LifespanVolume 45 Number 5 July 2016Presenting the Pro-Life Message in Southeastern Michigan Since 1970
Primary Election—Vote August 2
Inside:F District Index page 2
F Wayne County Candidates pages 3-8
F Election Calendar page 8
F Oakland County Candidates pages 9-15
F Macomb County Candidates pages 16-20
F Registering to Vote and Absentee Ballots page 20
F Judicial Survey and Candidates pages 21-24
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CANDIDATE SURVEY LIFESPAN sent the following ten-question survey to each candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, State Senate (Wayne Co., 4th Dist.), Michigan House of Representatives, County Commissioner and various other offices in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties. (A separate Judicial Candidate Survey was also mailed to candidates for Appeals, Circuit, District and Probate Courts. See pages 21-24.)
1. The 1973 U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision allows for abortion for any reason, even as a method of birth control, even in the late stages of pregnancy. Do you SUPPORT the reversal of this decision?
2. Do you SUPPORT a law banning partial-birth abortions?
3. Some public funds are used for abortions or abortion referrals. Do you OPPOSE the use of public funds for abortion or abortion referrals except to prevent the death of a mother?
4. Human embryonic stem cells and human fetal tissue are used in some medical experimentation whichhasnobeneficialeffectsforthefetus.WouldyouSUPPORTlegislationthatwouldprohibit the use of embryonic stem cells and fetal tissue research, especially when the killing of the preborn child is necessary for this type of experimentation?
5. Due to recent revelations of the practices of Planned Parenthood, would you defund Planned Parenthood?
6. Would you SUPPORT a law banning so-called “reproductive cloning” – cloning meant to result in the birth of a baby?
7. Knowing that the removal of stem cells from human embryos results in the death of those embryos, would you SUPPORT a law banning so-called “therapeutic cloning” (somatic cell nuclear transfer)?
8. Do you OPPOSE laws allowing assisted suicide (so called “aid in dying”)?
9. Do you SUPPORT honoring the wishes of patients who want life-saving treatment (including food and water) regardless of their degree of disability, age and “quality of life”?
10. Do you SUPPORT legislation that would protect health care professionals from being forced to distribute medications or provide medical care that violates their moral or religious beliefs? NOTE: LIFESPAN is not a political organization and does not endorse candidates for election. We have surveyed the candidates as a service to our members. The questionnaires are on file at LIFESPAN’s Main Office for your perusal. If you need further verification on a candidate’s stand on these or other issues, please contact the candidate directly.
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Michigan Legislative IndexMichigan Congressional
State SenateState House of Representatives
Court of AppealsCircuit CourtDistrict Court
Codes for District Numbers:C = Congressional District No.SS = State Senate District No.SH = State House of Representatives District No.AC = Appeals Court District No. CC = Circuit Court Circuit No.DC = District Court No.M = Municipal Court
To locate your Congressperson, State Senator, State Representa-tive or appropriate court, use the lists on this page. If your city is in more than one district, call your county or city clerk or the Elections Bureau of the Michigan Department of State at 517-373-2540 or see the website at: www.michigan.gov.sos
Source: A Citizen’s Guide to State GovernmentMichigan Legislature
GOVERNMENTAL UNIT C SS SH AC CC DCMACOMB COUNTY
