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.
The ongoing soap opera involving Sam Riddle, Mary Waters and Monica Conyers has taken yet another turn as Richard Convertino, the former U.S. Attorney who represented both Riddle and Waters in their federal corruption trial earlier this year, has asked the court to allow him to withdraw as Riddle’s attorney during the appeal because Riddle has not been able to pay him for his services. The Detroit News reports:
Convicted political consultant Sam Riddle’s lawyer wants to dump him as a client, saying he hasn’t been paid and is owed money for hiring the U.S. Marshals Service to shuttle Riddle to his mother’s deathbed.
Riddle’s lawyer, Richard Convertino, filed a motion to withdraw today because there has been a breakdown of the attorney-client relationship and because Riddle is broke.
Riddle has been sentenced to 37 months in prison, the same term given to his former boss, Monica Conyers, both for bribery and corruption. Riddle was also found guilty of assault for brandishing a shotgun at his girlfriend, Mary Waters, who was also his co-defendant in the corruption trial. Waters is also represented by Convertino, but she asked the court to make him her public defender and that motion was granted.
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