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Livonia Observer; Sunday, October 28, 2007
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Brosnan, Kirksey focus on business plans, traits
By Dave Varga
STAFF WRITER


As the campaign for Livonia mayor nears the homestretch, Maureen Miller Brosnan and Jack Kirksey are working to hammer home their messages and differentiate themselves from each other.

Their view of taxes, economic plans, experience and their own energy took center stage in the past week.

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First, at a forum Monday at Emerson School, Brosnan noted right off the bat that while on city council she had reduced taxes for the residents. "It is my hope that I can get a chance to continue living within our means," she said.

The message seemed intent on answering the "tax-and-spend" tag leveled by a Republican party mailer that connected her to Gov. Jennifer Granholm and, therefore, the recent state tax hike.

Later in the same forum, Kirksey noted that his opponent had stated that she would hire more people in economic development. "I wouldn't do that," he said. Instead, Kirksey said he'd use the resources of experts such as those at Detroit Edison and the chamber of commerce to focus on retaining and attracting businesses.

Brosnan responded that she too wouldn't be hiring anyone new. "We're going to refocus," she said. When it comes to business retention, Brosnan said, "More people in the city of Livonia need to see that as their main responsibility."

That means knocking on doors, finding out what businesses need, she said. The city also must become redevelopment-ready and find a niche for itself in Wayne County's plans for an aerotropolis, Brosnan said.

On Thursday, Kirksey held a press conference outside Livonia Mall where he outlined the need to revitalize blighted areas - such as those around Eight Mile and Grand River and stretching to the once-thriving mall.

Kirksey proposed a tax-increment financing development authority plan, similar to the Plymouth Road Development Authority that captures tax value increases to reinvest in improvements in a defined area. Once again, he stressed that it wouldn't raise new taxes.

The idea, he said, would involve a strategic team of business owners, residents and private firms to shape a plan to revitalize the area. While there are many possibilities for improvements, Kirksey said he doesn't see the need for the costly cosmetic changes made along Plymouth Road.

Asked about the plan Friday, Brosnan said there was nothing new in Kirksey's proposal. "This is what I've been talking about since May," she said, including the need to target northeast Livonia.

Using a rapid-response team and the county's Turbo Tax effort could bring financial help sooner, she said.

His talk of involving the neighborhoods, Brosnan noted, was the same as her idea for a youth corps, volunteers to help paint and clean up aging homes of seniors in need.

In the face of Michigan's economic decline, both mayoral candidates noted, during the forum Monday, that they'd focus on streamlining processes to improve the business climate. Both also identified the need to improve property values of residents.

Brosnan said putting on a citywide open house would be one step. She'd also initiate a long-range planning effort - she calls it Livonia 2020 - to bring the community together, much like the Livonia 2000 plan did. "It's time to recreate that synergy and it's going to start the day after the election," she said.

Kirksey has proposed a free wireless internet plan for the city. He also noted businesses paid 40 percent of the tax burden when he left office, now it's 37 percent. One secret to retaining businesses is close communication with those business leaders. It's important, he said, for city staff "to know their problems and make those problems your problems."

Each candidate believes they know what it's going to take to bring Livonia forward.

With difficult times ahead, Kirksey points out that his eight years as mayor - all without a day off for illness, he said - will pay off. "It's going to take a leader who has experience, who has been through when times were tough," he said.

In going door to door, Brosnan said residents talk about regaining their home values and building on the town's attributes, not being willing to rest on past successes. Getting it done, she emphasized, would "take a mayor with an awful lot of energy."

"This election is about building on Livonia's past. But it's really about looking for its future," she said.

"This election," Kirksey countered in his closing statement at the forum, "is really about leadership. You definitely know that I've been there and continue to be an effective, energetic leader."

The candidate forum was hosted by the Clements Circle Civic Association, Devon Aire Civic Association and Old Rosedale Gardens Homeowners Association.
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3 staph cases prompt deep cleaning in RU schools, including 1 in Livonia
By Matt Jachman
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Three confirmed cases of a skin infection that's resistant to some antibiotics have prompted extra precautions in the Redford Union School District.

