown days with Martha and the Vandellas, can speak to that.
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