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> FBI seized county records on Career Alliance, Disability Network, among 
> others, according to newly released subpoena
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> Ron Fonger | rfonger1 at mlive.com
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> Ron Fonger | rfonger1 at mlive.com
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> on November 25, 2008 at 9:15 AM, updated November 25, 2008 at 9:16 AM
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> Note: This is an updated version of a story first posted at 4:30 p.m. 
> Monday, Nov. 24, 2008.
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> Flint Journal extras:
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> See below for past articles on this topic.
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> GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan -- Some suspected that FBI agents were looking 
> for documents about Career Alliance Inc. when they raided the county 
> administration
>
> building recently.
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> What few knew until now is that they were also looking for information 
> about the county's oversight of the Disability Network, a nonprofit that 
> had close
>
> ties to Career Alliance.
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> Flint Journal extras
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> What were federal prosecutors looking for?
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> Here are some of the documents taken from Genesee County government 
> offices as result of a federal grand jury subpoena for records:
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>
>
> . All reports detailing money paid to the county for monitoring grants to 
> Career Alliance, the Genesee-Shiawassee Workforce Development Board and 
> the Disability
>
> Network.
>
>
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> . Any documents related to grant funds received by the same three 
> organizations.
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>
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> . Correspondence with any state or federal agency regarding receipt and 
> disbursement of funds on behalf of those groups.
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> . Documents related to the work activities of monitors assigned to the 
> same three groups.
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> Source: Attachment to grand jury subpoena
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> Previous articles on this topic:
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>
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> . Nov. 18, 2008:
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> Career Alliance debt brings political adversaries together to ask state 
> for relief
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>
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> . Oct. 28, 2008:
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> Federal agents deliver subpoena in "raid for records" at Genesee County 
> administration building, Commissioner Archie Bailey says
>
>
>
> . Oct. 9, 2008:
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> Career Alliance debt climbs to more than half-million for improper 
> spending
>
>
>
> . Aug. 27, 2008:
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> High-ranking Flint police called before grand jury in Career Alliance 
> probe
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>
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> . Aug. 7, 2008:
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> Judge rules former Career Alliance president, Pamela Y. Loving, entitled 
> to be paid for remainder of her contract
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>
>
> . July 1, 2008:
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> Flint Super Chief Richard Dicks' security company loses Career Alliance 
> contract
>
>
>
> . June 5, 2008:
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> Father-son appointments - Richard and David Dicks - by Flint Mayor Don 
> Williamson raise questions and may have violated city ordinance
>
>
>
> . June 4, 2008:
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> Here they come: Flint's new top cops Richard and David Dicks cruise 
> streets in personalized Tahoes
>
>
>
> . June 2, 2008:
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> Few details available about new leadership roles of Richard and David 
> Dicks at Flint Police Department
>
>
>
> . June 2, 2008:
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> New interim police chief, David Dicks, finds out his son's been killed 
> minutes after appointment is announced
>
>
>
> . June 2, 2008:
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> Move to put Richard and David Dicks at helm of Flint Police Department 
> draws criticism
>
>
>
> . June 2, 2008:
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> Mayor Don Williamson names Richard Dicks, David Dicks to lead Flint Police 
> Department
>
>
>
> . Feb. 14, 2008:
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> Search of Dicks home tied to Career Alliance probe in Flint
>
>
>
> . Feb. 13, 2008:
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> FBI, police reported at home of Flint fire chief
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>
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> The county has turned over 16 boxes of records to federal prosecutors, 
> partly about Career Alliance, as well as the Disability Network, an 
> advocacy group
>
> for the disabled.
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>
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> FBI agents delivered a grand jury subpoena demanding the information late 
> last month, but the county's top civil attorney and board Chairman Woodrow 
> Stanley
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> would not comment on what investigators were looking for at the time.
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>
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> The county turned over a copy of the subpoena and other documents to The 
> Flint Journal late last week in response to a Freedom of Information Act 
> request.