Two schools - Redford Union High School and Hilbert Middle School - were closed to students Thursday for cleaning after officials learned an infected student had used facilities there.

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Two other schools, the Keeler Center and MacGowan Elementary, were specially cleaned after one student at each school was also diagnosed with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. Those cases were confirmed late last week.

"I think we have it under control," Superintendent Donna Rhodes said Friday.

The first case involved a high school-age student at the district's Kaselemis Center, which is in Livonia. The student played RU football, Rhodes said, and so had used athletic facilities at the high school and Hilbert.

Those schools were thoroughly cleaned Thursday, while students were out of school, Rhodes said.

"The cleaning products that we use every day to clean our buildings are guaranteed to kill this bacteria," she said. The Kaselemis Center was also cleaned.

The high school was open Thursday for parent-teacher conferences. Rhodes said the areas in which parents and teachers met were thoroughly cleaned before the conferences.

There were also no classes at the high school Friday, but it was a teacher development day that had been previously scheduled.

At Keeler, one student has been diagnosed with MRSA, but the student had not attended school since getting a skin rash, Rhodes said. "We've been cleaning that building on a regular basis," she said.

The infected MacGowan student has not been in school in recent days, and earlier attended with a wound covered, Rhodes said.

At MacGowan, custodians paid special attention to the areas the infected student had been in, Rhodes said. MRSA is easier to attack at an elementary school, she said, because students don't go to several classrooms.

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He's pushing deep division

Jack Kirksey's recent push to make the election all about partisan politics is very sad. Deep, deep division is what Jack Kirksey wants for this city. Haven't we had enough of that with the recent school elections? Which, by the way, Jack Kirksey had a heavy hand in by most accounts. He will do whatever it takes to win, even if it means throwing our already wounded citizens into the breach once again. Deep, long lasting, and maybe permanent division. This is what Jack Kirksey is willing to do to win. It is told in the letters to the editor the last few months, all divisive. All partisan. And all from people on the Jack Kirksey supporter list.


I am a Republican, and always have been. I am a moderate Republican, not a right-wing extremist like far too many. Republicans like Kirksey and Bush really hurt our party, especially with younger Republicans. Just as I am sure extreme left-wing wackos like Al Sharpton hurt the Democrats. In the recent BOE elections, he supported candidates who regularly beg for more money from the state. Money that could only be gained by raising your taxes, or cutting other vital services like police, fire or ambulance. Watch the LWV Forum from the BOE election, and you will find that the candidates he so feverishly fought to stop, were in favor of responsible spending, not raising taxes or cutting services.

Maureen Brosnan has proven to be the most bi-partisan candidate. She is the right candidate for the right time. We need to move forward, and we can't do it together, if Jack Kirksey keeps dividing us. Mrs. Brosnan has shown that she is willing to listen to the people of our city. Just like our current Mayor Engebretson. She is not a divider, like Jack Kirksey is, and understands that no city is an island. She will build a bridges, not walls.

I urge all of you moderate Republicans like myself and moderate Democrats out there to vote for Maureen Brosnan.

James Dawes

Livonia

How can she be independent?

I've been reading with great interest many of the things being written about Maureen Miller Brosnan - whether she is an independent or partisan. I decided to do some research myself to see if any of these things are true.

I soon discovered that in the 2002 gubernatorial election, and again in 2006, Maureen Miller Brosnan served as Gov. Granholm's spokeswoman and campaign manager for southeast Michigan. Then I discovered that Maureen Miller Brosnan received and accepted $10,000 from Granholm's Leadership Fund, another $2,500 from Democrat Speaker of the House Andy Dillon, and $1,000 from Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano, and held a $1,000 per person fund-raiser at Kevin Kelley's Redford home, all partisan politicians.

Given that Gov. Granholm wants Quicken Loans to move its 2,551 jobs from Livonia to Detroit, and given that the Governor donated $10,000 to Maureen's mayoral campaign, its is impossible to see how Maureen Miller Granholm can remain "independent" when it comes time for Quicken to stay or move. Will she withstand Granholm's pressure to move Quicken, or cave in to the pressure?

