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Non-Profit Controlled By Felons and Funded By County Again Neglects to File Federal Tax Return
Updated 9/13/24 with a comment from Billy Cole and County Administrator Greg Dill.
by P.D. Lesko
Supreme Felons, Inc. is led by felon Billy Cole, a murderer. Bryan Foley, a bank robber, has self-identified as the "managing director"…
Michigan Supreme Court Rules Minimum Wage Must Be Increased: 40 Percent of Restaurants Face Insolvency
by Scott McClallen
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled on August 1 that the Republican Legislature illegally blocked two ballot proposals in 2018, paving the way for a minimum wage hike and new paid leave requirements.
The 4-3 ruling…
Washtenaw County Administrator’s Secret Memo Advocates For Major Millage Increase
by Ann Arbor Independent staff
Read the memo:
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The Ann Arbor Independent obtained from a tipster a copy of a secret memo written by…
Ann Arbor Short-Term Rental Owners Could Be Subject to Higher Taxes if Bills Pass State Legislature
by Jaime A. Hope
Proposed legislation targets owners who rent property for more than 14 days per year
Owners of short-term rentals may have to deal with more regulations and additional taxes under a new package of bills introduced in…
School Board Member and Wife Took County Grant Money For Which They Were Ineligible
by P.D. Lesko
County records show Ann Arbor School Board Trustee Ernesto Querijero, through his wife Lisa Querijero, applied for funding from the Washtenaw County Community Priority Fund in 2022. The money, according to the application…
Ypsi Non-Profit Receives $2M Grant from Mackenzie Scott (Bezos)
MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced that several Michigan nonprofit organizations have secured a total of $11 million in grants. Scott, a novelist and philanthropist, is the former wife of Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos.
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Alize Asberry Payne Slept (Ate and Ubered) Here: County DEI Dir. Charged $115K to County Credit Card
by P.D. Lesko
County records revealed that between 2022-2023, Alize Asberry Payne charged $115,000 to the credit card given to her by Washtenaw County. Along with trips, workshops, conferences, and a $3,700 payment to the Detroit…
AADL 2022-2023 Annual Report: Big Ups, Big Downs and a Crossroads
3/7/24 Correction: AADL Board President Molly Kleinman resigned from the Ann Arbor Transportation Commission on February 28, 2024.
by P.D. Lesko
In the final years that former AADL Director Josie Parker captained the ship, Annual…
After Safehouse Scandal and Ouster of Former Executive Director, All 18 Board Members Involved Have Quietly Left
by P.D. Lesko
Since the July 31, 2021 publication of the first in a series of investigative articles about the mismanagement of SafeHouse Center, the County's domestic violence shelter, all 18 members of the Board of Directors on whose…
Ann Arbor’s Guaranteed Income Program Starts Giving Out $528 Monthly Payments
by Ken Coleman
A two-year project aimed at providing monthly payments to 100 current and future Ann Arbor entrepreneurs with low and very low incomes kicked off this month. Over 1,000 people applied in Oct. 2023.
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