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Community Mental Health

County Sheriff Spends Mental Health and Public Safety Millage Money on New Boat, New Furnishings, Graphic Design, and Bogus Therapy Program

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 27, 2024

by P.D. Lesko This article was made possible by The Ann Arbor Independent FOIA Fund. At a recent "informational meeting" with officials from western Washtenaw County, the Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton, The Sheriff's…

County Government

Postcard Paid for With Mental Health Millage Money Claims “Dramatic” Increases in Services

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 19, 2023

by P.D. Lesko "This mental health system finally broke me...abandoned by whomever was supposed to be helping me every step of the way. Drs Madjar and Bright seemed to care but every other person or 'team' let me drop through the cracks;…

Ann Arbor Government

Residents Refused Mental Health Services While CMH Spends Millage Money on Consultants, PR and Paid “News” Coverage

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 1, 2023

Despite the 2017 passage of the Public Safety and Community Mental Health Preservation Millage, Washtenaw County Community Mental Health turns away Washtenaw County residents who need mental health treatment. Meanwhile, CMH Exec. Dir.…

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Expenditure of Mental Health Millage Money to Fund Sheriff Candidate’s Run for Office Must End

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 3, 2023

by P.D. Lesko Over the past months, I've received photos of Derrick Jackson's face plastered on the side of Ann Arbor buses and Jackson's face plastered on billboards along I-94, ads paid for with Mental Health Millage money and funds…