It is clear to me that Maureen Miller Granholm is not willing to tell the truth and that she is not the independent she claims to be. If she cannot be truthful to Livonia's residents on this small issue, can we risk trusting her with issues that really matter?

Sandy Richards

Livonia

Brosnan will lead to future

As a resident of Livonia for 43 years, I feel the need to speak up and finally give full support to a mayoral candidate I think our city could desperately use.

Maureen Brosnan has the characteristics that put her head and shoulders above her opponent. I admire her youth, enthusiasm, and plans for the future of Livonia. She also has a strong experience in politicians with her nine years on city council, as well as leadership roles around Livonia and Wayne County.

How can Livonia be so uninformed on the qualities of our mayoral candidates not to see that she is the only one who can lead our city to the bright future this community deserves?

Janice Wickersham

Livonia

Brosnan brings forward thinking

I'm supporting Maureen Brosnan for mayor of Livonia for many reasons. Livonia is a wonderful community but if we are to preserve our quality of life, we need someone who is capable of forward thinking. We are a community of mostly senior citizens but we know that we need young families to live here to keep our community vibrant which keeps our property values up. Maureen can relate because she is one of those families. She is a long time resident with children in a Livonia schools.

Yesterday I received a brochure that tried to make Maureen's friendship with the governor something negative. I think this is positive. Livonia needs as much state and federal money coming to our city for economic development as possible.

While the state is experiencing fiscal problems, the governor has casino revenues in a discretionary fund to do economic development. With all the businesses leaving Livonia, we could use a mayor who has the governor's ear to bring some of those discretionary dollars to Livonia for economic development projects to fill our many empty buildings.

Also, Maureen is the only candidate who has pledged not to raise taxes. "No new taxes" pledged sounds like Maureen might be a Republican after all.

I ran for mayor four years ago because I believed that Livonia, while it is the best place in Michigan to live, could be better under new leadership. Maureen offers that leadership.

Lyn Bankes

former state representative and county commissioner, Republican

Brosnan: Strong community leader

The primary election has narrowed the choice for our mayor for the next four years or perhaps the next eight years. The decision now becomes which of the two can best provide the energy, continuity and commitment required to work through these challenging times. The stormy economic climate, aging infrastructure and unforeseen challenges will be a tough job for our next mayor.

Our mayor, Jack Engebretson has it right when he said, "Maureen Brosnan is exactly the change Livonia needs now. Her experience is invaluable. She is a strong community leader that deserves our support."

Livonia holds in its hands the future of my family and yours. Maureen Brosnan knows what needs to be done and she is dedicated to doing it. In my opinion, Maureen Brosnan is the right person in these tough times and should be our next mayor.

Please join with me and other Livonia voters who made her number one in the Livonia primary and elect her to be our next mayor.

William LaPine

Livonia

Here's who is backing Brosnan

I am writing in response to the letter published in last Thursday's paper (Oct. 18) inquiring about the lack of support Maureen Brosnan has among various elected and appointed leaders in the community. The writer stated that the majority of the members of the city council, as well as the Livonia School Board and appointed position holders all support Ms. Brosnan's opponent. The lack of support among these elected officials and appointees is no surprise and has very little to do with Ms. Brosnan's ability to lead our city.

The reason that five members of the city council do not support Ms. Brosnan is because they have very close political ties to her opponent, a few dating back a generation or two. Some people would use the word "cronies" to describe them. What type of checks and balances would there be between the mayor's office and council with such close affiliations between them?

The same is true of the members of the school board who support Ms. Brosnan's opponent. Mr. Kirksey has close ties to them as well. Of the six members of the school board who support Mr. Kirksey, all of them are beholden to him in some way for his support and involvement in their own campaigns, the most recent of which was managing the campaign for three BOE members in the May election.

As for the commission members who have also endorsed Ms. Brosnan's opponent, many of them are serving on commissions as appointees of Mr. Kirksey himself. One would expect them to support him, especially those who wish to continue their appointed position after November.

