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Freed said he spoke to Moss on Wednesday — the day after his interview, but one day before the executive search committee met — which could be an Open Meetings Act violation.
Just hours after Ottawa County announced it had narrowed down its county administrator to two finalists, one of them publicly withdrew from the process.
Ottawa County is inching toward appointing a new county administrator — its fifth in the past two years.
Cramer’s lawsuit claimed Moss endorsed “a particular set of religious beliefs and excluded a particular set of religious beliefs" and therefore "discriminated against certain religious beliefs."
Residents are inching closer to having that information made public, as the Michigan Court of Appeals granted a motion filed in February by The Sentinel to unseal testimony from Clerk Justin Roebuck.
In the general election, Jorritsma earned 6,556 to Kleinjans’ 6,319 — a difference of just 237 votes.
Two West Michigan authors have produced separate projects that explore the intersection of faith and politics in today’s cultural and political climate.
“The process your consultant tried to lay out was one that was legally dubious ... and obviously designed to circumvent Michigan’s sunshine laws."
On Oct. 30, Adrea Hill and Luke Sanner sued in Ottawa County’s 20th Circuit Court claiming Freedom of Information Act requests they filed respectively were not fulfilled adequately by the county.
