Alize Asberry Payne

by P.D. Lesko Between Dec. 6-14, 2024, Toni Kayumi, Director of Washtenaw County's Office of Community and Economic Development, and Andrew DeLeeuw, Deputy County Administrator, took part in Michigan's Middle East and North Africa…

by P.D. Lesko Dem County Prosecutor Eli Savit, running for AG, has demonstrated the leadership and ethics he'll bring to Lansing in refusing to make public his handling of the alleged unethical conduct and perjury of Asst. Prosecutor…

by P.D. Lesko Washtenaw County recently hired former Sheriff's Dept. employee Derrick Jackson as the County's Racial Equity Officer. He began the job on Dec. 16. Jackson's hire is proof positive that cronyism is still a very serious…

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"…

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…

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…

Note: The A2Indy FOIA Fund has taken in over $40,000 in 2024. The newspaper uses this fund to pay to obtain public records. This is the newspaper's first lawsuit against Washtenaw County for refusing to turn over public records. On…

Download and view Alize Asberry Payne's Dec. 2018 job application, cover letter and resume: Letter-Resume-Application-Alize-Payne_RedactedDownload by P.D. Lesko Records, including public records, show the County's Racial…

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…

by P.D. Lesko Former Ypsilanti Twp. trustee Monica Ross-Williams attended the Mar. 20, 2024 meeting of the Washtenaw County Commissioners for one reason: she wanted to register her shock and displeasure at the County Commissioners' lax…