The letter writer ended his letter with the question "who is supporting Maureen Brosnan?" The following is a partial list of Brosnan supporters: The Livonia Police Officers Association; the Livonia Firefighters; the Detroit Free Press; the Livonia Observer; former council member Fernon Feenstra; former mayor Bob Bennett; Steve King, school board trustee; Lee Morrow and Bill LaPine, planning commissioners; Joe Laura and Joe Taylor, city council members; Lyn Bankes, former state representative; Brian Broderick, Schoolcraft College trustee; Marge Roach, former school board trustee; not to mention the 5,106 people, in addition to myself, who voted for Maureen Brosnan in the September primary. I hope that helps.

Lindsay Spence

Livonia



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Guess what guys - women are running most things now


After scanning some recent election polls, a friend had a question.

"Do you think America is ready for a woman president?"

Before I answered, I thought about a couple of things.

First off, I thought about living in a state with a female governor, a female senator and two female members of Congress - one from each major party.

Then, I thought about working in Southfield, whose mayor, Brenda Lawrence, and city council president, Sylvia Jordan, are, you guessed it, female.

So are current state Sen. Gilda Jacobs and Oakland County Commissioner Helaine Zack. Not to mention current Councilwoman Joan Seymour.

Next, I thought about my office location, Birmingham, where Diane McKeon recently served as mayor.

Sometimes, I go out to lunch in nearby Troy, where Jeanne Stine served as mayor for many years and Lousie Schilling now does.

At various points, I've lived in Farmington Hills, where Vicki Barnett serves as mayor, and in Rochester Hills, where Billie Ireland and Pat Sommerville - each also a she - have served as mayor.

It's not exactly a new phenomenon. In West Bloomfield, Clerk Sharon Law and Treasurer Denise Hammond have served for several terms.

Nancy Quarles represented the Southfield area in the state house more than a decade ago. Barbara Talley sat on city council even before that.

Way back when, 30 or more years ago, Ruth McNamee represented the Birmingham area in Lansing and Alice Tomboulian did the same for Oakland Township, just north of Rochester. Jan Dolan did the same for the Farmington area back when I lived there more than 15 years ago.

Here in Southfield, Wanda Cook-Robinson now serves as superintendent of schools. She replaced Beverley Geltner who, one person removed, replaced Marlene Davis.

Until recently Sue Zurvelac was superintendent in Farmington. Barbara Fowler is superintendent in Troy.

As a proud Spartan, I also thought of Lou Anna Simon, president of Michigan State University and, of course, of Mary Sue Coleman, president of that other university in Ann Arbor.

Yep. I thought about all that.

Now, what was the question again?

Wayne Peal is editor of the Southfield Eccentric. You can send him a e-mail at wpeal@hometownlife.com.

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Claim takes gall

On Oct. 11, the League of Women Voters hosted a debate between Jack Kirksey and Maureen Brosnan, candidates for mayor. I agree with Mr. Kirksey that anonymous attacks on candidates by groups who do not follow the disclosure requirements of election law should be condemned.

But I almost fell off my chair when I heard him emotionally ask that "last-minute hit pieces should come to a halt." Maybe Mr. Kirksey thinks Livonians have forgotten his first campaign for mayor in 1995, and the "hit piece" his committee put out the last weekend before the election (on) his opponent, Councilman Dale Jurcisin.

That last-minute piece of mail, delivered to thousands of voters, accused Mr. Jurcisin of having sold our to special interests like developers, having conflicts of interest, raising taxes by millions of dollars, avoiding military service and many other unflattering accusations.

Without adequate time to respond to so many false statements, Mr. Jurcisin was narrowly defeated. Mr. Kirksey has a lot of gall claiming to be a victim of last minute hit pieces. What goes around, comes around.

David Lee Ducharme

Livonia


Toy has attributes to excel

Most adults have or will have negative circumstances in their life. One has free will to accept or not to accept the changes that occur, as a result. Laura Toy has experienced many adversities, including lost of her position as Senator. Laura is a competitor. She has overcome many barriers, but has not lost her capacity and desire to help others.

Laura is a survivor. She has met many challenges and rose above them. They did not diminish her ability to give back to the community. Laura gives to charity and assist the elderly in anyway possible. She owns a business and knows how to maintain a budget to keep it going. With these attributes in mind, I feel that Laura Toy would excel as a council member. Please vote for Laura Toy for council.

