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(USGovernment-News.Com, July 29, 2012 ) Detroit, MI – In an article published in the Oakland Press, “The accusations began flying last week when a township business owner, Mark Maiuri, filed a lawsuit claiming that (candidate for Supervisor) Janet Dunn’s petition signatures to gain ballot access contained ‘extensive fraud’ and that township officials were relying upon their attorneys to cover up the matter.”
It was brought to Maiuri’s attention that a resignation letter from a former Township employee was in the Board’s possession and that it would shed a bright light on the election fraud scandal. Township employee, Jordan Gross, was forced to resign after refusing to aid in the collection of signatures for Janet Dunn’s ballot requirement.
Maiuri requested a copy of the Gross resignation letter and was told that he would receive the information he requested (the letter) at the June Township Board meeting. At the June meeting, instead of receiving the letter, he was given the following statement from Board’s attorneys that read, “The township should not comply with the FOIA request because the letter from ex-employee, Jordan Gross, is not factual and ‘could be libelous.’”
The purpose of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is to encourage public access to government information and to enable individual citizens to obtain such information without administrative burdens. This law was passed in an effort to overcome restrictive agency interpretations of government regulations which were being used to withhold information from the public.
By denying Maiuri’s FOIA request, the original election fraud suit widens to include the Board’s legal department. The FOIA states that, “Any attempt to circumvent and/or restrict the public’s access to government information shall bring charges of and including conspiracy to violate Federal Law.”
Maiuri’s lawsuit contends that the Board’s attorneys have no standing in the matter of Jordan Gross’ letter to judge or determine whether it is factual or not; whether it is “libelous” or not. What’s more, the allegations in Maiuri’s lawsuit claim that Parks and Recreation employees collected petition signatures on township time for Dunn.
Attendees at the last Board meeting upon leaving were overheard using Lucille Ball’s iconic, sitecom line, “Koehs’ got a lot of ‘splaining to do.”
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