Filed a Motion Arguing That Email Evidence Beneficial to His Case Was Not Presented in the March Proceedings
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STATE OF MICHIGAN BEFORE THE MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION In the matter of the application of ) DTE Electric Company to reconcile its ) costs associated with its Amended Renewable ) Energy Plan approved in Case No. U-17793 ) Case No. U-18082 AFFIDAVITS OF PUBLICATION Ann Arbor News 9/15/2016 Bay City Times 9/15/2016 Daily Tribune – Royal Oak 9/15/2016 Detroit Free Press 9/14/2016 Detroit News 9/14/2016 Flint Journal 9/15/2016 Huron Daily Tribune 9/15/2016 Lansing State Journal 9/15/2016 Macomb Daily – Mt. Clemens 9/15/2016 Monroe Evening News 9/15/2016 Oakland Press – Pontiac 9/15/2016 Port Huron Times Herald 9/15/2016 Saginaw News 9/15/2016 THE ANN ARBOR NEWS / THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 / A7 Local WASHTENAW COUNTY ANN ARBOR YPSILANTI YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP Boy dies during Homeowner battles Judge’s $22,500 raise OK’d for juveniles family trip An township woman A 6-year-old Ypsilanti told police she pushed misconduct longtime city attorney boy reportedly died sud- juveniles out of her home denly Sept. 1 during a visit as they attempted to case goes By Ryan Stanton city employment for to family in Tennessee. break in multiple times. [email protected] other employment before Raiden Fleming died At 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7, City Attorney Stephen July 1, 2020. suddenly of unknown Washtenaw County to state Postema is getting a That’s so he can follow reasons, said his mother, Sheriff’s Deputies 14.3 percent raise, increas- through with succession Jessie Fleming on a responded to a report of a high court ing his base salary by planning and new hir- Facebook page dedicated home invasion in the $22,500. ing for the city attorney’s City Attorney Stephen to her son’s journey. 1700 block of Knowles By Darcie Moran The Ann Arbor City office in the coming years Postema (MLive.com files) Raiden had several Street in Ypsilanti [email protected] Council met behind closed as other longtime attor- genetic and brain mal- Township. The Michigan Supreme doors Monday night to neys leave. mined Postema’s perfor- formations. The family is The resident told police Court will hear argu- discuss Postema’s annual If either of those new mance is “above average awaiting the results of an three unknown juvenile ments in a Judicial Tenure performance review. provisions are breached, and excellent on a major- autopsy, Jessie Fleming males entered her home. Commission case that After emerging about Postema must return his ity of constructs.” wrote on Facebook. She began to push them recommends remov- 20 minutes later, the $10,000 lump-sum pay- “The City Council Ypsilanti Community out of her house, and they ing Washtenaw County council voted 9-2 to boost ment. He is still an at-will believes providing equi- Schools and Solid Rock damaged her window District Court Judge Postema’s annual base employee. table and sustainable Church of Ann Arbor screen. J. Cedric Simpson from salary from $157,500 The council also compensation is critical to also posted about Raiden, Once the juveniles were office. to $180,000 retroactive amended Postema’s retaining employees that who was a student at outside, one entered her The Judicial Tenure to July 1. The council contract to increase the are essential to the city’s Ypsilanti’s Perry Early residence through a side Commission previously also voted to give him a severance period from ability to perform at levels Learning Center, accord- door, she said. She pushed said it found that Simpson $10,000 lump-sum bonus 180 days to one year and expected by residents and ing to the school district’s him out and grabbed her interfered in a September payment. to set his future perfor- taxpayers,” their resolu- Facebook page. phone to call 911. One of 2013 drunken driving Postema is the second mance evaluations no tion states. A Go Fund Me page, the suspects kicked in her arrest and subsequent highest-paid Ann Arbor later than February of the The city attorney’s gofundme.com/2mzjnbwz rear-entry door then fled, prosecution of his then- official, behind City year based on the activi- office has handled a wide is helping to raise money according to police. intern. The commission Administrator Howard ties of the prior calendar variety of legal issues for for funeral costs for Washtenaw County also claims he lied to Lazarus, who has a year, with that schedule to the city this past year, Raiden and to bring his Sheriff’s deputies found the commission about $215,000 base salary. begin in February 2018. including lawsuits over body back to Michigan. two suspects shortly after, thousands of texts he Council Members Jack the city’s decision to hire The fundraiser has a and an hour later found exchanged with the intern. Eaton, D-4th Ward, and ON JOB SINCE 2003 sharpshooters to kill deer $10,000 goal. two others. They were Simpson has contested Sumi Kailasapathy, D-1st Postema was appointed in city parks, litigation Raiden’s funeral is lodged in the Washtenaw the commission’s findings. Ward, voted against the city attorney in 2003. He regarding the city’s con- Friday at Parkview County Juvenile Simpson arrived on- raise. advises the mayor, City troversial footing drain Baptist Church in Livonia. Detention Center. scene of the traffic stop Eaton called it a “rather Council and city admin- disconnection program, and spoke with the officer extreme increase in pay.” istrator and oversees the a lawsuit against the city while Other council members city attorney’s office. over its decision to fire its then-26- praised Postema and said Prior to becoming city recycling plant operator, year-old the raise is well deserved. attorney, Postema was a the city’s next steps on the Crystal It took into account partner at the Bodman Gelman dioxane plume Vargas cost of living, as well as LLP law firm, special- and a new ordinance ban- was being a comparison to other izing in commercial and ning the sale of tobacco arrested communities, including employment litigation. products to people under for drunk- Lansing, Grand Rapids A native of Ann Arbor 21. en driving Simpson and Livonia. and 1977 graduate of The council voted 10-1 about The council approved a Pioneer High School, in October 2015 to give 4:30 a.m. Sept. 9, 2013, handful of other changes Postema earned a bach- Postema a 2.5 percent at Michigan Avenue and to Postema’s contract, elor’s degree in history raise, which boosted Platt Road in Pittsfield including stipulating he and science from Harvard his pay from $153,631 to Township. must provide at least one University in 1981 and $157,500. Simpson said his pres- year written notice of ter- a law degree from the Before that, his sal- ence and discussion did mination. University of Wisconsin ary last was adjusted in not interfere with the Postema also agrees he in 1985. November 2012, going arrest. He and his attor- will not voluntarily leave Council members deter- from $141,538 to $144,935. ney Kenneth Mogill also have said involvement from Washtenaw County District Court Judge Kirk Tabbey delayed prosecu- tion of Vargas’ case. She eventually pleaded guilty. Simpson said he exchanged 14,000 text messages in a four-month period with his intern because Vargas was tasked with going through a large amount of text messages in an unrelated case. At his March 2015 hear- ing, tenure commission examiners said Simpson did not get the messages from the case until after Vargas’ arrest. CASE DELAYED Although the JTC originally made its recom- mendation in August 2015, the case was remanded back to the commission in December after Simpson and his attorney filed a motion arguing that email evidence beneficial to his case was not presented in the March proceedings. In turn, the JTC remand- ed back to the judge who oversaw the original proceedings, Ingham County Judge Peter Houk. He determined the evi- dence — emails between Pittsfield Township police, Washtenaw County District Court Judge Kirk Tabbey and Pittsfield Township attorney Victor Lillich — would not have changed his opinion of the case. He also found JTC staff attorney Margaret N. Rynier’s reason for the nondisclosure at the original hearing — that she overlooked the email attachment — was credible and found claims by Mogill — that the nondisclosure was racially motivated — were unsubstantiated. 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