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>
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> A grand jury has been meeting for months, considering whether crimes were 
> committed at Career Alliance, the nonprofit agency that spends about $20 
> million
>
> in federal funds annually on job training and other programs.
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>
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> The subpoena asked the county for records tied to Career Alliance, the 
> Genesee-Shiawassee Workforce Development Board, and the Disability 
> Network.
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>
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> The Disability Network is headed by Mike Zelley, the former chairman of 
> the Genesee-Shiawassee Workforce Development Board, which provides 
> oversight of
>
> Career Alliance.
>
>
>
> County Controller George Martini said the county had some oversight 
> responsibility for the Disability Network because it has been a Career 
> Alliance subcontractor
>
> in the past.
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>
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> The county is paid with federal funds to oversee Career Alliance spending 
> and cash draw-downs but state regulators have found multiple problems, 
> including
>
> improper spending, despite the oversight.
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>
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> Zelley said Monday that he was "aware of the investigation and (is) fully 
> cooperating with the authorities."
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>
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> "I can't really comment beyond that," he said.
>
>
>
> Zelley resigned as chairman of the Workforce Development Board and the 
> Career Alliance Board of Directors more than a year ago, saying he needed 
> to devote
>
> more time to Disability Network business.
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>
>
> The nonprofit agency describes its mission as promoting freedom, choice, 
> opportunity and equality for people with disabilities through advocacy, 
> education
>
> and employment. It reported revenue, mostly from government grants, of 
> $1.9 million in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2007.
>
>
>
> Serious problems surfaced at Career Alliance before Zelley's departure 
> from the Workforce Development Board, including the shutdowns of two 
> large, problem-plagued
>
> programs -- Amistad Academy and Flint Family Road.
>
>
>
> Zelley previously has said that board members like him were left in the 
> dark by Career Alliance staff, leading to some problems lingering for 
> years.
>
>
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> Although state regulators have questioned potential conflicts of interest 
> between Career Alliance and board members, Zelley has defended past 
> contracts
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> between the Disability Network and Career Alliance as mutually beneficial.
>
>
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> Career Alliance is attempting to rebuild after years of questions from 
> state regulators about improper spending, poor record-keeping and 
> accounting irregularities.
>
>
>
> Barbara Tanase of the U.S. attorney's office in Flint would not comment on 
> the situation when reached Monday.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Terry D. Eagle" <terrydeagle at yahoo.com>
> To: "'joe harcz Comcast'" <joeharcz at comcast.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 12:44 PM
> Subject: RE: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: and who was the chair?
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>> According to the news article the cases were in federal court, so I'd 
>> enjoy
>> knowing who the U.S. attorney was in the prosecution?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net]
>> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 7:28 AM
>> To: terrydeagle at yahoo.com
>> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: and who was the chair?
>>
>> By the way ultimately these individuals were prosecuted by our county
>> prosecuter who even raided the offices of Career Alliance and even The
>> Disability Network for records years ago.
>>
>> Now Mr. Rodgers, and indeed Ass. A.G. Tom Warren used to work in the
>> prosecutors office in Ingham County once upon a time in the long ago 
>> past.
>>
>> You think we might go to them to expose all of the abuses and for
>> prosecution?
>>
>>
>> Or maybe we should just go to the final agency determinator
>> himself....Michael Zimmer....I'm sure he'll be quite objective, fair and
>> totally impartial.
>>
>>
>> Or maybe we should just have an Administrative review of the situation 
>> with
>> someone totally impartial like Beth White or Leemon Jones.
>>
>> Or we could go to the rigged new court of common claims....
>>
>>
>>
>> Lots of options for due process and true justice in all of these 
>> scenarios
>> don't you think?
>>
>>
>> I mean I'm sure they'll all give the blind of Michigan a completely fair,
>> impartial hearing....
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Terry D. Eagle" <terrydeagle at yahoo.com>
>> To: "'joe harcz Comcast'" <joeharcz at comcast.net>
>> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 7:09 AM
>> Subject: RE: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: and who was the chair?
