Volunteers at animal rescue shocked by return of abused horse
Outcry shifts from Clinton County to Attorney General
Strike at Henry Ford Health Genesys Hospital reaches 12th day; Teamsters say talks set for Wednesday
BY GARY ANDERSON
CCN Staff Writer
GRAND BLANC TOWSHIP (CCN) — Nurses were walking the picket line for a 12th straight day Friday (Sept. 12, 2025) in Grand Blanc Township as Teamsters Local 333's Dan Glass revealed that his team went back to the bargaining table to resume negotiations two days earlier.
They also met Friday which was the first
BY GARY ANDERSON
CCN Staff Writer
GRAND BLANC TOWSHIP (CCN) — Nurses were walking the picket line for a 12th straight day Friday (Sept. 12, 2025) in Grand Blanc Township as Teamsters Local 333's Dan Glass revealed that his team went back to the bargaining table to resume negotiations two days earlier.
They also met Friday which was the first time since the strike was called on Labor Day morning.
The union had given Henry Ford Health officials a 10-day notice to settle by Labor Day.
Glass said his members want better nurse-to-patient ratios along with better pay and benefits.
Henry Ford Health officials say they lost more than $50 million last year.
PHOTO CAPTION: Pictured above this story is a shot of nurses being joined on the picket line at Henry Ford Heath's Genesys Hospital by young people and their parents not related to them.
Mundy Twp. Supervisor Jennifer Arrand Stainton turns to prominent local lawyer Paul Scott for more help
Mundy Twp. Supervisor Jennifer Arrand Stainton turns to prominent local lawyer Paul Scott for more help
BY MIKE KILLBREATH
CCN Executive Editor
MUNDY TWP. (CCN) — Mundy Township's Jennifer Arrand Stainton was sworn in as the first Republican Supervisor since 1912 in her hard-core Democrat community.
But more than 10 months later, she's complaining that she hasn't been allowed to perform her statutory duties by two two long-time top members
BY MIKE KILLBREATH
CCN Executive Editor
MUNDY TWP. (CCN) — Mundy Township's Jennifer Arrand Stainton was sworn in as the first Republican Supervisor since 1912 in her hard-core Democrat community.
But more than 10 months later, she's complaining that she hasn't been allowed to perform her statutory duties by two two long-time top members of the administration — Township Manager Chad Young and Township Attorney Jack Belzer. She's also had on-going friction with others who serve on the Board of Trustees.
She has now turned again to prominent attorney Paul Scott of Grand Blanc for help.
Scott represented her early in her first term when the board called a special meeting to discuss how several alleged that she spoke to the Flint City Council without noting that she was speaking for herself, not her board members.
"They wanted me terminated to get rid of me," she recalled. "Paul Scott had a talk with Jack Belzer and made him publicly admit I had a right under the first amendment to free speech. You think he would have offered up that if I didn't hire Paul Scott?"
Scott issued a recent letter to Belzer and Supervisor Stainton took exception with one of the responses from the township's chief legal counsel.
"He referred to Chad Young as the Township Superintendent and no such authorization for that title was ever voted on by the board," Stainton said. "The statute requires elected officials to sign over statutory duties and I have not done that, yet Chad is doing my duties."
Scott's letter to Belzer noted how his client was not allowed to sign documents from a Board of Review meeting.
"I went to the meeting in person and they wouldn't let me sign the documents," she said. "Then they later came to me, wanting my signature for a meeting where I didn't even get to vote, let alone do my statutory duty to sign. Chad (Young) told me it was a misunderstanding that previous Supervisors had done it that way."
Belzer's letter said, "Although Mr. Young has the title of Township Manager, he is in fact a Township Superintendent, given the position pursuant to MCL 42.10. That statute does not require any approval from the Supervisor for him to perform those duties as set forth in that statute and pursuant to the contract he has with the Township."
No videos of the meetings are posted online at the Mundy Township web site from the previous discussions about Young's contract.
The Daily Gazette obtained a copy of the contract, however, and it clearly identifies Young as the Township Manager. Section 1 reads: "TERM: The Township agrees to employ and the Employee accepts employment as the Township Manager subject to termination pursuant to paragraphs 12 and 13 of this Agreement."
It was signed by Young with Clerk Cory Bostwick and former Township Supervisor Tonya Ketzler six days after voters elected Stainton by more than 500 votes in her race with Democrat Ketzler. Bostwick is also a Democrat. The board also approved a clause as noted in the aforementioned reference to paragraph 12 which requires a two-thirds majority of the new board members to fire Young and awarded him one year of salary as severance pay if he's terminated. Young was also given a pay raise to $107,500 annually.
Fellow Republicans Leah Davis, Zack Sack and Kyle Ward won seats as Trustees in November when Stainton endorsed them. Secretary Bostwick, her fellow Democrat Trustee Mark Gorton and Republican Ward were the only board members who were re-elected.