Armada Twp. ......................................... 10 25 33 2 16 42 Bruce Twp. ............................................ 10 8 36 2 16 42 Center Line City ..................................... 9 9 28 2 16 37 Chesterfield Twp. ................................... 10 8 32 2 16 42Clinton Twp. ........................................... 9 10 24, 31 2 16 41BEastpointe City ...................................... 9 9 18 2 16 38 Fraser City ............................................. 9 9 31 2 16 39Harrison Twp. ....................................... 10 8 24 2 16 41BLenox Twp. ............................................ 10 8 33 2 16 42 Macomb Twp. ....................................... 10 10 24 2 16 41AMemphis City ........................................ 10 25 35 2 16 42 (also St. Clair Co.)Mt. Clemens City ................................... 9 8 31 2 16 41BNew Baltimore ...................................... 10 8 32 2 16 42Ray Twp. ................................................ 10 8 33 2 16 42Richmond City ....................................... 10 8 33 2 16 42 (also St. Clair Co.)Richmond Twp. ...................................... 10 25 33 2 16 42Roseville City......................................... 9 9 22 2 16 39Shelby Twp. ........................................... 10 8 30 2 16 41ASt. Clair Shores City .............................. 9 8 18 2 16 40Sterling Heights City.............................. 9, 10 10 25, 30 2 16 41AUtica City ............................................... 10 8 30 2 16 41AVillage of Grosse Pte. Shores ................. 9 8 18 2 16 M (see also Wayne Co.)Warren City ............................................ 9 9 22, 25, 28 2 16 37Washington Twp. .................................... 10 8 36 2 16 42
GOVERNMENTAL UNIT C SS SH AC CC DCOAKLAND COUNTY
Addison Twp. ......................................... 8 12 46 2 6 52 Auburn Hills City ................................... 11 12 29 2 6 52 Berkley City ........................................... 9 13 27 2 6 44Birmingham City ................................... 11 13 40 2 6 48Bloomfield Hills City ............................. 11 13 40 2 6 48Bloomfield Twp. ..................................... 9 12 40 2 6 48Brandon Twp. ......................................... 8 14 46 2 6 52Clawson City .......................................... 9, 11 13 41 2 6 52Commerce Twp. .................................... 11 15 39 2 6 52Farmington City ..................................... 11 11 37 2 6 47Farmington Hills City ............................ 14 11 37 2 6 47Fenton City............................................. 8 14 51 2 6 67Ferndale City ......................................... 9 11 27 2 6 43Groveland Twp. ..................................... 8 14 51 2 6 52Hazel Park City ..................................... 9 11 27 2 6 43Highland Twp. ....................................... 11 14 44 2 6 52Holly Twp. ............................................ 8 14 51 2 6 52Huntington Woods City.......................... 9 11 27 2 6 45Independence Twp. ............................... 8 12 43 2 6 52Keego Harbor City ................................ 14 15 29 2 6 48Lake Angelus City .................................. 11 12 43 2 6 52Lathrup Village City............................... 14 11 35 2 6 46Lyon Twp. .............................................. 11 15 38 2 6 52Madison Heights City ............................ 9 11 26 2 6 43Milford Twp. ......................................... 11 15 44 2 6 52Northville City ....................................... 11 15 38 2 6 35 (see also Wayne Co.)Novi City ............................................... 11 15 38 2 6 52Novi Twp. .............................................. 11 15 38 2 6 52Oakland Twp. ......................................... 8 12 45, 46 2 6 52Oak Park City ......................................... 14 11 27 2 6 45Orchard Lake Village City ..................... 14 15 29 2 6 48Orion Twp. ............................................. 8 12 46 2 6 52Oxford Twp. ........................................... 8 12 46 2 6 52Pleasant Ridge City ................................ 9 11 27 2 6 45Pontiac City ............................................ 14 12 29 2 6 50Rochester City ........................................ 8 13 45 2 6 52Rochester Hills City ............................... 8, 11 13 45 2 6 52Rose Twp. ............................................... 8 14 51 2 6 52Royal Oak City ...................................... 9 13 26 2 6 44 Royal Oak Twp. ..................................... 14 11 27 2 6 45Southfield City ....................................... 