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 Police Chief Ella M. Bully-Cummings announced her retirement to Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick earlier this week. Kilpatrick appointed Cummings to the position of Chief of Police in 2003.
A press release from the Detroit Police Department reports that her retirement is effective immediately.
Why does she feel the need to step down so fast? Could it be because now that Kwame’s out, City Council President Kenneth Cockrel (who will take Kilpatrick’s place) will be cleaning house?
Cummings may have been the first to go, and with it, her pension would have been cut off too. This way, she can keep her pension and save the embarrassment. Smart move.
Within the next month or so we’ll see other officials get fired or step down. For instance, head of water and sewage dept. Anthony Adams (one of Kilpatrick’s main henchmen) can’t be resting easy. My guess is Adams is going down next.
Cummings and Kilpatrick have been tight for years. That’s why their resignations are coming hand in hand. Only difference is that Cummings can keep her pension, not Kwame.
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