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A penalty recommendation for Monica Palmer will be determined at the next ethics board meeting, which is currently scheduled for 9 a.m. April 28. (Shutterstock)
DETROIT The chair of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers will be disciplined for having an incompatible role as a principal member of the non-profit corporation Taxpayers for Grosse Pointe Schools, according to a split ruling issued Monday by the Wayne County Ethics Board.
A penalty recommendation for Monica Palmer, the person at the forefront of the back-and-forth decision by the board when it voted in November to approve the county s 2020 General Election results after originally not approving the results, will be determined at the next ethics board meeting, which is scheduled for 9 a.m. April 28.
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Gun sales hit a historic high in January as violent riots hit the U.S. Capitol and a new president took over, continuing a record-setting surge that began as the coronavirus pandemic took hold in early 2020.
Gun dealers sold more than 2 million firearms in January, a 75% increase over the same month last year and the biggest-selling January on record, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, an industry trade group.
The FBI, meanwhile, reported 4.3 million firearm-related background checks, the highest monthly total since the system was created over two decades ago.
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A federal grand jury indicted a woman who is accused of threatening a Detroit-area election official after a stormy November meeting to certify local results in the presidential race.
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After pro-Trump rioters stormed Washington’s Capitol to disrupt an Electoral College vote count, several public officials and security experts in Michigan said they aren’t surprised by the mayhem.
Wednesday’s siege at the Capitol followed weeks of post-election threats to public officials in Michigan and other battleground states that left many concerned for their safety and wondering whether qualified people will want to serve in public official roles in the future.
“I’ve been getting battered and flooded with emails and phone calls and texts for months,” said Jonathan Kinloch, the Democratic vice chair of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, one of several local and state bodies targeted by President Trump and his supporters after Michigan certified the November election for Democrat Joe Biden.