Monday, December 17, 2012
A Judge on Wednesday ordered Troy must hold a May 2013 special election to replace former Troy Mayor Janice Daniels, who was recalled on Nov. 6.
Troy city officials have prepared a proposed May 2013 special election timeline after Oakland County 6th Circuit Court Judge Denise Langford Morris ruled Wednesday that the city must hold a special election in May to replace recalled Troy Mayor Janice Daniels. The schedule has been prepared for the court's consideration and entry and is listed as agenda item O-07 on Monday evening's Troy City Council meeting agenda (see attached pdf file). The proposed May 2013 Special Election timeline is as follows: Jan. 25, 2013: Filing deadline for candidates for office (Charter 7.9 - 100 days) Jan. 29, 2013: Withdrawal deadline for candidates for office Jan. 30, 2013: Deadline to file challenges to petitions Feb. 1, 2013: Clerk forwards candidate …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
"I am grateful that Troy's legal department is led by a woman of intelligence, skill, and the ability to perform in the face of public ire," writes Troy resident and Recall Janice Daniels co-founder John Kulesz.
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Troy Patch accepts letters to the editor. Send yours to troypatch@patch.com; please include your full name and hometown. Letters may be edited for clarity. Dear Editor: By any account, the practice of law is not easy. It's an adversarial occupation, filled with irritated judges, opposing council practiced in the art of hostility, and clients that range from terrified to unreasonable. Having an unreasonable client is much more difficult when you have 80,000 of them. That's the challenge of being a municipal attorney. To be a municipal attorney is to represent a city as a whole, to work for each and every person who resides in that city. When you are held up to the scrutiny of thousands of people, grace under pressure is essential. Troy's …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Council will interview the finalists at its Dec. 17 meeting.
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Troy City Council pared a list of 41 applicants for the vacant Troy City Council seat down to six final candidates Monday evening at its regular meeting. "I never imagined we'd have 41," Mayor Dane Slater said. "I want to personally thank everyone who put their name in." In the first of two rounds of voting, Council members each named their top five choices. From that list, council members then each voted for their top four candidates. Though Council had agreed at the beginning of the study session to name five final candidates Monday evening, six were chosen due to a five-way tie. Edward Pennington received six votes while Richard Beaubien, Daniel Fair, Kessie Kaltsounis, Carmen Johnson and Bert Copple each received three votes. Council …
Friday, November 30, 2012
Secretary of Sate Ruth Johnson filed a lawsuit Friday against the Troy City Clerk Aileen Bittner, saying Troy residents "have the right to choose the city's mayor in February."
LANSING, Mich. — Secretary of State Ruth Johnson and Attorney General Bill Schuette issued a joint statement Friday afternoon on the lawsuit they filed against Troy City Clerk Aileen Bittner Friday in Oakland County Circuit Court. In the lawsuit, they claim the City has violated state law by not calling a special election on in February and instead choosing to follow City Charter by appointing Dane Slater mayor until the November 2013 city election. “I’m disappointed that city officials have chosen to go this route,” Johnson said in a press release Friday evening. “Unfortunately, we now must seek a legal remedy to uphold state election and recall law. Our position all along has been that state law requires an election in this situation. …
In a final effort to avoid a lawsuit from the Michigan Attorney General's office, City Attorney Lori Grigg Bluhm responds Friday in a letter to its chief legal counsel.
Less than a day after the Michigan Attorney General's office threatened to sue Troy if it did not call a special election in February, Troy City Attorney Lori Grigg Bluhm once again defended the city's decision Friday to wait till November 2013 to hold an election to replace recalled Troy Mayor Janice Daniels. In the letter to Attorney General Bill Schuette's Chief Legal Counsel Richard Bandstra, Bluhm said Troy can satisfy both the state election law as well as the City Charter by holding a November 2013 election. "The City of Troy acknowledges that there is ambiguity in the recall and subsequent election process as provided under Michigan election law," Bluhm wrote, in part, in her two-page letter. "We are committed to uphold both State …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Council will review the applications at its Dec. 3 study session and vote on an appointment at its Dec. 17 meeting.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The following information was provided by the City of Troy. The Troy City Council received 41 applications from Troy residents interested in being considered for the vacant City Council seat. The applicants are Troy residents, registered voters and not in default to the City. The candidates are: City Council will review the applications at the Dec. 3 Council study session and conduct interviews of the finalists at the Dec. 17 regular Council meeting. City Council will vote on an appointment of the Council Member at the Dec. 17 meeting. The person appointed will serve a term expiring Nov. 11, 2013.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Troy City Attorney Lori Grigg Bluhm responds to state Director of Election Christopher Thomas' Monday letter ordering a Feb. 26, 2013 special election.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Troy City Attorney Lori Grigg Bluhm, in responding to a letter sent to her late Monday afternoon from state Director of Elections Christopher Thomas, sent a letter Tuesday challenging Thomas' reasons for ordering a special election on Feb. 26, 2013, to elect a replacement for Janice Daniels, who was recalled on Nov. 6. Thomas' letter arrived the same day Troy City Council voted 4-2 to appoint Dane Slater Mayor of Troy until the Nov. 5, 2013 regular election. "This letter is in response to your letter of November 26, 2012, to Troy City Clerk M. Aileen Bittner, which was sent via e-mail at 5:30 pm," Bluhm wrote. "It was received after the fifteen day candidate filing deadline set forth in MCL 168.971, which is the statutory recall provision …
City administrators are drafting a response to a letter from the state director of elections ordering a special election in February to elect a new mayor.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
In a letter sent Monday to Troy City Clerk Aileen Bittner and City Attorney Lori Grigg Bluhm, state Director of Elections Christopher Thomas directed the city to conduct a special election in February "to fill the vacancy created by former Mayor Daniels' recall." The letter arrived the same day Troy City Council voted 4-2 to appoint Dane Slater Mayor of Troy until the Nov. 5, 2013 regular election. "I understand the City's legal position to be that, pursuant to the Troy City Charter, the City intends to allow the person who was recently appointed to temporarily fill the vacancy in the office of Mayor to serve until a successor is elected at the next regularly scheduled city election" next November, he wrote. However, he asserted, the …
Ed Kempen and Dan Brake left paperwork with the City Clerk Monday afternoon.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
On Monday afternoon, two Troy residents – Ed Kempen and Dan Brake – attempted to turn in paperwork to run for mayor on Feb. 26, 2013. According to a press release sent late Monday afternoon from Concerned Troy Citizens, whose members spoke out against the city's decision to follow its charter instead of state statute at last Wednesday's special meeting, the City Clerk "walked away from the two candidates without accepting the paperwork under the watchful eye of Troy's City Attorney Lori Grigg Bluhm." However, Troy City Clerk Aileen Bittner said the City could not accept the paperwork, since there is currently no election scheduled for February. At Monday evening's Troy City Council meeting, Council voted 4-2 to appoint Dane Slater as …
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Council will hold a special meeting Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Troy City Hall.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Lucille Musser Arking
2:43 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
You need to vote for a person for mayor who fits the city charter and is not a partison or be willing to quit all partison connects while mayor . Most of all throw all literature in the trash and find out who they really are by looking at past activities. more ›