While Stainton won by a landslide, Trustees Sack and Ward had closer races and Trustee Davis wasn't far behind the new Supervisor with her vote total because they went door-to-door together during the campaign.
Trustee Davis has been a strong supporter of Stainton since they joined the board and she has only occasionally opposed the new Supervisor's votes on issues. Trustees Sack and Ward have only occasionally sided with Stainton despite being fellow Republicans. Democrat Trustee Gorton, Democrat Clerk Bostwick and Republican Treasurer Danelle Barker.have mostly opposed Stainton's positions.
Stainton points to Sack, Barker and Bostwick as her biggest opponents who she says they "rubber stamp" Manager Young's resolutions. "They have four votes who just go along with whatever Chad wants," she alleged.
"They hate me and I hate them," she said in summing up the conflict on the board and with Township Attorney Belzer and Township Manager Young.
Young works for the Township Board of Trustees, and Stainton insists, however, that he has "too much power." She questions if it was legal how the out-going board gave him a new contract during their final days in office. "They made it harder for us to fire him," she said. "I don't think it was legal but our Township Attorney, Mr. Belzer didn't see it that way and allowed it."
Belzer has also been under fire often by Supervisor Stainton and Trustee Davis for legal decisions they've questioned.
Trustee Davis made a motion but her motion got no support at the last board meeting for the township to pay the legal bills for her and Stainton after they were recently cleared of any wrong-doing in an investigation by Nancy Chinonis from the Flint law firm of Cline, Cline and Griffin. Supervisor Stainton told The Morning Gazette Radio Show listeners Wednesday (Sept. 9, 2025) on Metro Flint News/Talk Radio that the legal bills for Chinonis and Belzer added up to nearly $20,000 in expenses to the township taxpayers when included costs for a consulting firm to offer training for township board members. She said Trustees Ward and Sack did not attend.
Stainton said she wants all the money returned to the township and said Township Manager Young should reimburse the taxpayers.
"I was just sitting in my vehicle, eating a Jimmy John's sandwich," she said. "I was doing nothing wrong, yet the township taxpayers must pay almost $20,000. It's just wrong."
Stainton admitted under questioning during her interview Wednesday (Sept. 9, 2025) on The Morning Gazette Radio Show that she believes Young and Belzer should be fired but said she "doesn't have the votes" to terminate him yet.
PHOTO CAPTION: PIctured above this story is Mundy Township Supervisor Jennifer Arrand Stainton who has been involved in on-going friction with other board members and Township Manager Chad Young and Township Attorney Jack Belzer.
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Genesee County partners to put on annual Armed Forces Resource Rally at Atwood Stadium in Flint
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LaFontaine Automotive Group celebrates official grand opening of LaFontaine Ford in Mundy Township
Nobody talking despite rumors flying about sale of Genesee Valley Center in Flint Twp.
Jonanne Fabrics closing 300 stores including in Burton at Courtland Center, Flint Twp on Miller Road
Long-time owners of BJ's Bar in Burton announce sale of iconic bar with dancing sandwiches mural
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MFNT microphones headed for Battle of Burton between Bentley & Bendle for GAC top spot, Metro League opener between Fenton & Flushing
MFNT microphones headed for Battle of Burton between Bentley & Bendle for GAC top spot, Metro League opener between Fenton & Flushing
Metro Flint News/Talk Radio will broadcast Friday's big high school football game in the City of Burton! Larry Coleman will bring you the action with a 7 o'clock kick-off at Bentley between the host Bulldogs. Both won their Genesee Area Conference openers last week. Our tape delay game will be in Fenton between the host Tigers and the Flu
Metro Flint News/Talk Radio will broadcast Friday's big high school football game in the City of Burton! Larry Coleman will bring you the action with a 7 o'clock kick-off at Bentley between the host Bulldogs. Both won their Genesee Area Conference openers last week. Our tape delay game will be in Fenton between the host Tigers and the Flushing Raiders in a Metro League opener with Tim Crow doing play-by-play.
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Volunteers at animal rescue shocked by Clinton County Prosecutor's decision to return abused horse
Our Executive Editor Mike Killbreath shares a story above you need to share with everyone you know!
Our Life Styles Section has a column that started our campaign to get RC back home at Horses Haven which is an animal rescue in Howell. The horse above was nearly frozen to the ground and had to be put down when Clinton Co
Our Executive Editor Mike Killbreath shares a story above you need to share with everyone you know!
Our Life Styles Section has a column that started our campaign to get RC back home at Horses Haven which is an animal rescue in Howell. The horse above was nearly frozen to the ground and had to be put down when Clinton County Animal Control seized RC from the property where both horses suffered terrible abuse. Clinton County Prosecutor Tony Spagnuolo reached a plea deal with the abuser. State law requires up to 10 years in prison for animal abuse but Prosecutor Spagnuola reached a plea deal that included returning the horse to the abuser.
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