TRAVERSE CITY (AP) -- The Grand Traverse County prosecutor has declined to charge Meijer Inc. employees and officers as part of an investigation into whether the retailer broke campaign finance laws.
Alan Schneider says he doesn't have enough evidence to prove anyone at Meijer knowingly violated the law when the Grand Rapids company secretly funded a 2007 attempt to recall the Acme Township Board over a zoning dispute. Meijer had been arguing with local officials over its plans for a store.
The Associated Press left a message Monday with Meijer attorney John Pirich.
Schneider told the Traverse City Record-Eagle on Friday that campaign finance law allows criminal prosecution only for a knowing violation.
The Michigan Supreme Court earlier this year dismissed an appeal that in part would have prevented Schneider from investigating the matter.
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