A2: Governor’s Race

Crain’s Detroit Business publishes an Associated Press report that looks at a 2008 audit of Ann Arbor Spark in the context of Rick Snyder’s bid for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. “Yet while Snyder boasts on his website of Spark’s success at attracting talent and investment to the Ann Arbor area, a 2008 audit of the organization’s 2007-08 contract with the Ann Arbor-Yspilanti SmartZone Local Development Finance Authority found that SPARK didn’t have adequate internal controls, submitted invoices late, provided services for companies that weren’t eligible because they weren’t in Ann Arbor and billed for services even when they hadn’t fulfilled the contract’s terms.” Snyder co-founded Spark and served on its board at the time. [Source]