Wednesday, February 20, 2013
The Oakland County commissioners that serve Bloomfield and Beverly Hills, and West Bloomfield Police Chief Mike Patton will join the first of three panel discussions.
The Oakland County Board's Public Service committee will host a public hearing Feb. 26 featuring panelists speaking on the topic of gun violence. The event is the first in a three-part series of special public hearings spearheaded by County Commissioners Bill Dwyer (R-Farmington Hills) and Commissioner Marcia Gershenson (D-Bloomfield Township). The leaders formed a bipartisan group to study the gun registration process, especially as it relates to mental health. Dwyer, a former Farmington Hills Police Chief, said the first event panelists include Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe, Executive Director of the Chiefs of Police Bob Stevenson, former Police Chief of Livonia, and West Bloomfield Police Chief Mike Patton. According to a …
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Incumbent Oakland County commissioners officially begin to represent their new districts.
It didn't have the pomp and circumstance of the Presidential Inauguration, but the Oakland County Commissioners recently also took the oaths of office in a smaller ceremony to start 2013. After taking the official oath, Commissioner Shelley Goodman Taub, R-District 12, was named Oakland County Board of Commissioners Caucus Republican Chairperson. Her district includes Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills, and Birmingham. Marcia Gershenson, D-District 13, will serve as Democratic Caucus Chairperson of the board. Her district includes Bloomfield Township, West Bloomfield Township and Farmington Hills. Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown administered the oath in the commission chambers in Pontiac. Chief Circuit Court Judge Nanci Grant said the …
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The incumbents are part of Oakland County's new 21-member board.
The Oakland County Board of Commissioners' Inaugural Swearing-In Ceremony begins at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Auditorium in Pontiac. The Bloomfield-area representatives who will begin serving two-year terms of office are: Marcia Gershenson, D-District 13, which includes Bloomfield Township, West Bloomfield Township and Farmington Hills. Shelley Goodman Taub, R-District 12, which includes Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills, and Birmingham. Bill Dwyer, R-District 14, which includes Franklin, Beverly Hills, Bingham Farms and Farmington Hills. Also participating in the ceremony will be Oakland County Chief Circuit Court Judge Nanci Grant, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard, and new Oakland County …
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Friday, October 5, 2012
Democrat Marcia Gershenson and Republican Al Zaparackas are vying for the newly drawn district, which includes portions of Farmington Hills, West Bloomfield and Bloomfield Township.
This is one in a series of articles on a three-hour candidate forum held Tuesday at Farmington Hills city hall. The event was hosted by the Council of Homeowners Associations, the League of Women Voters Oakland Area (LWVOA) and the City of Farmington Hills Committee to Increase Voter Participation. A long-time Farmington Hills resident and an incumbent county commissioner held one of the most civil exchanges during a Tuesday candidate forum held at Farmington Hills city hall. Republican Al Zaparackas and County Commissioner Marcia Gershenson (D-17th District), who are vying to represent citizens in the newly drawn 13th District, answered questions on a wide range of topics, occasionally finding common ground. The new district includes …
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
In the wake of L. Brooks Patterson's Aug. 10 accident, county officials discuss who is in charge while he recovers. Some commissioners say they feel like they are being kept in the dark; Patterson's representative says he's focusing on the 'big picture.'
While Oakland County executive L. Brooks Patterson is recovering from injuries sustained in a crash last month, his deputy is running the day-to-day show, Patterson's spokesman said Wednesday. Gerald Poisson, chief deputy county executive is running day-to-day operations in Oakland County government, according to Bill Mullan, Patterson's media and communications officer, while the county executive recovers at a private location. Patterson has not given a media interview or made a personal appearance since the auto accident in August. He was not wearing a seatbelt and sustained injuries to his hip, leg, ankle, five ribs and both wrists in the Aug. 10 crash. His spokespeople have said he is rehabilitating in an undisclosed location after …
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Approximately 100 turned out to hear from activists, elected officials, and industry experts on the controversial issue involving natural gas underneath area waterways.
PONTIAC — Three hundred, twenty-two thousand, six hundred and nine. Activist LuAnne Kozma won't deny that it's a lot of signatures required to get her favored proposal for a statewide ban on hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," on the Nov. 2014 ballot, but after a special town hall meeting on the subject, she feels optimistic. "I don't think we can rely on the current state government, or frankly, the future government to do this. It's a power that we, the people, have, and we need to do this for ourselves and future generations," said Kozma, the campaign director of the Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan. Approximately 100 turned out to the Oakland County Commissioners Auditorium Wednesday night to learn more on the subject and to …
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Twelve of the first African-American military aviators, including Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr. of Bloomfield Hills, recount their legacy at the Oakland County Board of Commissioners meeting in Pontiac on Wednesday.
Sixty-six years ago, William Fuller Jr. returned home to Detroit after serving three years in the U.S. Air Force as a pilot in the 302d Fighter Squadron. As part of the group of the first African-American aviators in the U.S. military, popularly known as the Tuskegee Airmen, he had had to deal with racial segregation and discrimination in training before eventually flying with distinction. Fuller was part of a group of 12 surviving Tuskegee Airmen living in Metro Detroit honored by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners at its meeting Wednesday in Pontiac. Tuskegee Airmen refers to all the people who were involved in the so-called "Tuskegee Experiment," the Army Air Corps program that began in 1941 to train African Americans to fly …
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said he expects the Ingham Circuit Court ruling to be overturned by the state Supreme Court.
The fight over Oakland County redistricting continued Wednesday, as an Ingham Circuit Court judge ruled that a state law which would have allowed Republicans to redraw district lines and reduce the number of county commissioners is unconstitutional. Judge William Collette ruled the law unconstitutional because it would impose an unfunded mandate for taxpayers who would have to bear the cost of redoing the redistricting, The Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday. It also wouldn't provide enough time for review of a new map before candidates had to file by May 15 to run for office. The bill, which was signed by Gov. Rick Snyder in December amid controversy, would reduce the number of Oakland County commissioners from 25 to 21. It also allows…
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
County Executive L. Brooks Patterson says Democrats who oppose the new law should 'get over it.'
Gov. Rick Snyder has reportedly signed a controversial bill that could overturn a map drawn by an Oakland County committee charged with redrawing districts after the 2010 Census. Quoted in the Detroit Free Press, Snyder spokeswoman Sara Wurfel said the governor signed the bill because it "brings greater transparency to the process" by ensuring that only elected officials participate in redrawing boundaries after the dececennial census. The new law puts the board of commissioners in charge of drawing new districts in counties with a population more than 1 million and an optional unified form of government with an elected county executive. Wayne County also meets the population threshold, but has a charter form of government, so Oakland is…
Monday, December 19, 2011
The Bloomfield/Birmingham commissioner said he will pursue an appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court.
Redistricting for Oakland County commissioners won approval in the Legislature and the endorsement of County Executive L. Brooks Patterson last week. But one commissioner faced with a potentially difficult re-election said he will seek court intervention before the campaign starts. David Potts (R-Birmingham) said he intends to appeal a recent ruling by an appellate court that dismissed claims of gerrymandering to create partisan districts. "The case will be appealed to the state Supreme Court, and there are some interesting things coming," Potts told the Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees at its final meeting of the year last week. He may have been referring to the walkout by seven of 10 Democrat commissioners at Thursday's meeting. …
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