James Richard Fouts (born August 8, 1942)[1] is an American politician who served as the mayor of Warren, Michigan from 2007 to 2023.
Prior to election to public office, he spent his career as an educator, teaching government, political science, and psychology in the Warren Consolidated School District.
[17][19] The defendants failed to respond to the lawsuit, and in 2015 the federal court ordered that the reason station "be allowed to operate on terms not less favorable than the terms granted to the 'Prayer Station' currently allowed in the atrium space" and entered a $100,000 judgment against the city and Fouts for costs, damages and attorney fees.
[22][23] In March 2016, Fouts claimed that he was asked by security at the Democratic presidential debate in Flint to refrain from showing excessive enthusiasm for Bernie Sanders, and that he was threatened with ejection.
[27] In response, Hackel provided a series of audio recordings to the media, that he claimed to have received from unidentified sources, allegedly of Fouts making derogatory comments.
[31][32] In April 2020, Fouts directed the Warren Police to not enforce the provision of Governor Gretchen Whitmer's executive order on COVID-19 banning commercial lawn services.
Fouts stated the lack of lawn maintenance would lead to higher numbers of mosquitoes and rodents and be a health hazard and that it is an essential service.
Fouts won his re-election to the City's Mayoral office by an extremely large margin over challenger Karen Spranger.
Fouts won his re-election to the City's Mayoral office by an extremely large margin over challenger Kathy J. Vogt.