Catherine Starks

Livonia

Toy stands out for council

Within the vast choice of candidates for City Council, Laura M. Toy stands out.

For many years Laura Toy served the residents of Livonia as a resident, Livonia business owner, and elected official.

When our neighborhood's electricity was going out for no apparent reason, a simple call to her resulted in a DTE engineer contacting me to explain the "grid" and DTE's improvement plans. DTE has since made the improvements and we no longer regularly need a generator.

During the Wonderland planning and approval stages, though this was a local issue, then State Senator Toy kept in contact with residents, listened to their concerns, gave insight to the "political process," and provided many suggestions to help make the development "Better for Livonia."

Laura Toy has passion and dedication for the city of Livonia. She listens to residents and responds to their concerns. Ms. Toy knows how to cross jurisdictional lines and work with the county, state, and other communities to achieve the best for our great city. Please join me in voting for Laura M. Toy for City Council on Nov. 6.

Andrea M. Kolhoff

Livonia

Toy's for seniors

We would like you to know that we are supporting Laura Toy for many good reasons but mainly she has the seniors' interests at heart.

Richard and Jovita Prince

Livonia

Leadership should be passed on

November 6 is rapidly approaching when we will be electing Livonia Leaders for the next four years. Let it be known that the writer of this letter is not and never has been a member of a political party.

When my family arrived in Livonia it was a rather small community with lots of sod farms, pumpkin patches, corn fields and roadside produce stands. Young families were directed to Livonia as rapidly growing with a good school system. Young parents became involved with their neighborhood schools, organizing sports, recreational and cultural programs for their children.

It was a privilege and a pleasure for me to be elected as a Trustee of the Livonia Board of Education during the time when property was obtained for schools, soon to be surrounded by homes. From these homes came children who later became leaders of our city. Eventually a classroom a week was opened to accommodate the growing population. My sense of pride in being a part of such a great undertaking has lasting memories of my 12 years representing the public. At the end of my third term it was my belief then, and continues to be today, that leadership should be passed along to other persons who can continue with fresh ideas and vitality to fill the much needed leadership, be it with City Government or School District, each an independent governmental agency.

I believe Jack Kirksey is one of those persons who has served both the school district and the city in many capacities for many years and should be proud of his accomplishments. I believe it is time for him to reflect on the keen memories of his service and to the number of lives he has touched and to now sit back and enjoy retirement.

Maureen Brosnan has the ability, energy and experience to become our next mayor. Please join me in voting to make it happen on Nov. 6.

Geraldine Joyner

Livonia Board of Education 1965-1977
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Jimid:

Obviously you and I feel completely different on issues such as the schools and mayor. I am not going to beat you up for sharing your opinion although, I will disagree with you on Jack Kirksey dividing this city. The citizens of this city decide if we want to stay divided or not. Jack Kirksey's record stands on its own. One only has to look back some four years ago to see what a wonderful non-partisian mayor he was and will be again. His choices as it pertains to fighting the recall are an expression of the freedom of choice we all have to make. The public voted three times as it pertains to the school board members. Once when they were elected, once against a recall and then re-elected two of them again in May. Jack's intelligence and advice was greatfully accepted by those of us who have worked on these campaigns. Jack did not stand alone in fighting the recall. I can't say who it will be that will win this election, but if it is the union members from the Police and Fire Dept. that drive, then so be it. They have to live here to vote, just like the teacher's and other unions that voted in the school board elections.

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Thanks Renee. I think we are all pretty sick of what goes into political campaigns. Half truths, outright lies, slam mailers, bizarre twists. I have been caught up in it myself. But I am at a point where I will give my opinion, right or wrong. I don't really care anymore who is on what side. We all agree on a lot of things, it's just that we don't want to admit it most of the time.
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I am looking forward to Maureen stepping in as mayor. The more I see her and talk to her as a mom, not a politician, the more I like her. Never has she approached me campaigning. We have never had a conversation about politics. We have only talked about our children and I really like her as a person. She is sharp, funny, kind and compassionate. I have read about what she stands for and I believe she is the right person for the job. I wholeheartedly support her and believe she will lead Livonia in the right direction.
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I'm looking forward to Kirksey not getting his big payoff for $upporting Randy's big LIe.

