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Supreme Felons Inc

Circuit Court Judge’s Dismissal of FOIA Suit Against Supreme Felons, Inc. Appealed to Michigan Court of Appeals

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 10, 2025

On Sept, 11, 2024 and Sept. 13, 2024 two Freedom of Information Act requests for 2023 financial records were submitted to Billy Cole, President/CEO of the local, county-funded non-profit Supreme Felons, Inc. Cole answered both FOIA…

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Judge Voluntarily Disqualifies Herself in Response to Newspaper’s Motion to Disqualify

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 18, 2025

Motion to Disqualify JudgeDownload by P.D. Lesko On Feb. 18, 2024, the newspaper received an email from Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge Tracy E. Van den Bergh's clerk stating that, in response to a Motion to Disqualify…

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How Did Supreme Felons, Inc. Spend $527K in Public Funding? A2Indy’s FOIAs Trigger Threat

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 25, 2024

by P.D. Lesko Supreme Felons is not a public body and was therefore not subject to the FOIA pursuant to OAG, 1989-1990, No 6563, p 27 (January 26, 1989).--Billy Cole, President, Supreme Felons, Inc., in an email to The Ann Arbor…

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Ypsi Twp. Clerk Heather Jarrell Roe “Heartbroken” Over Criticism That Anonymous, Unsupervised Felons “Patrol” Ypsi Township

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 7, 2023

Note: This article was made possible by the Ann Arbor Independent's FOIA Fund. To donate to the FOIA Fund, click here. by P.D. Lesko On Tuesday, August 15 the Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees’ meeting agenda included Resolution…