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Augusta Township treasurer faces Republican challenger in November
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - Augusta Township’s treasurer will face one challenger in the Nov. 5 election. Nine-year incumbent Susan Burek was elected with 51.7% of votes against two candidates in 2020, beating Republican David Frey by 150 votes. She was also elected unopposed in 2016 and appointed for one year in 2011.
Danielle Hoover to run for District 2 commissioner
MONROE — Monroe County Commissioner Mark Brant resigned as chairman and District 2 commissioner and Danielle Hoover of Milan is running for that elected position. On Sept. 11, Brant was sentenced to 18 months in prison by the U.S. District Court for the Northeastern District of Ohio Eastern Division. In March, Brant pled guilty to one federal count of maintaining a drug-involved premise. After his prison term, Brant will serve two years of supervised release, according to court...
Riggs Park grew from homesteaders to farm to part of subdivision deal
Peter Riggs received his large tract of land in southeast Van Buren Township by purchase from the government at $1.25 an acre in 1836, not by a land grant like many of the other pioneers. The Peter Riggs family can be traced to an unnamed ancestor who departed England as...
Editorial: Monroe County’s mess
The Blade Editorial Board has a long history of disdain for political parties unable to field a candidate for a general election office. The sad situation in Monroe County, Michigan, is the latest example of the necessity to have a candidate on the ballot. Monroe County Commissioner Mark Brant is unopposed for re-election despite his guilty plea to the federal felony of maintaining drug involved premises and the 18-month prison sentence imposed on him in U.S. District Court in Toledo. (“County official may quit over conviction,” Friday) Read more Blade editorials There is nothing but personal honor to bar Commissioner Brant from holding office because Michigan law prohibits public office only for crimes connected to service in that office. Ohio law is nearly identical to Michigan.
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