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.
With the possibility of disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick being diverted to a boot camp that would cut his sentence down to a mere 90 days hanging in the air, Judge David Groner sent back a letter written by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy opposing such a diversion, saying that the DA has no role in the decision. The Detroit News reports:
The judge considering whether to allow Kwame Kilpatrick to substantially shorten his prison sentence with a boot camp program returned a letter of objection today from Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy.
Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner, in rejecting Worthy’s complaint that Detroit’s former mayor shouldn’t be allowed in the state’s Special Alternative Incarceration program, also sent a letter reminding the prosecutor, “This court does not respond to letters involving legal matters pending before this court.”
“It’s improper. It’s called ex parte contact and it’s legally inappropriate,” said Kilpatrick’s attorney Arnold Reed. “Judge Groner did the right thing in this case by rebuffing her communication.”
Still, given how tough Groner was on Kilpatrick during his trial for probation violations it seems highly unlikely that he would grant such a diversion.
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