County Government

Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton. Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton has endorsed Ann Arbor City Council candidates, as well as County Commissioner Sue Shink, who's in a three-way primary race for a seat in the Michigan…

by Patricia Lesko County Commissioner Ricky Jefferson. Photo | Washtenaw County Let me preface this by saying that in 2013, when our son was diagnosed with whooping cough, we received excellent support and supervision from the…

Updated 1/24/22 with comments from Nicole Beverly. by P.D. Lesko On January 18, 2022, after the results of an independent investigation into allegations of mismanagement were delivered to the SafeHouse Board of Directors, long-time…

by P.D. Lesko The Ann Arbor Independent used the Michigan Freedom of Information Act to obtain eight months of County Administrator Greg Dill's county-owned cell phone bills, as well as emails between Dill and former SafeHouse Executive…

Editor's note: On October 17, 2021, The Ann Arbor Independent published an editorial in which we called for the Washtenaw Board of Commissioners to fire Greg Dill for his role in putting domestic violence victims and their children in…

by P.D. Lesko On July 31, 2021, The Ann Arbor Independent published an article that revealed SafeHouse Center was unsafe, unsanitary and that client-facing staff at the non-profit worked in an atmosphere of what they called "racist…

by P.D. Lesko Note: The Ann Arbor Independent sent a request for comment and questions to the County Prosecutor, Victoria Burton-Harris and Christina Hines via email. Read that email here. Sources inside and outside the Washtenaw…

Note: This article has been updated with comments from Carla Marable, Jeffrey Dwayne Smith's lawyer. by P.D. Lesko Jeffrey Dwayne Smith, 47, a resident of Flat Rock, Michigan and a graduate of Eastern Michigan University, was…

by P.D. Lesko There are public calls for the Board members to step down. The Executive Director is on administrative leave. The non-profit facility, in photos and videos taken by residents, staff and interns, has been shown to be unsafe…

At an October 6, 2021 meeting of the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, County Administrator Greg Dill informed the Commissioners that there would soon be an announcement about "interim leadership" at SafeHouse Center. Dill not only…