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Ok, I am not in any camp on this election. I have been trying to see what each candidate is planning on doing - as opposed to who supports them and why. I see Kirksey has a whole list of things on his website of what he wants to to - such as maintaining green space and free wireless internet for businesses in Livonia (I happen to like that idea).

When I looked on Brosnan for Mayor website, it really does not give any information about what she wants to do as mayor (my apologies if I missed it).

Could someone direct me to where Brosnan speaks about what she would do as mayor? Perhaps her platform was posted on this site and I did not see it. This is not a slam on her in anyway as I have no doubts that both candidates are nice people - but I want to know what they plan to do.
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Oct 28 2007, 06:55 PM
Ok, I am not in any camp on this election. I have been trying to see what each candidate is planning on doing - as opposed to who supports them and why. I see Kirksey has a whole list of things on his website of what he wants to to - such as maintaining green space and free wireless internet for businesses in Livonia (I happen to like that idea).

When I looked on Brosnan for Mayor website, it really does not give any information about what she wants to do as mayor (my apologies if I missed it).

Could someone direct me to where Brosnan speaks about what she would do as mayor? Perhaps her platform was posted on this site and I did not see it. This is not a slam on her in anyway as I have no doubts that both candidates are nice people - but I want to know what they plan to do.

I am sure she is planning on "Blowing us away" just like her friend Jenny did.

Basically there is NO plan. Nada. Nothing. Zip, Zero, Zilch. Some people have posted on various sites they plan on voting for her pretty face.

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This may be helpful to you. If you contact Maureen, I am sure that you can get your questions answered.

Take Care.
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Oct 28 2007, 06:55 PM
Ok, I am not in any camp on this election.  I have been trying to see what each candidate is planning on doing - as opposed to who supports them and why.  I see Kirksey has a whole list of things on his website of what he wants to to - such as maintaining green space and free wireless internet for businesses in Livonia (I happen to like that idea). 

When I looked on Brosnan for Mayor website, it really does not give any information about what she wants to do as mayor (my apologies if I missed it). 

Could someone direct me to where Brosnan speaks about what she would do as mayor?  Perhaps her platform was posted on this site and I did not see it.  This is not a slam on her in anyway as I have no doubts that both candidates are nice people - but I want to know what they plan to do.

I am sure she is planning on "Blowing us away" just like her friend Jenny did.

Basically there is NO plan. Nada. Nothing. Zip, Zero, Zilch. Some people have posted on various sites they plan on voting for her pretty face.

Gee CoolandCalm did you happen to watch any of the candidate forums? Read any of the many newspaper articles about the candidates?
Maureen has some very good plans and idea's.
You really need to inform yourself.
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Oct 28 2007, 04:35 PM
...I will disagree with you on Jack Kirksey dividing this city. The citizens of this city decide if we want to stay divided or not.

You know it's just not that simple.

When a group says essentially "don't believe what the other side says because they're telling a lot of lies - believe our lies instead", the citizens "deciding" not to divide would mean everyone purposing to just not care or look the other way when an untruth is told.

Thank God our country has gone through some horribly divisive periods in regards to suffrage, slavery, etc. Thank God people kept on dividing the country in order to change the status quo.

Those that believe the sitting board members and/or Jack Kirksey are bad for the city or district should keep on fighting them. Those that believe they're positive influences should keep on fighting for them.

What would be nice is if we could just have some committment to integrity in those fights. But then, this is politics.
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Oct 28 2007, 06:55 PM
Ok, I am not in any camp on this election. I have been trying to see what each candidate is planning on doing - as opposed to who supports them and why. I see Kirksey has a whole list of things on his website of what he wants to to - such as maintaining green space and free wireless internet for businesses in Livonia (I happen to like that idea).

When I looked on Brosnan for Mayor website, it really does not give any information about what she wants to do as mayor (my apologies if I missed it).

Could someone direct me to where Brosnan speaks about what she would do as mayor? Perhaps her platform was posted on this site and I did not see it. This is not a slam on her in anyway as I have no doubts that both candidates are nice people - but I want to know what they plan to do.