>>
>>
>>> Actually, it has started with LARA with the findings and conclusions of
>>> the
>>> BEP audit.  We just need to catch the attention and ear of someone whom
>>> can
>>> follow the money and the sleeping dogs!  Where are the investigative
>>> reporters today, like Woodward and Bernstein?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net]
>>> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 6:40 AM
>>> To: terrydeagle at yahoo.com; NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: and who was the chair?
>>>
>>> Actually, and most ironically this was all started by a report by of all
>>> folks DELEG for inappropriate expenditures.
>>>
>>> Fat chance of that happening now with LARA.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Terry D. Eagle" <terrydeagle at yahoo.com>
>>> To: "'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 6:23 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: and who was the chair?
>>>
>>>
>>>> My question is who investigated and exposed the theft of funds, and who
>>>> was
>>>> in charge of prosecuting the theft cases.  I have more work for thosre
>>>> individuals on behalf of taxpayers, with a list of thieves to pursue
>>>> within
>>>> state gobernment.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfbmi-talk [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>>>> joe
>>>> harcz Comcast
>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 10:12 AM
>>>> To: nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: and who was the chair?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: joe harcz Comcast
>>>> To: Leigh Campbell-Earl
>>>> Cc: Scott Heinzman ADAPT ; Clark Goodrich ; Laura Hall ; rhon koch
>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 10:11 AM
>>>> Subject: and who was the chair?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And who was the Chair  of Career Alliance while all this was going on?
>>>> Yes,
>>>> J. Michael Zelley chair of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission and 
>>>> long
>>>> time CEO and serial ADA violator, of the Flint based "The Disability
>>>> Network", which is our center for independent living.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Joe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gary Ridley | gridley at mlive.com . Pamela Loving MLive.com file photo
>>>> FLINT,
>>>> MI -- The attorney for the former head of Career Alliance who pleaded
>>>> guilty
>>>>
>>>> to embezzlement has asked a federal judge to spare her from prison 
>>>> time,
>>>> referring to her as an iconic figure in the Flint community. Pamela
>>>> Loving,
>>>> 70,
>>>>
>>>> is set to be sentenced Tuesday, Dec. 3, in Flint U.S. District Court
>>>> after
>>>> pleading guilty in June to embezzling federal funds from the career
>>>> services
>>>>
>>>> agency. Loving, the former president and chief executive officer of
>>>> Career
>>>> Alliance, admitted in court to taking $78,000 from the organization for
>>>> her
>>>>
>>>> personal benefit and to pay for training sessions for people who did 
>>>> not
>>>> work for Career Alliance. A sentencing memorandum submitted to the 
>>>> court
>>>> Wednesday,
>>>>
>>>> Nov. 27, her attorney, Richard Morgan, says that Loving is alleged to
>>>> have
>>>> misappropriated more than $700,000 in funds during her 11 year tenure 
>>>> at
>>>> Career
>>>>
>>>> Alliance, which now goes by the name Genesee/Shiawassee Michigan Works.
>>>> Morgan, who has not commented on Loving's case, claims in the 
>>>> memorandum
>>>> that Loving
>>>>
>>>> used $13,000 of the funds for her own personal use -- used mainly to
>>>> purchase airplane tickets to conferences and possibly taking her 
>>>> husband
>>>> along. "...Ms.
