The Michigan State Supreme Court placed Detroit Judge Brenda Sanders on a 21-day suspension.
Sanders was suspended for running for mayor while still a judge. Michigan law forbids a judge from running for a non-judicial office.
Sanders pleaded to the court that she did not know it was against the law for her to run for mayor.
Besides [...]

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Economically depressed Michigan, with an unemployment rate floating close to 15%, presents a lot of challenges to political candidates. In these hard times, most candidates make the economy a top priority.
Not so for state Rep. Paul Scott who is running for Secretary of State. On his website, Scott listed his four top priorities. One of [...]

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If you think times are tough in your neighborhood, just be glad that you don’t live in Detroit.
People are refusing to claim the dead at the city morgue because they do not have the funds for a burial. Sixty-seven bodies lie in cold storage waiting to be buried. One has been there for 5 years.
Detroit [...]

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Glenn Moon is a candidate for Livonia City Council. About the best I can say is that Moon does not believe in the separation of church and state. He is probably the angriest candidate who has ever run for office as well.
At first, I thought he might be pulling a little satire, but when I [...]

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Flint’s mayor, Donald Williamson, faces a recall on February 24. However, he will not have to worry about that election now. On Monday, Williamson announced his resignation.
Chased from office by the recall?
Not according to Williamson. He is quitting for health reasons. His doctor said he needs six to eight months of rest to recuperate from [...]

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Last week the city of Brighton, Michigan passed a law making it illegal for a person to “alarm or seriously annoy another person.”
If that wasn’t bad enough, the city now denies it did it.
Contrary to recent Published News Media Reports & Headlines; the City of Brighton City Council did Not adopt an ”annoyance” ordinance. Instead, the City [...]

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In Grosse Pointe, Michigan, a woman played trick or treat with the youngsters coming to her door. Yes, it is hard to believe, but the little McCain supporters got candy, but the young Obama supporters were turned away with nothing on Halloween — a bit of a mean trick in that.
A sign outside Shirley Nagel’s [...]

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Although Michigan Republicans are backing away from a plan to use home foreclosure lists as an attempt to bar voters from casting ballots, they are still planning on challenging the rights of those voters to vote. The Republicans feel that most of the subprime borrowers were low income and, therefore, more likely to be Democrats. [...]

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Embattled and soon to be imprisoned Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick announced he was stepping down after 7 years as Detroit’s mayor. Kilpatrick has been fighting perjury, misconduct and obstruction of justice charges for most of the last year. Last month, he violated conditions of his bail by traveling to Canada.
Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to two felony [...]

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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is facing new charges and possible removal from office. Kilpatrick has been involved in legal turmoil since January when it became public that he was romantically involved with his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty.
Kilpatrick was placed in jail last week after he traveled to Canada without the court’s permission. He [...]

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