Elections

Published July 23, 2019

Bloomfield Township proposes police and fire special assessment district

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Voters will have the chance to approve or scrap a 2.3-mill special assessment district plan that would bring extra money into the township’s coffers to fund police and fire services in the face of the growing cost of post-employment benefit obligations.

Published July 19, 2019

Warren Weekly

Warren voters to decide mayoral, clerk, City Council candidates

WARREN — In the Warren Weekly’s coverage area, voters will decide during the Aug. 6 primary election which candidates for mayor, clerk and City Council in Warren will move on to the November general election. Two candidates will advance for each seat up for election.

Published July 19, 2019

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

St. Clair Shores asking voters to help pay for police, fire and roads

ST. CLAIR SHORES — St. Clair Shores voters have two millage proposals to consider on the Aug. 6 ballot, one to help pay for road construction and the other to help pay for the Police and Fire departments.

Published July 19, 2019

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

St. Clair Shores voters to decide City Council candidates, city millages

ST. CLAIR SHORES — In the St. Clair Shores Sentinel’s coverage area, voters will decide during the Aug. 6 primary election which six candidates for City Council will move on to the November general election.

Published July 9, 2019

Rochester Post

Library cancels proposed millage increase request

ROCHESTER HILLS — The Rochester Hills Public Library no longer plans to ask voters to approve a millage hike in November that officials previously said would help put the library on solid financial footing.

Published July 9, 2019

West Bloomfield Beacon

Temporary polling locations announced for special election in West Bloomfield

WEST BLOOMFIELD — There’s a special election in West Bloomfield Township next month, which officials say is critically important to funding nearly 70 percent of the police officers, firefighters, paramedics and 911 dispatchers in the community. The same election will also decide the continued development of the township’s safety path.

A motion was passed at the June 19 Macomb County Board of Commissioners meeting to forward consideration of a resolution authorizing millage election for a new county jail to the July 18 Records and Public Safety Committee meeting.

Published July 8, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Millage verbiage raises questions

MACOMB COUNTY — How should a millage proposal be worded?

Published July 1, 2019

Rochester Post

Candidates to vie for two Rochester Hills City Council, at-large seats

ROCHESTER HILLS — The Aug. 6 primary election is drawing near, and a couple of Rochester Hills City Council seats are up for grabs. Six candidates in August will be narrowed down to four, who will compete in November for two four-year, at-large City Council seats.

Published July 1, 2019

Woodward Talk

Pleasant Ridge votes to put library millage on November ballot

HUNTINGTON WOODS/PLEASANT RIDGE — At its most recent meeting, the Pleasant Ridge City Commission approved placing a library millage on the upcoming November ballot. The commission approved the millage proposal at its June 11 meeting; it will ask residents to vote on the renewal of its library millage for up to 0.5 mills in the Nov. 5 election.

Published June 27, 2019

Warren Weekly

Stevens announces mayoral write-in campaign

WARREN — The courts have declared Scott Stevens ineligible to run for City Council, along with three other longtime incumbents. But while the deadline to file to run for election to other city offices has long passed, Stevens is now eyeing a write-in campaign for mayor.

Published June 10, 2019

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

Lakeview looking to ask voters for bond issue

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Stating that a new bond would address needed improvements without increasing taxes, Lakeview Public Schools has begun the process needed to bring a bond issue before voters in November.

Published June 10, 2019

Warren Weekly

Removing names from ballot goes to court

WARREN — Candidate names were on the ballot, off for a few days, and now back on. As the Warren Weekly went to press on June 6, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to reverse a decision that the names of four candidates for the Warren City Council will appear on the August ballot.

Published May 13, 2019

Warren Weekly

Candidates with felonies to remain on elections list

WARREN — They were on the list of candidates for the primary election when they filed to run for office ahead of the April 23 deadline. Then they were off the list amid legal questions about whether candidates with felony records can run for city office in the first place, according to a provision of the Warren charter.

School officials said Walled Lake Western High School will receive major upgrades through the bond. Overall, 22 buildings will see much-needed improvements, officials said.

Published May 9, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Major bond issue passes in Walled Lake schools

Voters in the Walled Lake Consolidated Schools district approved a $316 million bond at the polls May 7.

New Haven Community Schools employees and Macomb Township residents Stephanie Acker and Kelly See participate in the special election May 7. The school district's bond proposal passed by 10 votes.

Published May 8, 2019

Macomb Township Chronicle

School proposal passes by 10 votes in New Haven

New Haven Community Schools may now proceed with its bond plan after a proposal passed by 10 votes.

Published May 8, 2019

Warren Weekly

Fitzgerald Public Schools bond passes in Warren

WARREN — Improvements in both security features and energy efficiency — along with remodeled classrooms and updated technology — are on the horizon for Fitzgerald Public Schools thanks to the successful passing of a $46.7 million bond proposal May 7.

Published May 7, 2019

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Students save Clinton Township taxpayers thousands

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — A six-year project has culminated in the savings of thousands of Clinton Township residents’ tax dollars.

Published May 1, 2019

Warren Weekly

Duzyj remains on candidate list sent to county

WARREN — Rumors of Andrey Duzyj’s demise as a candidate for the Warren city clerk job were greatly exaggerated.

Published April 26, 2019

Warren Weekly

Fitzgerald bond issue to appear on May 7 ballot

WARREN — Taxpayers in the Fitzgerald Public Schools district will have the opportunity to vote on a bond proposal May 7. At the Feb. 11 FPS Board of Education meeting, the school board voted 7-0 to place a $46.7 million bond proposal on the May 7 election ballot that, if passed, would generate money from the district’s taxpayers to fund projects throughout the district.

Published April 26, 2019

Warren Weekly

Late legal opinion, filing adds intrigue to Warren clerk race

WARREN/CENTER LINE — An opinion from Warren’s city attorney about a charter provision that would seemingly bar holders of county or school district offices from qualifying to run for elected local positions did not sit well with one candidate in the clerk’s race.