>>>>
>>>> Loving is alleged to have misappropriated funds, again, the amount of
>>>> money
>>>> that one might argue, went directly into her pocket is miniscule in
>>>> comparison
>>>>
>>>> to the amount of money that she had control of, $20 million for over 11
>>>> years amounts to $200 million," Morgan wrote. "Therefore, the 
>>>> allegation
>>>> that she
>>>>
>>>> may have misappropriates for herself $13,000 speaks volumes as to the
>>>> kind
>>>> of person Ms. Loving was. The rest of the money was distributed into
>>>> programs
>>>>
>>>> that "the Department of Labor thought should no longer be funded," 
>>>> Morgan
>>>> claims. Morgan argues in the memorandum that the federal judge should
>>>> issue
>>>> a
>>>>
>>>> sentence that does not call for prison time, but rather probation, home
>>>> confinement or a tether. Loving's plea agreement calls for her to serve
>>>> 10-16 months
>>>>
>>>> in federal prison. "Ms. Loving has paid a dear price for what she
>>>> believed
>>>> to have been a deed to help mankind," Morgan wrote. "As misguided as 
>>>> this
>>>> may
>>>>
>>>> now appear in the daylight, as she was performing her tasks she 
>>>> certainly
>>>> did not see herself as being a criminal or someone that was doing
>>>> something
>>>> inappropriate,
>>>>
>>>> as far as she was concerned. Loving, too, submitted a statement to the
>>>> judge
>>>> asking him to forgo including prison time in her sentence. "I have 
>>>> lived
>>>> my
>>>>
>>>> entire life on behalf of others," Loving said. "Incarceration would be
>>>> very
>>>> difficult for me and my family at age 70. I have no intention of using
>>>> federal
>>>>
>>>> funds for any purpose in the future. Loving has served on the Flint
>>>> school
>>>> board, on the Hurley Board of Managers and the Flint Public Library
>>>> Board.
>>>> "This
>>>>
>>>> is a woman who dedicated her life to the Flint community," Morgan 
>>>> wrote.
>>>> "A
>>>> woman who met the challenges and needs of a diverse population and
>>>> succeeded
>>>>
>>>> in helping and changing many of their lives. Flint Journal records show
>>>> Loving was placed on unpaid administrative leave from her position at
>>>> Career
>>>> Alliance
>>>>
>>>> in 2007 and never returned. She won a $154,000 judgment in 2008 against
>>>> Career Alliance because she claimed her contract had been effectively
>>>> terminated.
>>>>
>>>> County, state and federal investigators reported chronic mismanagement
>>>> and
>>>> improper spending at Career Alliance after a series of Flint Journal
>>>> stories
>>>>
>>>> in 2007 detailed problems at the organization. Career Alliance serves 
>>>> as
>>>> a
>>>> job-training agency for Genesee and Shiawassee counties as well as the
>>>> city
>>>>
>>>> of Flint and is responsible for millions of dollars for employment
>>>> programs.
>>>> Last month, former Flint school board member, Helen Williams was
>>>> sentenced
>>>>
>>>> to two years probation after she pleaded guilty to embezzling funds 
>>>> from
>>>> Career Alliance. Williams served as executive director of Flint Family
>>>> Road,
>>>> an
>>>>
>>>> organization started with the goal of reducing infant deaths by better
>>>> preparing parents to be mothers and fathers, according to Flint Journal
>>>> files. She
>>>>
>>>> admitted in court to falsifying invoices to get money from Career
>>>> Alliance
>>>> contractors for services she never provided. Williams admitted in court
>>>> to
>>>> embezzling
>>>>
>>>> more than $88,000. Williams served on the Flint school board for seven
>>>> years, before resigning in 2001. In a 2008 letter questioning spending 
>>>> at
>>>> Career
>>>>
>>>> Alliance, the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth said it
>>>> had
>>>> been informed Helen Williams was a cousin of Loving and that Family 
>>>> Road
>>>> was
>>>>
>>>> given rent-free space in Career Alliance's Ruether Center. Williams was
>>>> sentenced Oct. 17 by Flint U.S. District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith to 
>>>> also
>>>> pay
>>>> more
>>>>
>>>> than $240,000 in restitution. QB Pittman, Career Alliance's former 
>>>> chief
>>>> Financial officer, was sentenced Oct. 24 in U.S. District Court to one
>>>> year
>>>> probation
>>>>
>>>> ordered to pay $91,321.46 in restitution after Pittman pleaded guilty 
>>>> to
>>>> misapplication of Workforce Investment Act funding. Pittman said in 
>>>> court
>>>> that
>>>>
>>>> he did not directly benefit from the money taken, but also admitted he
>>>> did
>>>> nothing to stop it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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