State Rep Candidate McCready Omitted from Eccentric Newspaper On Line Election Guide

For Tuesday's Primary Election some local publications have been publishing on line Election Guides. Regrettably some have been lacking in crucial ingredients like all the candidates. The Birmingham Eccentric election guide for the  40th District Race for State Rep  profiles of only three of the four candidates.  Candidate Michael McCready, Endorsed by the Detroit Freee Press, and a long term City Commissioner, Current Mayor Pro Tem (or Vice Mayor) and former Mayor of the City of Bloomfield Hills was omitted .

McCready e-mailed the paper's Editor Greg Kowalski Thursday afternoon to ask about the omission. Friday morning he received an e-mail reply from Mr. Kowalski which said the matter would be looked into. As of 3:15 pm Saturday afternoon the people at the Eccentric, who are looking into it, presumably are still looking and Candidate McCready’s profile has yet to appear. 

Also of note, the candidates profiles that are published  are not listed in alphabetical order, the recognized impartial way of listing. That may seem like a minor point but one’s name on top seems to be of value. In Last Sunday's Eccentric which endorsed candidate Potts, a Sticky Note advertisement for Mr. Potts appeared on the front  page. This writer does not mean to imply any correlation between the endorsement or the ad other than to emphasize the value of getting one's name on top. Mr. Potts may have bought that ad six months ago and there was nothing to prevent (except a prior purchase) anyone else from buying the sticky ad note for that or any edition.

 The State of Michigan also feels who is on top the list as matter of importance For example in Bloomfield Township there are 32 polling places and 4 candidates for the office of State Rep 40th District. Candidate McCready's name will appear first on ballot in the 2nd, 6th, 10th 14th, 18th, 22nd, 26th, and 30th Precincts. Candidates Lawrence, Potts, and Wolkinson will also appear first on eight ballots in the 32  precincts as the candidates’ names cycle through all the positions on the ballots,

 We hope the Eccentric is able to include Mr. McCready in the Election Guide before the actual election and that they list the candidates in alphabetical order which is Lawrence, McCready, Potts, and Wolkinson.

Electronic publication like the Patch or Eccentric's On Line edition where the Election Guide appears can be corrected fairly quickly .