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15/06/2026

City Council Members Come Out Against Ann Arbor For Public Power: “It’s Not A Wise Plan”

by P.D. LeskoWard 4 Council member Dharma Akmon posted to Facebook about the Ballot Question Committee Ann Arbor for Public Power (A2P2) that, "The proposed charter amendment would create a new municipal electric utility and a new governing board wit

11/06/2026

The saga continues: Greenhills Principal Peter Fayroian is demanding to know the identity of a tipster who pointed the newspaper to court records documenting allegations of sexual abuse made against Fayroian by his pre-teen daughter.

06/11/2025

EMU is Falling Off An Enrollment Cliff: Officials Say They’ve Been “Planning for the Transformation”
https://a2independent.com/2025/11/06/emu-is-falling-off-an-enrollment-cliff-officials-say-theyve-been-planning-for-the-transformation/

28/10/2025

Records Reveal Sheriff Has Not Submitted Required Travel Reports–Failing to Document Hundreds of Travel-Related Credit Card Charges

by P.D. LeskoSheriff Alyshia Dyer's frequent travel has been criticized by present, as well as former employees who worked under former Sheriff Jerry Clayton. The County Administrator, County Prosecutor, County Treasurer and County Water Resources Co

22/10/2025

Washtenaw County Circuit Court Judge Tosses $500M Suit Alleging Women Inmates “Injured” When Filmed During Strip Searches: “Psychological Distress Not Physical Injury”

Legal firm that filed the suit plans to appeal, argues psychological distress is physical injury.

https://a2independent.com/2025/10/22/county-circuit-court-judge-tosses-500m-suit-alleging-women-inmates-filmed-during-strip-searches-psychological-distress-not-physical-injury/

15/10/2025

County employees spent $21K each to travel to Qatar, Oman and the UAE on the taxpayers' dime. County Commissioners were told the trip to the Middle East was made to "foster trade" between Qatar, Oman and the UAE and Washtenaw County and to improve "economic development." Counties can't negotiate trade agreements, only the federal government can do so. How did taxpayers' benefit?

https://a2independent.com/2025/10/15/county-travel-report-reveals-staffers-21k-trips-to-qatar-oman-and-the-uae-to-foster-international-trade/

10/09/2025

Asst. County Prosecutor Accused of Submitting False Financial Disclosures to Circuit Court, and Perjury

by P.D. LeskoAsst. County Prosecutor Marieh Tanha focuses on the County Prosecutor's domestic violence cases. Her ex-husband David Mathieu is a former police officer, and a disabled veteran with a Master's Degree in Criminal Justice. Their 2022 divor

28/08/2025

A2Politico: Our County Courts Have the “Slows” and the Human Costs Are Staggering

by P.D. LeskoData collected by Michigan's State Court Administrative Office shows that the judges who serve the people of our county have seen a slight uptick in the total number of cases filed between 2021 (47,026) and 2024 (52,164). However, since

04/06/2025

County Prosecutor Charges Former Ypsilanti City Manager Frances McMullen With Financial Crimes

by P.D. LeskoOn June 4, 2025, the City of Ypsilanti sent out a press release in which residents were told "the Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney has criminally charged for City Manager Frances McMullen following an investigation by the Michigan S

21/05/2025

Washtenaw County State Legislators’ Pork Spending Revealed: Huge Handouts for Small Non-Profits

The proposed $1,295,000 earmark for one non-profit would be more than five times the non-profit’s annual revenue declared on its most recent income tax return. Another request for pork spending is $250,000 for a non-profit’s whose most recent 990 federal income tax return shows gross income of $85,220 and a net loss of $18,531. The Ann Arbor DDA has asked for $5M in pork spending for a project called "Bollards and Ballistics."