14 11 35 2 6 46Southfield Twp. ...................................... 9 12 40 2 6 46South Lyon City ..................................... 11 15 38 2 6 52Springfield Twp. ..................................... 8 14 44 2 6 52 Sylvan Lake City .................................... 14 12 29 2 6 48Troy City ................................................ 11 13 41 2 6 52Village of Clarkston City ....................... 8 12 43 2 6 52Walled Lake City ................................... 11 15 38 2 6 52Waterford Twp. ...................................... 11 14 43, 44 2 6 51West Bloomfield Twp. ............................ 11, 14 15 39, 40 2 6 48White Lake Twp. .................................... 11 15 44 2 6 52Wixom City ............................................ 11 15 39 2 6 52
GOVERNMENTAL UNIT C SS SH AC CC DCWAYNE COUNTY
Allen Park City ...................................... 12 4 13 1 3 24 Belleville City ........................................ 12 6 21 1 3 34 Brownstown Twp. .................................. 12 6 23 1 3 33Canton Twp. ........................................... 11 7 20, 21 1 3 35 Dearborn City ......................................... 12 3 9, 15 1 3 19Dearborn Heights City ........................... 12, 13 5 11, 13 1 3 20Detroit City ............................................ 13, 14 1-4 1-10 1 3 36Ecorse City ............................................. 13 1 6 1 3 25Flat Rock City ........................................ 12 6 17 1 3 33Garden City ............................................ 13 5 11 1 3 21Gibraltar City ......................................... 12 1 23 1 3 33Grosse Ile Twp. ...................................... 12 1 23 1 3 33Grosse Pointe City ................................. 14 2 2 1 3 MGrosse Pointe Farms City ...................... 14 2 2 1 3 MGrosse Pointe Park City ......................... 14 2 2 1 3 MGrosse Pointe Woods City ..................... 14 2 1 1 3 MHamtramck City ..................................... 14 2 4 1 3 31Harper Woods City ................................. 14 2 1 1 3 32AHighland Park City ................................ 13 2 7 1 3 30Huron Twp. ............................................ 12 6 23 1 3 34Inkster City ............................................. 13 5 11 1 3 22Lincoln Park City ................................... 12 4 14 1 3 25Livonia City ........................................... 11 7 11, 19 1 3 16Melvindale City ..................................... 13 3 14 1 3 24Northville City ....................................... 11 7 20 1 3 35 (see also Oakland Co.)Northville Twp. ...................................... 11 7 20 1 3 35Plymouth City ........................................ 11 7 20 1 3 35Plymouth Twp. ....................................... 11 7 20 1 3 35 Redford Twp. ......................................... 13 5 10 1 3 17River Rouge City ................................... 13 1 6 1 3 25Riverview City ....................................... 12 1 14 1 3 27Rockwood City ...................................... 12 1 17 1 3 33Romulus City ......................................... 13 6 12 1 3 34Southgate City ........................................ 12 4 13 1 3 28Sumpter Twp. ......................................... 12 6 17 1 3 34Taylor City ............................................. 12 6 12 1 3 23Trenton City ........................................... 12 1 23 1 3 33Van Buren Twp. ...................................... 12 6 12, 21 1 3 34Village of Grosse Pointe Shores City ..... 14 8 1 1 3 M (see also Macomb Co.)Wayne City ............................................. 13 7 16 1 3 29Westland City ......................................... 13 6 11, 16 1 3 18Woodhaven City ..................................... 12 1 23 1 3 33Wyandotte City ...................................... 12 1 14 1 3 27
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES11th Congressional DistrictDavid A. Trott (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Anil Kumar (D) No Response
12th Congressional DistrictJeff Jones (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y YDebbie Dingell (D) No Response
