Taxpayers on hook for pension system See Page 4-A

Kingsbury helps win NASCAR Kinetics trophy See Page 1-B

Residents upset with Planning Commission See Page 7-A

Run Manchester comes to town See Page 1-C

VOL. 144, NO. 32

THE MANCHESTER ENTERPRISE

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2012

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ELECTION RESULTS
STATE HOUSE
52nd District 53rd District 54th District 55th District
Mark Ouimet (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,577 Gretchen Driskell (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,407 Jeff Irwin (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,541 Thomas Partridge (D). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725 Jon Spisak (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,176 Bill Emmerich (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713 David Rutledge (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,555 Andrea Brown-Harrison (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,133 Adam Zemke (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,439 Owen Diaz (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,616

Polls declare Gene DeRossett supervisor

By Carrie Kennedy
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9
Rob Turner (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,638 Kent Martinez-Kratz (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,710 Dan Smith (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,667 Alicia Ping (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,047 Wesley Prater (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,330 Felicia Brabec (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,207 Richard Conn (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787 Roland Sizemore (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506 Richard Clark Deitering (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Ronnie Peterson (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,688 David Raaaub (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Christine Montague (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,158 Andy LaBarre (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,198 David Parker (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707 Joe Baublis (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Yousef Rabhi (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,361 Conan Smith (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,938 John Floyd (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672

The race for Manchester Township Supervisor was a hotly contested one, but Gene DeRossett was declared the winner by a wide margin, according to unofficial election results. The Republican candidate garnered nearly 71 percent of the vote, compared to fellow Republican Leslie

Mikel beats Aiuto by 3 votes

By Tanya Wildt
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Kopkas 24.72 percent. tively. Becktel had 481 votes Ron Mann, the and Huber had 475. current superviIn addition, sor, decided not there were three to run this year, candidates runstepping down ning for four availafter more than able spots for the 24 years as superBoard of Trustees. visor. Lyle Widmayer, Ann Becktel Carl Macomber and Judith Huber and Pete Stumpo, DeRossett ran unopposed all Republicans, for the clerk and will move on to the treasurer positions, respecgeneral election.

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One vote can make a difference and in the case of Sharon Townships primary election clerk race, it was three. Chelsea Mikel overtook current Mikel clerk, Teri Aiuto, by three votes, with 205 compared to Aiutos 202, according to unofficial election results.

Im honored that people feel confident that I can fulfill this role, Mikel said. I feel confident I can fulfill this role and help the people of Sharon Township. Mikel was pleased with the large voter turnout, about 33 percent, with 491 ballots cast. Thank you to all the voters who came out and I look

forward to serving them, Mikel said. Township Trustee Peter Psarouthakis came out on top in the supervisor race with 223 votes, about 56 percent. Roger Kappler finished second with 147 votes. Im happy to have won the election, Psarouthakis said. We want to be able to help the community and thats why I got involved in this. Im happy to serve the township in this position.
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Sharon Township chooses new attorney

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COUNTY OFFICES
Clerk Treasurer Sheriff
Lawrence Kestenbaum (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,555 Stanley Watson (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,874 Catherine McClary (D). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,419 Marlene Chockley (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,039 Jerry Clayton (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,826 Jeffrey Gallatin (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,011 Brian Mackie (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,716

Editors note: In the July 5 article, Sharon Township considers new attorneys for represntation, the first attorney to present to the board should have been identified as Edward Plato of the Plato Law Firm in Farmington Hills. Lawyer Patrick McCauley often provides Plato with additional expertise and also attended the meeting. Edward Plato of Plato Law Firm was selected as Sharon Townships next lawyer in a 4-1 vote during the board of trustees monthly meeting Aug. 2. Plato works out of Farmington Hills and presented to the board June 28. Clerk Teri Aiuto was the only member to vote

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Water Resource Commissioner

Evan Pratt (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,975 Harry Bentz (D) . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,122 Eric Scheie (R) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,816

*Unofcial election results provided by ewashtenaw.org. Winners from each party will face off in the November General Election.
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against the appointment and prior to the vote, suggested the board interview a third candidate, Keusch, Flintoft & Conlin out of Chelsea. Aiuto presented the board with a bid from the firm. I felt we should have someone local represent our township and someone who has local experience, Aiuto said. Trustee Peter Psarouthakis, who attended the meeting via conference call, as did Trustee Kathy Spiegel, said he and Treasurer Brian Simons had followed the boards instructions in the attorney search process and had heard no requests from other board members before the August meeting to interview another candidate. Psarouthakis recom-

mended the board vote and select a lawyer, reminding them the contract is not long-term and the board can change lawyers at any time. Zoning Administrator Dave Wilson said he has received complaints about political signs but has been lenient on enforcement due to recent changes in the ordinance. He plans to have the sign ordinance placed in the townships monthly newsletter to remind residents of the ordinance as the November election approaches. Wilson also continues to communicate with the Michigan Department of Transportation to have dead trees replaced on M-52 near Farmers Sand & Gravel. Kevin Dobis was appointed to the planning comPLEASE SEE ATTORNEY/3-A

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