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.
Wilson Kay Jr., the man who signed an affidavit saying he saw Attorney General Mike Cox in attendance and getting a lap dance at a now-legendary party alleged to have happened at the Manoogian Mansion in 2002, still cannot be located to give an actual deposition in the civil proceedings that concern the events of that night.
The Detroit Free Press reveals that Kay has a history of mental problems along with his many convictions for criminal offenses, further undermining the credibility of his affidavit.
Wilson Kay Jr., the only person known to have claimed being at a rumored-but-never-proved Manoogian Mansion party in 2002, was ordered held in a psychiatric clinic as a danger to himself and others in a 2000-01 criminal case, court records show.
The court file on the marijuana and drug case contains a two-page document from Aurora Healthcare Inc. saying that Kay “is not mentally stable and is not ready for discharge/released to the community.”
It also says that Wayne County Probate Judge Freddy Burton ordered Kay could be held for inpatient treatment.
Legal experts say the records raise questions about Kay’s claims in an affidavit that he saw then-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Attorney General Mike Cox getting lap dances at the party. Kay also alleged that the mayor’s wife assaulted a stripper there.
More importantly, if he cannot be found to undergo a deposition in which he would be cross-examined by defense counsel it is unlikely that a judge would even admit that affidavit as evidence in the case. As bad as the timing of all this is for Mike Cox, coming out mere days before the primary, this affidavit may be much ado about nothing.
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