13th Congressional DistrictJeff Gorman (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y — Y Y YJohn Conyers, Jr. (D) No ResponseJanice Winfrey (D) No Response
14th Congressional DistrictHoward Klausner (R) No ResponseBrenda L. Lawrence (D) No ResponseTerrance Morrison (D) No ResponseVenessa Moss (D) No Response
STATE SENATE4th District State SenatorKeith Franklin (R) No ResponseJames Cole, Jr. (D) No ResponseIan Conyers (D) No ResponseFred Durhal, Jr. (D) No ResponsePatricia J. Holmes (D) No ResponseVanessa Simpson Olive (D) No Response Carron L. Pinkins (D) No ResponseRalph R. Rayner (D) No ResponseH. Helena Scott (D) No ResponseHoward Worthy (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES1st District State RepresentativeWilliam Broman (R) No ResponseKameshea M. Amos (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YBrian R. Banks (D) No ResponseCorey J. Gilchrist (D) No ResponseKeith Hollowell (D) No ResponsePamela Sossi (D) No ResponseWashington Youson (D) No Response
2nd District State RepresentativeMolly Augustine (R) No ResponseAnthony M. Murray (R) No ResponseWillie Bell (D) No ResponseJeremy Henner (D) No ResponseAngles L. Hunt (D) No ResponseE. Regina Jones (D) No ResponseBettie Cook Scott (D) No ResponseJoseph Tate (D) No ResponseCarla Tinsley-Smith (D) No Response
3rd District State RepresentativeJohn Brodersen (R) No ResponseApril Bonner-Archer (D) No ResponseWendell L. Byrd (D) No ResponseBurgess Foster (D) No ResponseDonavan McKinney (D) No ResponseDamian C. Mitchell (D) No ResponseLee Qualls (D) No ResponseAl Williams (D) No Response
4th District State RepresentativeMatt Schonert (R) No ResponseCharles A. Bell (D) No ResponseMohammed Hassan (D) No ResponseQuincy Jones (D) No ResponseJumar Motley (D) N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y YRose Mary Robinson (D) No ResponseTracy Russell (D) No ResponseAbraham Shaw (D) No Response
5th District State RepresentativeDorthy Patterson (R) No ResponseFred Durhal (D) No ResponseCynthia A. Johnson (D) No Response
6th District State RepresentativeAttie Pollard (R) No ResponseDennis L. Black (D) No ResponseStephanie Chang (D) No ResponseDeirdre Jackson (D) No ResponseDonnie N. Malone, Jr. (D) No ResponseDwayne Redding (D) No ResponseDavid Sanchez (D) No ResponseCasondria Walker-Keith (D) No Response
7th District State RepresentativeGina Alicia Barr (R) No ResponseLaTanya Garrett (D) No ResponseBernard Thompson (D) No Response
8th District State RepresentativeJennifer Rynicki (R) No ResponseSherry Gay-Dagnogo (D) No Response
Wayne County continued on page 4
Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: Y = YES N = NO * = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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Every election is determined by the people who show up.”
~ Larry J. Sabato ~
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Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: Y = YES N = NO * = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
9th District State RepresentativeJames Stephens (R) No ResponseAnnie Carter (D) No ResponseTijuana Morris (D) No ResponseAlicia Murphy (D) No ResponseWilliam Phillips (D) No ResponseGary S. Pollard (D) No ResponseRegina Ross (D) No ResponseSylvia Santana (D) No Response
10th District State RepresentativeWilliam Brang (R) No ResponseMary Cavanagh (D) No ResponseElizabeth Jefferson (D) No ResponseLeslie Love (D) No ResponseMary Mazur (D) No Response 11th District State RepresentativeRobert Pope (R) No ResponseDale Prosser (R) No ResponseJulie Plawecki (D) Deceased
12th District State RepresentativeErik Soderquist (R) No ResponseErika Geiss (D) No ResponseEdward F. Martell (D) No Response 13th District State RepresentativeAnnie L. Spencer (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YFrank Liberati (D) No ResponseRebecca Reed (D) No Response 14th District State RepresentativeDarrell Stasik (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJeff Chicoine (D) No ResponseCara Clemente (D) No ResponseJohn A. Maranian (D) No ResponseDaniela Peric (D) No Response
