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CORUNNA — An Owosso woman has filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the hiring of Shiawassee County corporate legal counsel Ryan Painter, alleging the board of commissioners violated Michigan’s Open Meetings Act in the process.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday on behalf of Nichole Ruggiero by Fidelis Law PLLC in 35th Circuit Court, seeks an admission of fault by the county in violating the OMA, as well as to prevent the county from using Painter as corporate counsel. The suit asks the court to “declare defendants’ actions and decisions invalid.”
“The majority of the board, not including Marlene Webster, continue to violate the OMA in order to hire their friends and pay them double their value,” Ruggiero said in a statement. “The issue isn’t just that they hired a friend, but an unqualified friend as county attorney. ....

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