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		<title>State Rep. Olumba wants state hearings to remove Ficano</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Olumba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Detroit News By Christine MacDonald Detroit— A state representative is calling on Wayne County commissioners to pass a resolution urging Gov. Rick Snyder to start removal hearings for Executive Robert Ficano. Rep. John Olumba, D-Detroit, sent a letter to the 15-member panel seeking the resolution for hearings similar to those that helped lead to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=olumba4hope.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8382529&amp;post=371&amp;subd=olumba4hope&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GOP bill subjects Black cities to more beaucracy under EM</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[    the Michigan Citizen Sun, Jan 22, 2012 By Marcus Wright   DETROIT — The Michigan House of Representatives may soon vote into law a bill that would change Public Act 4 and make it easier for the governor to appoint and reappoint emergency managers who have dictatorial powers over local units of government in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=olumba4hope.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8382529&amp;post=363&amp;subd=olumba4hope&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>State legislator, community calls for investigation of Wayne County Executive</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Michigan Citizen By Zenobia Jeffries DETROIT — Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano and his administration will not only be investigated by the FBI, but the county executive and three of his officials may have their law licenses revoked. On Oct. 19, Attorney Leland McRae, on behalf of State Rep. John Olumba, filed complaints with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=olumba4hope.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8382529&amp;post=355&amp;subd=olumba4hope&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thank-You, Call Your Michigan Rep. urging their support of HR 139</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Olumba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you everyone for the support and prayers that are lifting my family and I up. Yet, there is another step you can take to support this effort – CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IN LANSING or WRITE ON THEIR FACEBOOK WALL urging them to support *HOUSE RESOLUTION 139 Click Here to find YOUR MICHIGAN Rep. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=olumba4hope.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8382529&amp;post=351&amp;subd=olumba4hope&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmaker seeks AG probe of Wayne County severance payout</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Olumba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Turkia Awada Mullin has agreed to return the $200,000 severance payment. The Detroit News By Kathleen Gray State Rep. John Olumba, D-Detroit, wants to cut out the middle man and have the Attorney General’s office begin an immediate investigation of questionable payments and practices in Wayne County. The hearing today in the House Oversight, Reform [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=olumba4hope.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8382529&amp;post=328&amp;subd=olumba4hope&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are Lansing Democrats placing loyalty to Bob Ficano, Wayne County machine above loyalty to organized labor?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Olumba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MLive.com By Jeff  T. Wattrick: 10/18/2011 You can tell just how rotten a political/civic class is by their ability to obfuscate and equivocate on behalf of things that are so obviously wrong. That explains why some people are trying so hard to spin on behalf of Team Ficano in the wake of the Turkia Mullin [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=olumba4hope.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8382529&amp;post=315&amp;subd=olumba4hope&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit lawmaker to push for probe of severance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Detroit News By Christine MacDonald and Mike Wilkinson: 10/18/2011 Detroit —State Rep. John Olumba says he&#8217;ll push forward today on his resolution requesting Attorney General Bill Schuette investigate a Wayne County severance scandal, even without backing of fellow Democrats. Olumba is expected to make his case to the Oversight, Reform and Ethics committee meeting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=olumba4hope.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8382529&amp;post=308&amp;subd=olumba4hope&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: Wayne severance scandal requires deeper review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Olumba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Postdated letter makes it appear as if someone was trying to hide the true facts The Detroit News Editorial: 10/18/2011 The more that trickles out from the Wayne County severance scandal, the more questions are raised. Bob Ficano is doing a terrible job of answering those questions and may be making the classic political mistake [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=olumba4hope.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8382529&amp;post=306&amp;subd=olumba4hope&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thank-You, Call Your Michigan Rep. urging their support of HR 139</title>
		<link>http://olumba4hope.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/thank-you-call-your-michigan-rep-urging-their-support-of-hr-139-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Olumba</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you everyone for the support and prayers that are lifting my family and I up. Yet, there is another step you can take to support this effort – CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IN LANSING or WRITE ON THEIR FACEBOOK WALL urging them to support HOUSE RESOLUTION 139 Click Here to find YOUR MICHIGAN Rep. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=olumba4hope.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8382529&amp;post=279&amp;subd=olumba4hope&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ficano suspends two in severance flap; commissioners still upset</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Detroit News By Mike Wilkinson: 10/15/2011 Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano suspended two top aides and let go a contract employee Friday over their handling of a controversial $200,000 severance, but his apology did little to quell the furor. Despite weeks of claiming that a contract guaranteeing former economic development director Turkia Mullin a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=olumba4hope.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8382529&amp;post=277&amp;subd=olumba4hope&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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