LANSING — Weeks after a music video was filmed at a Lansing fire station, prompting a two-month internal investigation, Mayor Andy Schor signed an executive order banning private, commercial filming on city property.
The music video for female singer P.B. Yanna was posted to YouTube on Sept. 13, nearly two weeks after the city began “fielding questions and concerns” about it from residents and city employees, including some “present at the time of filming,” according to a memo summarizing the investigation that the city provided to the State Journal.
However, it’s unclear who sanctioned the filming. The internal investigation found that someone in the Lansing Fire Department approved the use of Fire Station 1, but does not include the name or rank of anyone involved in the decision. Scott Bean, a spokesperson for the city, did not answer the State Journal’s question about who specifically signed off…