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<title>Traverse City Record-Eagle--Meijer-Acme Township Dispute</title>
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<pubdate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:40:59 +0000</pubdate>
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 <title>Meijer project in Acme is in limbo</title>
  <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_024074158.html</link>
  <description>Acme Township representatives and The Village at Grand Traverse developers continue to sort through plans for a Meijer store along M-72, almost six months after the proposal was submitted.</description>
  
  
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<pubdate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:35:59 +0000</pubdate>
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 <title>Supreme Court ruling limits Meijer probe</title>
  <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_022073710.html</link>
  <description>The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uncap limits on corporate political contributions won't derail an investigation into Meijer Inc.'s alleged criminal violations of Michigan campaign law.</description>
  
  
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<pubdate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:04:00 +0000</pubdate>
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 <title>12:05 pm: Court ruling won't halt Meijer probe</title>
  <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_021120543.html</link>
  <description>A U.S. Supreme Court's decision to lift caps on corporate political spending in federal elections could limit -- but not cripple -- a criminal probe in Grand Traverse County.</description>
  
  
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<pubdate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:50:58 +0000</pubdate>
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 <title>Prosecutor delays Meijer Inc. probe</title>
  <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_006075055.html</link>
  <description>Grand Traverse County Prosecutor Alan Schneider said Tuesday he believes he wrongly interpreted court rules when he discussed his pending investigation for a story in Tuesday's Record-Eagle.</description>
  
  
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<pubdate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:50:57 +0000</pubdate>
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 <title>Ruling could stall Meijer investigation</title>
  <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_006075101.html</link>
  <description>If the U.S. Supreme Court court strikes down a Michigan ban on corporate funding of elections, it would eliminate a local prosecutor's pursuit of felony charges against Meijer officials for allegedly authorizing corporate expenditures in a 2007 recall election.</description>
  
  
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<pubdate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:45:00 +0000</pubdate>
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 <title>11:45 am: Meijer appeal stalls criminal probe</title>
  <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_005114614.html</link>
  <description>A local prosecutor won't be able to proceed with a criminal probe of state campaign violations committed by Meijer Inc. in Acme Township until the Michigan Supreme Court weighs in on Meijer's appeal of a lower court ruling.</description>
  
  
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<pubdate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:35:59 +0000</pubdate>
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 <title>Meijer appeals ruling allowing prosecution</title>
  <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_005073636.html</link>
  <description>Meijer Inc. will ask the Michigan Supreme Court to halt a criminal investigation into its admitted campaign finance violations in Acme Township.</description>
  
  
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<pubdate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 +0000</pubdate>
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 <title>Appeals court: Meijer can be prosecuted</title>
  <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_326075112.html</link>
  <description>Alan Schneider won this round, but Grand Traverse County&#39;s prosecutor must wait to restart a criminal investigation of campaign finance violations committed by Meijer, Inc.</description>
  
  
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<pubdate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:56:00 +0000</pubdate>
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 <title>Event timeline in the Meijer, Acme saga</title>
  <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_326075122.html</link>
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<pubdate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:09:00 +0000</pubdate>
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 <title>5pm: Prosecutor may pursue Meijer crimes</title>
  <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_325165607.html</link>
  <description>A state appeals court ruled Grand Traverse County's prosecutor may proceed with a probe of Meijer, Inc. for possible criminal violations of Michigan's campaign finance law stemming from a 2007 Acme Township recall election.</description>
  
  
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<pubdate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:00:57 +0000</pubdate>
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 <title>Prosecutor waits for ruling in Meijer case</title>
  <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_291080342.html</link>
  <description>The wait continues for an appellate court decision that could potentially reveal who orchestrated election tampering in Acme Township.</description>
  
  
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<pubdate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:26:00 +0000</pubdate>
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 <title>Boltres settles lawsuit with the Village</title>
  <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_279072201.html</link>
  <description>A secret deal closed the book on a series of lawsuits that for years enmeshed Acme Township public officials and development partners Meijer Inc. and the Village at Grand Traverse LLC. Former Acme Township Treasurer Bill Boltres reached confidential settlements with the Village and Meijer during a closed hearing.</description>
  
  
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<pubdate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:20:58 +0000</pubdate>
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 <title>New process for Acme in Meijer store review</title>
  <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_275072146.html</link>
  <description>New players and a new process will usher in a new-look site plan review for Meijer Inc.'s long-delayed store in Acme Township.</description>
  
  
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<pubdate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:40:57 +0000</pubdate>
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 <title>No settlement in Boltres-Village lawsuit</title>
  <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_273074208.html</link>
  <description>The rancorous lawsuit between former Acme Treasurer Bill Boltres and developers the Village at Grand Traverse LLC will continue after the sides failed to reach a settlement.</description>
  
  
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<pubdate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:15:59 +0000</pubdate>
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 <title>Meijer applies to develop Acme store</title>
  <link>http://www.record-eagle.com/meijer-acme/local_story_246071535.html</link>
  <description>Meijer Inc. is taking another stab at building in Acme Township, five years after the Grand Rapids retailer and a development partner waged a zoning battle with local officials.</description>
  
  
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