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Washtenaw County Employee Survey: County Leadership Distrusted & Ethics Lacking
Download the Washtenaw County employee survey results (all scores) below.
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by P.D. Lesko
The Ann Arbor Independent received a tip that the Washtenaw County 2024 employee satisfaction survey results…
A2Politico: Superior Twp. Residents Deserve More Than Middle School Conflicts From Gov. Officials
By P.D. Lesko
Campaign workers are expected to stay 100 feet from the entrance to the polling place. Candidates may not hand out their campaign literature within a polling place. However, there is no Michigan election law that precludes…
A2Indy Threatened With SLAPP Suit by Washtenaw County DEI Dir. Just Prior to Her Resignation
by P.D. Lesko
On July 27, the Ann Arbor Independent received an email letter from lawyer Robert Burton-Harris, husband of County Chief Asst. Prosecutor Victoria Burton-Harris. In his letter, Robert Burton-Harris, who specializes in…
County DEI Dir. Resigns After A2Indy Reveals Her Credit Card Spending & Falsified Credentials
by P.D. Lesko
Alize Asberry Payne, the Dir. of Washtenaw County's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Dept. resigned her position on Aug. 16, according to an August 20, 2024 email from the County Administrator Gregory Dill. Asberry Payne…
“Fix Scio”: A Scio Township Super PAC Front Group
NOTE: This article has been updated to include comments by Scio Twp. Trustee John Reiser.
by P.D. Lesko
James Dries registered the Fix Scio Super PAC in May 2024.
Public records show that on May 17, 2024 Fix Scio (a Super PAC) was…
MI Court of Appeals: Washtenaw Trial Court Judge Erred in Ordering Child Visitation For Sexual Abuser
by P.D. Lesko
NOTE:This is one in a series of articles about the Washtenaw County Trial Court and cases where a litigant or litigants appealed a County Trial Court judge’s ruling. The majority of local Trial Court rulings are…
A2Politico: Washtenaw County Dodged a Bullet in Rebuffing Derrick Jackson’s Bid to Be the Next Sheriff
P.D. Lesko
Since 384 votes out of more than 40,000 separated the top two candidates for Sheriff, we may see a recount, but one must be requested. Ann Arbor's first Black Mayor Al Wheeler won by a single vote. In Ypsilanti, an incumbent…
Ann Arbor City Clerk Certifies Election Reform Ballot Proposals
by John Godfrey
In November 2024, Ann Arbor voters will decide to jettison partisan elections.
The Ann Arbor City Clerk has certified that a sufficient number of registered Ann Arbor votershave signed citizen-circulated petitions to…
Unchallenged in Nov., Alyshia Dyer Makes History: Becomes County’s First Female Sheriff-Elect
by P.D. Lesko
Derrick Jackson, the Sheriff's hand-picked successor, lost the August 6, 2024 primary election to former Sheriff's Deputy Alyshia Dyer in a close race that may require a recount. Dyer captured 43.53 percent of the vote…
Jillian Kerry, Candidate for Supervisor in Scio, Faces Felony Charges for “Bunch of Silliness”
8/2/2024: This article has been corrected.
by P.D. Lesko
Fifty-seven year old Scio Twp. Trustee Jillian Kerry is once again running to be the next Supervisor of the Township. In 2020, Kerry ran against incumbent (now outgoing)…