SAGINAW, MI — Eight former members of the Saginaw City Council in a letter urged their still-in-power successors to draft and pass a resolution that would remove from her elected position Saginaw City Councilwoman Monique Lamar-Silvia, who awaits sentencing on election fraud felonies.

Dated Monday, Aug. 11, organizers said the letter was sent via email to Saginaw City Hall officials and the council hours before the council’s public meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. that same day at Andersen Enrichment Center, 120 Ezra Rust in Saginaw.

The letter is the latest chapter in a political scandal that began last summer for Lamar-Silvia, first elected to office in 2020.

A jury on June 27 found Lamar-Silvia guilty on four counts — including three felony counts — tied to the case. Election officia

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