Kirksey wants to maintain green space??!!! Now that's absolutely ridiculous! When we were fighting for the Old Rosedale Gardens school land to become add'l park space by the Kleinart ball fields, we brought up how much park land was in the southern area of Livonia. I believe he felt there was enough park land in south Livonia because of Hines Park. To make a long story short, the school land, which had been donated with the understanding it was to remain public property, is now in the hands of a developer.
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Oct 28 2007, 06:55 PM
Ok, I am not in any camp on this election. I have been trying to see what each candidate is planning on doing - as opposed to who supports them and why. I see Kirksey has a whole list of things on his website of what he wants to to - such as maintaining green space and free wireless internet for businesses in Livonia (I happen to like that idea).

When I looked on Brosnan for Mayor website, it really does not give any information about what she wants to do as mayor (my apologies if I missed it).

Could someone direct me to where Brosnan speaks about what she would do as mayor? Perhaps her platform was posted on this site and I did not see it. This is not a slam on her in anyway as I have no doubts that both candidates are nice people - but I want to know what they plan to do.

I like that Kirksey is interested in redeveloping the NE section of the city.

Mrs. Brosnan has introduced an interesting idea about a city wide open house, which will showcase the things we already have, Rec Center, etc. However, what will we do with the empty FJ store and Livonia Mall? Throw a sheet over it for that day?
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Oct 28 2007, 06:55 PM
Ok, I am not in any camp on this election.  I have been trying to see what each candidate is planning on doing - as opposed to who supports them and why.  I see Kirksey has a whole list of things on his website of what he wants to to - such as maintaining green space and free wireless internet for businesses in Livonia (I happen to like that idea). 

When I looked on Brosnan for Mayor website, it really does not give any information about what she wants to do as mayor (my apologies if I missed it). 

Could someone direct me to where Brosnan speaks about what she would do as mayor?  Perhaps her platform was posted on this site and I did not see it.  This is not a slam on her in anyway as I have no doubts that both candidates are nice people - but I want to know what they plan to do.

Kirksey wants to maintain green space??!!! Now that's absolutely ridiculous! When we were fighting for the Old Rosedale Gardens school land to become add'l park space by the Kleinart ball fields, we brought up how much park land was in the southern area of Livonia. I believe he felt there was enough park land in south Livonia because of Hines Park. To make a long story short, the school land, which had been donated with the understanding it was to remain public property, is now in the hands of a developer.

Kirksey worked to broker a deal for a compromise between all parties that would leave more than 1/2 the area green space. It was City Council's job to approve or deny what the developer wanted. So to say he is totally against green space would be incorrect. Let me know if you want the newspaper articles attached for proof.
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Renee Chesney
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Oct 29 2007, 08:34 AM
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Oct 28 2007, 06:55 PM
Ok, I am not in any camp on this election.  I have been trying to see what each candidate is planning on doing - as opposed to who supports them and why.  I see Kirksey has a whole list of things on his website of what he wants to to - such as maintaining green space and free wireless internet for businesses in Livonia (I happen to like that idea).  

When I looked on Brosnan for Mayor website, it really does not give any information about what she wants to do as mayor (my apologies if I missed it). 

Could someone direct me to where Brosnan speaks about what she would do as mayor?  Perhaps her platform was posted on this site and I did not see it.  This is not a slam on her in anyway as I have no doubts that both candidates are nice people - but I want to know what they plan to do.

Kirksey wants to maintain green space??!!! Now that's absolutely ridiculous! When we were fighting for the Old Rosedale Gardens school land to become add'l park space by the Kleinart ball fields, we brought up how much park land was in the southern area of Livonia. I believe he felt there was enough park land in south Livonia because of Hines Park. To make a long story short, the school land, which had been donated with the understanding it was to remain public property, is now in the hands of a developer.

Kirksey worked to broker a deal for a compromise between all parties that would leave more than 1/2 the area green space. It was City Council's job to approve or deny what the developer wanted. So to say he is totally against green space would be incorrect. Let me know if you want the newspaper articles attached for proof.

Just because Kirksey was not the actual person who voted means nothing about who really controlled the vote.

Try reality instead of what is a press release from a controlled source.
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