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    Still hot on the Wayne County Jizya Trail


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Tue May 22, 2012 at 11:24:23 AM EST
    Tags: Turkia Awada Mullin, Patrick Mullin, Andrea Awada, Azzam Elder, Judge Charlene Elder, ACCESS, Muhammadanism, Litigation Jihad, Sharia Finance, Cultural Marxism, Jumana Judeh, Robert Ficano, Miriam Awada, Marianne Talon, Tim Taylor, The Ed McNamara Machine, Jeffery Collins, Jennifer Granholm, Michigan Democratic Party, Wayne County Corruption Lives On, Affirmative Action Meets The Peter Principle, Wayne County Business Development Corporation, John Rakolta Jr, AG Bill Shuette, Mitt Romney, SIOA, What's Woronchak protecting? (all tags)

    My hat is off to WXYZ and Heather Catallo.  Stay on 'em.

    (2 comments) Comments >>

    Thank You, Charlie!


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Mon Feb 20, 2012 at 01:36:12 PM EST
    Tags: Turkia Awada Mullin, Robert Ficano, Azzam Elder, Marianne Talon, Tim Taylor, The Ed McNamara Machine, Michigan Democratic Party, Wayne County Corruption Lives On, Affirmative Action Meets The Peter Principle, John Rakolta Jr, AG Bill Shuette, Mitt Romney (all tags)

    via detroitnews.com

    What do Mitt and Bob have in common?

    Detroit - Mitt's presidential ambitions may meet their Waterloo in the Big Mitten and if they do, Mitt might have Bob to thank.

    That's because Romney and Bob Ficano, the Wayne County executive who is caught in the crosshairs of an FBI corruption probe, have a certain friend in common -- John Rakolta. Rakolta is a prominent Detroit developer whose  company, Walbridge, won a $300 million contract last summer to build the new Wayne County jail.

    In turns out Rakolta is Romney's co-national finance chairman.

    The Rakolta connection couldn't come at a worse time for Romney, whose commanding lead in his boyhood state of Michigan has shriveled to a statistical tie with Rick Santorum.

    The feds are investigating a pattern of pay-to-play in the jail deal and have subpoenaed the county's records in connection with Walbridge. As it happens, Rakolta has been a contributor to the Democrat Ficano, a member of Ficano's finance host committee, and a $25,000 contributor to a non-profit business group know as Edge Opportunities that paid Turkia Mullin to lobby the county development czar.

    Rest here

    It's about damn time someone in the MSM picks up on this.

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    A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

    Robert Ficano Just Fired Me


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Fri Jan 06, 2012 at 02:08:27 PM EST
    Tags: Turkia Awada Mullin, Robert Ficano, Azzam Elder, Marianne Talon, Tim Taylor, The Ed McNamara Machine, Michigan Democratic Party, Wayne County Corruption Lives On, Affirmative Action Meets The Peter Principle, John Rakolta Jr, AG Bill Shuette, Mitt Romney (all tags)

    Just kidding... I don't have a contract with Wayne County either.

    The first casualty of Wayne County's severance scandal was already off the payroll when Executive Robert Ficano "terminated" him, documents obtained by the Detroit News show.

    Ficano announced on Oct. 14 that he was firing former personnel director Tim Taylor for his role in a $200,000 severance to Turkia Mullin, the county's ex-economic development director.

    But Taylor's employment agreement as a consultant making $56.28 an hour expired the day before, according to his personnel file that The Detroit News obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.

    That makes Ficano's claims of punishing those responsible "disingenuous," said Commissioner Laura Cox, R-Livonia.

    "That's baloney. It's ridiculous to terminate somebody whose contract had expired," Cox said. "It's misleading taxpayers to say he is taking action, when he is taking no action."

    Laura, is the AG offering ya any help?

    (3 comments) Comments >>

    The Fix Is In


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Fri Nov 04, 2011 at 10:44:45 AM EST
    Tags: Turkia Awada Mullin, Robert Ficano, Azzam Elder, Marianne Talon, Tim Taylor, The Ed McNamara Machine, Michigan Democratic Party, Wayne County Corruption Lives On, Affirmative Action Meets The Peter Principle, John Rakolta Jr, AG Bill Shuette, Mitt Romney (all tags)

    Ya Ficano, that Republican ought to appease Osama Siblani for axing Elder.

    A little trip back to 2008, Scott Lewis?

    (229 words in story) Full Story

    Troubles Ahead For The Michigan Romney Campaign?


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Fri Nov 04, 2011 at 12:41:34 AM EST
    Tags: Turkia Awada Mullin, Robert Ficano, Azzam Elder, Marianne Talon, Tim Taylor, The Ed McNamara Machine, Michigan Democratic Party, Wayne County Corruption Lives On, Affirmative Action Meets The Peter Principle, John Rakolta Jr, AG Bill Shuette, Mitt Romney (all tags)

    Will the FBI turn up improprieties surrounding Mitt's National Finance Co-Chairmen, John Rakolta?

    Could the questions that now surround the Wayne County Business Development Corporation be a factor?  Who really knows for sure where this whole mess will lead.

    Sure are some strange bedfellows though...

    (4 comments, 692 words in story) Full Story

    Oh noes! "I wuz wronged"


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Mon Oct 31, 2011 at 08:56:57 PM EST
    Tags: Turkia Awada Mullin, Robert Ficano, Azzam Elder, Marianne Talon, Tim Taylor, The Ed McNamara Machine, Michigan Democratic Party, Wayne County Corruption Lives On, Affirmative Action Meets The Peter Principle (all tags)

    Predictably, for every sleazy public official, there stands a sleazy attorney beside them.

    Mr. Convertino, the Ficano recall is a nice gesture and all, but your talents would serve our state much better with helping the Feds investigate the ACCESS connected in Wayne County.

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    And She's Awada Here!


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Mon Oct 31, 2011 at 03:39:28 PM EST
    Tags: Turkia Awada Mullin, Robert Ficano, Azzam Elder, Marianne Talon, Tim Taylor, The Ed McNamara Machine, Michigan Democratic Party, Wayne County Corruption Lives On, Affirmative Action Meets The Peter Principle (all tags)

    Fired.

    Drama erupts at special Airport Board meeting where the Airport Board has voted to terminate CEO Turkia Mullin.

    The resolution is effective immediately. Each member of the board had a vote on the resolution. Only two members of the board voted against the resolution.

    The board has appointed Chief Financial Officer Tom Naughton as the interim CEO. The measure passed 6 to 1, with only Bernard Parker  voting against the measure.

    Rest here

    Now prosecute.  All of them.

    (6 comments) Comments >>

    Ficano Served, Retains Monica Conyers Mouthpiece


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Wed Oct 19, 2011 at 04:37:40 PM EST
    Tags: Turkia Mullin, Robert Ficano, Azzam Elder, Marianne Talon, Tim Taylor, The Ed McNamara Machine, Michigan Democratic Party, Wayne County Corruption Lives On, Affirmative Action Meets The Peter Principle (all tags)

    Three teams of FBI agents entered Wayne County government offices in Detroit this afternoon to serve subpoenas for county records.

    The agents' presence comes as County Executive Robert Ficano has retained prominent criminal defense lawyer Steve Fishman to represent him in the FBI probe into a $200,000 severance paid to former county economic development director Turkia Awada Mullin.

    Rest here

    (4 comments) Comments >>

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