Despite taking the oath of office for a second term, a Michigan county commissioner is unlikely to meet in person with his constituents.
Mark Brant, a Monroe County commissioner who was reelected on November 5th, will shortly be sent to a federal jail. According to the Republican, he will receive a salary of about $15,000. He has no plans to step down.
Brant told the Detroit Free Press, “My phone will be available while I’m away.” “My communications will be taken by someone I have. Additionally, my colleagues board members have offered to take care of any complaints from my constituents that I am unable to.”
Brant was given an 18-month prison sentence in September, but his actual term will be shorter. He entered a guilty plea to permitting marijuana to be grown on his property in southeast Michigan for distribution in Ohio across the border.
“Mr. Brant is not a drug kingpin,” asserted defense lawyer Vincent Haisha in a court document. “His involvement in the marijuana business, and consequently his admitted crime, was merely a small factor of his professional life.”
A few weeks after his sentencing, Brant, who had served as a county commissioner since 2012, resigned on October 1. However, he received 91% of the vote for a second four-year term, and his name was still on the ballot for the election on November 5.
Bill LaVoy, a local, asked the Monroe News, “How can someone represent the people of Monroe County from a prison cell while not living in the area you are supposed to represent?”
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