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Candice Miller better choice for Macomb public works chief

Edit Detroit Free Press 23 Oct 2016
Mostly, public works commissioner is a low-profile job in Macomb County ... Critics have accused him of using the office to grant contract favors to friends and political allies, all while the county’s infrastructure ages and sewage dumping into the Clinton River and Lake St ... ► Macomb County Public Works Commissioner. ► Oakland County Executive. ► Other Oakland County races....

Newcomers vie for open Nash County board seat

Edit Rocky Mount Telegram 23 Oct 2016
Second cousins are facing off for a seat on the Nash County Board of Commissioners representing southern Nash County from Spring Hope to Middlesex ... It might be why they've run clean, issue-orientated campaigns for the District 3 seat on the county board being vacated by long-time conservative Democrat Billy Morgan ... Cone said the most important issues facing Nash County right now are education and job creation....

Our View: Turnout for early voting encouraging

Edit Rocky Mount Telegram 23 Oct 2016
Early voting kicked off with a bang last week, with Nash County leading the state in the number of voters who cast ballots on the first day. Voters flocked to the first early voting site to open in the county at the Nash County Agriculture Center in Nashville ... Edgecombe County has ......

Point/counterpoint: Should voters approve Propositions 107 and 108?

Edit Colorado Springs Gazette 23 Oct 2016
Kent Thiry. El Paso County deeply values its right to vote. Nearly 70 percent of the county participated in the 2012 general election. But this year, nearly half a million people in El Paso County will vote on presidential candidates chosen for them by the 5 percent who attend caucuses. Sadly, if you are an unaffiliated voter, you were banned from the primary voting process ... That's why Let Colorado Vote supports Propositions 107 and 108 ... ....

Campaign 2016: How attack ads exploit our civic illiteracy

Edit Detroit Free Press 23 Oct 2016
The first is a cynical little hatchet job piece in which John McCulloch, the Republican candidate for Oakland County Treasurer, hints that his Democratic opponent Andy Meisner is promoting radical Islamic terrorism ... The Oakland County treasurer's authority in the realm of immigration is, if anything, even more negligible than Rick Snyder's....

Supreme Court ruling makes it harder to monitor U.S. elections

Edit Akron Beacon Journal 23 Oct 2016
After the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Shelby County v ... In 11 states, 153 counties have been certified for federal observers since 1965. Mississippi’s 51 certified counties lead all states. Georgia is next, with 29 of its 159 counties — about 18 percent — authorized for federal monitors at least once since 1965 ... They also monitored the 2012 general election in Randolph County....

Investment for payoff makes sense for Wayne County schools

Edit Detroit Free Press 23 Oct 2016
$80-million, 2-mill tax hike for Wayne County schools a tough sell ... But still, Wayne County voters have the chance Nov ... The money will be audited each year by the Wayne County Regional Educational Services Agency to be sure it’s properly spent ... Homeowners in all Wayne County jurisdictions would pay the tax, but bigger districts would get more money, because the money will be divided on a per-pupil basis....

A guide to political ads and flyers from a veteran voter

Edit Denver Post 23 Oct 2016
But there are all kinds of other local hopefuls on ballots — people wanting to be a state legislator, county assessor, sheriff, DA or county commissioner ... Washington may be dysfunctional, but state and county governments do work (well, most of the time) ... And give proper attention to any candidate who claims to be “a taxpayer.” Double points if he and she was “born and raised” in your county....

Free Press endorsements for U-M, Michigan State, Wayne State boards

Edit Detroit Free Press 23 Oct 2016
As an attorney, Kelly has represented school districts over his 28-year career, and has held seats on the Independence Township Board of Trustees and the Oakland County Community College Board of Trustees — experience that should serve him in good stead on the MSU board ... ► Macomb County Public Works Commissioner. ► Oakland County Executive. ► Other Oakland County races. ► Wayne County schools millage....

Sunday Spin: No comparison between Trump claims and Rossi loss

Edit The Spokesman-Review 23 Oct 2016
During the recounts, several counties – not just King County – discovered some ballots that had been properly cast, but not counted ... The court ruled that since the voters had done everything right, but the counties had made the mistakes, they should be counted ... Questionable ballots came from all over the state, including counties that went heavily for Rossi....

Readers chime in on Election 2016

Edit Detroit Free Press 23 Oct 2016
Why on earth would the Free Press Editorial Board want to stop success and economic prosperity in its tracks in Oakland County? As a retired financial adviser with expertise in municipal credit, I believe the editorial board’s decision not to endorse L. Brooks Patterson for county executive makes no sense and is plain wrong ... Why risk undoing Oakland County’s remarkable trajectory by experimenting with inexperience?....

Job Posting: EPIDEMIOLOGIST (Kalamazoo County, MI)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Oct 2016
(Source. Kalamazoo County, MI). Manage Kalamazoo County Health Surveillance System. Management of the Michigan Care Improvement Registry (MCIR) program and staff ... Project manager for Geographical Information Systems (GIS) workgroup ... Kalamazoo County, MI published this content on 23 October 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein ... (noodl....

Measure U permits higher county costs

Edit Fresno Bee 23 Oct 2016
Vote “no” on Measure U to stop Fresno County from overpaying for supplies, equipment and services. Measure U proposes to grant a bid preference to Fresno County businesses, meaning that; … Click to Continue » ... ....
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