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.
Pontiac Emergency Manager Lou Schimmel’s recent decision to fire the city clerk led the ACLU to warn that today’s election has been jeopardized. The Treasury Dept., which is responsible for overseeing Emergency Mananger, however, says that it is not worried about the election.
Pontiac Emergency Manager Lou Schimmel’s decision to fire the city clerk last week puts the integrity of tomorrow’s election in question, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.
The company with the contract to operate Pontiac’s water system has a record of service problems in other cities and is facing felony charges, but it’s unclear whether these issues were taken into account before closing the deal because the contract was issued by an Emergency Manager who is not accountable to local residents.
Louis Schimmel, a former state-appointed receiver for the city of Ecorse and one time Emergency Manager of Hamtramck, now working as executive administrator in Warren, has been tapped by state officials to take over as Emergency Manager in Pontiac.
Pontiac City Council members say that the city’s Emergency Manager, Michael Stampfler, is trying to intimidate them and control their speech.
It’s been less than three weeks since Pontiac Emergency Manager Michael Stampfler outsourced city police patrols to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept. and already he is trying to renegotiate the contract.
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept. took over patrols in Pontiac last night under a deal organized by Emergency Manager Michael Stampfler.
Pontiac could end up with gaps in police service as a result of contract changes approved by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners this week.
In an interview yesterday state Treasurer Andy Dillon dismissed the idea that Pontiac will face bankruptcy unless it is absorbed by Oakland County.
Pontiac’s Emergency Manager Michael Stampfler privatized operation of the city’s water treatment last month by signing a contract with United Water, a New Jersey-based subsidiary of the French company SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT. This company has been indicted on felony charges related to its operation of the wastewater treatment facility in Gary, Ind.
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