Thursday, November 8, 2012
The proposal asked Macomb County voters to authorize up to $56 million in bond sales to preserve and update the college’s facilities and technology.
A majority of New Baltimore and Chesterfield voters sided Tuesday with the county majority in rejecting Macomb Community College's $56-million bond proposal. In Chesterfield Township, a total of 10,761 voters rejected the proposal as 7,913 approved it. In New Baltimore, the gap tightened with 2,963 no votes and 2,319 yes votes, according to county election results. “We’re obviously disappointed in the results of the election,” said Dr. James Jacobs, Macomb Community College president, in a prepared statement. “But we also understand the longstanding economic challenges that Macomb County residents are still weathering, which we suspect may have factored into reluctance to fund even a very small tax increase with a short time limit." The …
Macomb resident Connie Cuellar says constituents cannot allow their re-elected Congressional representatives to think they approve of their partisan obstructionism over the past four years.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
To the Editor, The morning after the election came as an aftermath of political division; a hurricane of political infighting and obstructionism; of ideology over progress. We as a nation have cast our votes, our president is firmly in place for four more years, and we have a new Congress to lead us into the next phase of policy and practice. Let the election outcome not serve as a message to Candice Miller that Michigan approved of her partisan obstructionism in Congress of the last four years. Nor let it serve as a green light for future obstruction. Let’s call upon Rep. Miller to reach across the aisle and work hand in hand with her colleagues in Congress create real solutions to the problems facing our beloved nation and state. It’s …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Chief Bruce Smith said Wednesday the department will regroup and meet with the newly elected board to form a plan.
Chesterfield Township Police Chief Bruce Smith said Wednesday he was disappointed the tax increase proposal failed but the force will move forward. "Obviously I'm disappointed," Smith told Patch. "The department and the public that rallied, we really did our best and did what we could. But, obviously there were people who were against it." With 100 percent of the precincts reporting early Tuesday, the police tax was turned down by 52.3 percent of voters and favored by 47.7 percent, according to county election results and the Chesterfield Township Clerk's Office. Township police raised about $15,000 to campaign for the millage during this election season, held town hall meetings and had a presence at precincts. Smith says he will reassess …
Supervisor Michael Lovelock and Treasurer Linda Hartman were re-elected while newcomer Cindy Berry won bid for clerk.
Supervisor Michael Lovelock and Treasurer Linda Hartman were re-elected while newcomer Cindy Berry won bid for clerk.
Chesterfield Township residents rejected the proposed police tax hike that was supposed to prevent major layoffs on the force. Meanwhile, township voters approved the fire tax renewal and millages. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, the police tax was turned down by 52.3 percent of voters and favored by 47.7 percent. The fire tax renewal and increase was flipped, with 47.7 rejecting it and 52.3 approving. The equipment millage passed with 56 percent of the vote, according to unofficial county election results and the Chesterfield Township Clerk's Office. Meanwhile, incumbent Supervisor Michael Lovelock, a Democrat, scored another four years in office while Republican challenger Cindy Berry unseated incumbent Clerk Jan Uglis, a …
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voters across Macomb County Tuesday returned incumbents to county-wide offices.
Voters across Macomb County returned incumbents to office Tuesday and voted down a millage for Macomb Community College. With 100 percent of the vote tallied, Democrats have dominated county races. Macomb County Prosecuting Attorney Eric J. Smith received 65 percent of the vote over Republican challenger Michael R. Wrathell. Anthony Wickersham won his first run for sheriff as a candidate. The incumbent Democrat has a strong lead -- with 61 percent of the vote -- over his challengers, Republican Steve Thomas and Libertarian Scott W. Allen. Demcratic incumbent Carmella Sabaugh returned for another term as the county clerk/register of deeds race, with 65 percent of the votes over Republican challenger Debera Guenther. Ted B. Wahby received 58…
Exit polls show voters backing Barack Obama; national media give the state's 16 electoral votes to the president.
The polls have not been closed long, but based on exit polls results several media organizations have declared President Barack Obama the winner of Michigan's 16 electoral votes on Tuesday, defeating Republican and native son Mitt Romney. NBC, NPR, CNN, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post all have declared Obama the winner. Media outlets also have called the overall race for Obama. In the 2008 presidential election, the state voted for the Democratic candidate, and in recent elections has voted for the overall winner of the presidential race 3 out of 5 times. Romney and Obama did not campaign aggressively in Michigan. The state has typically been a Democratic stronghold in recent presidential elections. The economy was a key …
Residents will decide Tuesday whether to approve additional funding for police and fire in Chesterfield Township.
With one last push for tax proposals, Chesterfield Township fire and police representatives camped out Tuesday at community precincts. Clutching signs stating "Support Your Firefighters Vote Yes! Fire Department Millage," firefighters flocked to about 90 percent of the polling places in the community. "Our goal here is to pass the millage," Firefighter Rick Gadd said. "We have firefighters at different sites in the township." Voters showed their support with thumbs-up and words of encouragement, Gadd said. Follow us on Facebook Fire Capt. Doug Calvert, a 26-year department veteran, joined Gadd outside the fire station on 23 Mile Road near Baker. "I believe the township deserves a full-time fire department with the growth it's experienced…
Michigan's voting goes until 8 p.m., but some polls elsewhere close earlier.
Michigan voters have until 8 p.m. Eastern to cast their Election 2012 ballots, but voting in other key swing states ends as much as an hour earlier, and exit polling could provide an early clue whether President Obama or Mitt Romney is closer to the White House. The earliest key state to watch is Virginia, where polls close at 7 p.m. Eastern. Voting ends 30 minutes later in the swing states of Ohio and North Carolina. As Michigan's polls close, the swing states of Florida, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire close their polls, too. Nevada and Iowa, two other swing states that could prove pivotal in this year's presidential election, close voting at 10 p.m. Eastern. Check here as Patch updates Election 2012 results as they come in.
Mike
4:16 pm on Thursday, November 15, 2012
Connie, the money I send to congress is money I earned. I work hard & earned a college degree and support my family. As I watched the conventions this summer, I noticed one grave distinction. At one, a message of self-reliance. The other, I heard the rich aren't paying there fair share & congress will make them pay more. I heard that if you don't work, don't worry the government will provide. In … more ›