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WHAT WOULD PAT DO? Bay City Academy Superintendent To Go In Front Of 86th...
“At Bay City Academy, we teach students to do the right thing, because it is the right thing to do.”Bay City Academy's mottoIf only that lesson extended to the faltering charter school's...
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COVER-UP CENTRAL: How Grand Traverse Academy Board Members, Attorneys Did...
This report will appear on Friday, November 6. So much fraud...so little time!
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SUBPOENA SHELL GAME: Hide The Peanut! Steven Ingersoll Sentencing Hearing...
Everyone knows it: a small ball is hidden under one of three walnut shells. The operator shuffles the shells around quickly, and a player is made to guess which shell houses the ball. Wagers are...
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COVER-UP CENTRAL: "Willfully Obtuse"-The Bay City Academy Edition
It appears that things may not be cheery at the Bay City Academy.I've examined the claims made in this comment submitted to this blog, and found them troubling.Here's the unedited comment:“None of the...
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NO DEAL! Patrick Cleland's Plea Deal Rejected, Jury Selection Begins November...
Bay City Academy's Pat ClelandBREAKING NEWS! Judge Larry T. Nelson rejected Patrick Cleland's proposed plea deal Tuesday in Leelanau County's 86th District Court, and jury selection for Cleland's...
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'CROOKED CHIROPRACTOR' NEWS: Robert Buckhannon's Federal Fraud Trial Pushed...
It looks like Robert Buckhannon, faux piddle testing mogul and former co-owner of Battle Creek, Michigan hot spot, the On Deck Sports Bar, will be enjoying a few more months of freedom before he dives...
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WATCHDOGS VS. LAPDOGS: SEC Investigation Of Dow CEO and President Andrew...
You won't read any of these details in the p-whipped Midland Daily News, but Reuters has done a stunning job with its investigation of Dow CEO Andrew Liveris and the allegations of his misspending. The...
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AN ALTERNATE VERSION OF REALITY: The Story (Nearly) Everyone Missed. How The...
Miss Fortune looks back at the Traverse City Record-Eagle's coverage of Steven Ingersoll and the Grand Traverse Academy — and finds lots of puffery but very few facts.Coming soon!
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STEVEN INGERSOLL SENTENCING SET FOR DECEMBER 8, 2015: Ingersoll Ordered To...
Convicted felon Steven Ingersoll has been ordered by U. S. District Judge Thomas L. Ludington to appear on December 8 at 8:30am for sentencing in his tax fraud case.Ingersoll was officially notified...
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GUILTY! Bay City Academy's Pat Cleland Pleads Guilty To Stalking November 9;...
Patrick Cleland, official stalkerYOU WON'T READ THIS ON MLIVE!Less than 24 hours before jury selection was set to begin, the Bay City Academy's former Interim Superintendent Patrick J. Cleland opted...
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ORGANIZED CRIME? Conducting A Charter School Criminal Enterprise
The FBI defines a criminal enterprise as a group of individuals with an identified hierarchy, or comparable structure, engaged in significant criminal activity. These organizations often engage in...
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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CRAIG GIBSON...REALLY?
Miss Fortune takes a look back at fugitive Craig S. Gibson, wanted for felony welfare fraud and reportedly under federal investigation for Medicaid fraud. Named earlier this year by the Northern...
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BEST DRUG REHABILITATION #2? Less Than Three Months After Buying Manistee...
Less than three months after purchasing Manistee, Michigan's former Civic Club Building (located at 900 Vine Street), the facility has already received a State of Michigan license to operate under the...
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'DEF' JAM: Steven Ingersoll's Bay City Academy Has Deficit Fund Balance;...
YOU WON'T READ THIS IN THE BAY CITY TIMES! As I revealed on October 29, the Bay City Academy's 2015 financial report showed the charter school had a significant operating deficit in 2015, resulting in...
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DEFICIT? WHAT DEFICIT? OH, THAT DEFICIT? Unlike Buena Vista Schools, Bay City...
Well, at least we now know who nabbed the job Patrick “The Stalker” Cleland was supposed to get (“It's his job to lose,” said Mitten Educational Management Boy Wonder Brian Lynch, quoted on April 30,...
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STICK A FORK IN THIS: Yes, Another Order In The Steven Ingersoll Case!
Back in early October, a couple cats from Grand Blanc, Daniel Coffield and John Horwath, decided to go slumming in one of Bay City's seedier neighborhoods. On October 5, the duo made an offer to...
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HIGH-PITCHED SQUEALS HEARD FROM AREA FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: What Will Happen...
BAY CITY ACADEMY'S 2016 SHORT-TERM DEBT OBLIGATIONS, BALLOON PAYMENTS EXCEED $2.0 MILLION Hint: it won't be Chemical Bank doing the squealing when the Bay City Academy goes under. The USDA-backed...
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EVEN BIGGER THAN KWAME? Miss Fortune Compares Kwame Kilpatrick And Steven...
During his tenure as Detroit's mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick used cash, derived from a systematic pattern of extortion/bribery/fraud conspiracy, to make deposits into his bank accounts, pay his credit card...
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BAY CITY ACADEMY'S PAT CLELAND GETS TWO YEARS SUPERVISED PROBATION, $1037.50...
Hey, kids! It looks like Mr. Cleland isn't going to jail after all.Sentenced earlier today in Leelanau County's 86th District Court, Patrick J. Cleland did serve one day in jail, will be strictly...
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“THIS DEBT IS A HANGOVER OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE.” Miss Fortune Examines...
“This debt is a hangover of what has happened here.”Michael Randel Mitten Educational Management co-ownerMLive.com, November 20, 2015 Where do I start exposing the hypocrisy, dishonesty, cronyism and...
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