15th District State RepresentativeTerrance Guido Gerin (R) * Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YRichard B. Johnson (R) No ResponsePaul E. Sophiea (R) No ResponseNorman B. Alsahoury (D) Y Y Y Y Y N Y N Y YAbdullah Hammoud (D) No ResponseRoxanne McDonald (D) No ResponseAlex Shami (D) No ResponseBrian Stone (D) No ResponseJacklin Zeidan (D) No Response
16th District State RepresentativePat Gaffka (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y * Y YMatthew Morrow (R) No ResponseRobert L. Kosowski (D) No Response
17th District State RepresentativeJoseph Bellino, Jr. (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YBill LaVoy (D) No Response
19th District State RepresentativeLaura Cox (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YSteve King (D) No ResponseJon Smith (D) No Response
20th District State RepresentativeJeffrey T. Neilson (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJeff Noble (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YChris Roosen (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YColleen Pobur (D) No ResponseJohn J. Sullivan (D) No Response
21st District State RepresentativeDerek Moss (R) No ResponseKristy Pagan (D) No Response
23rd District State RepresentativeMichael Frazier (R) No ResponseBob Howey (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YMike Taylor (R) No ResponseSherry A. Berecz (D) No ResponseDarrin Camilleri (D) No ResponseElayne M. Petrucci (D) No ResponseSteven Rzeppa (D) No Response
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYKym L. Worthy (D) No Response
SHERIFF Shelly L. Milton (D) No ResponseBenny N. Napoleon (D) No ResponseDickie White (D) No Response
CLERKAdam Salam Adamski (D) Y Y Y Y Y* Y Y Y Y YCathy M. Garrett (D) No Response
TREASURERBeverly Kindle-Walker (D) Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y YEric Sabree (D) No Response
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Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: Y = YES N = NO * = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
REGISTER OF DEEDSLaMar Lemmons (D) No ResponseRicardo R. Moore (D) No ResponseBernard J. Youngblood (D) No Response
WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEE (non-partisan)Scott T. Holiday, Dist. 4 No Response Lee Yancy, Dist. 4 No Response Robin Paul, Dist. 6 No Response Maria Edwards Wheeler, Dist. 6 No ResponseAlan Anderson, Dist. 7 No Response Patrick Kelley, Dist. 7 No Response
WAYNE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS1st District County CommissionerJohn W. Steininger (R) No ResponseTim Killeen (D) No ResponseDaRell Andre Reed (D) No Response 2nd District County CommissionerJewel Ware (D) No Response
3rd District County CommissionerR. L. Lemmons (D) No ResponseAnam Miah (D) No ResponseMartha G. Scott (D) No Response
4th District County CommissionerIlona Varga (D) No Response
5th District County CommissionerBenjamin Bowman (D) No ResponseMichelle Broughton (D) No ResponseIrma Clark-Coleman (D) No Response
6th District County CommissionerCarl W. Baxter (D) No ResponseAlvin Bowman (D) N N N N N N N N Y YBurton Leland (D) No ResponseMonique Baker McCormick (D) No Response 7th District County CommissionerAlisha Bell (D) No Response
8th District County CommissionerDiane L. Webb (D) No Response
Wayne County continued on page 6
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9th District County CommissionerThomas C. Berry (R) No ResponseTerry A. Marecki (R) Y Y — Y Y Y Y Y Y YPatrick Crandell (D) No Response
10th District County CommissionerJoe Barone (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Nate Smith-Tyge (D) No Response
11th District County CommissionerA. Haidous (D) No Response
12th District County CommissionerGlenn S. Anderson (D) No ResponseSusan Mason (D) No Response 13th District County CommissionerGary Woronchak (D) No Response
14th District County CommissionerRaymond E. Basham (D) No Response
15th District County CommissionerPatrick D. O’Connell (R) No ResponsePatricia D. Hartig (D) No ResponseJoseph Palamara (D) No Response
Brownstown Twp SupervisorAndrew Linko (D) Y Y Y Y Y — — Y Y YTeri Rybski (D) No Response
Brownstown Twp ClerkSean Pacheco (D) No ResponseBrian Peters (D) No Response
Brownstown Twp TreasurerMike Eberth (D) No Response
Brownstown Twp TrusteeMaureen Brinker (D) No ResponseJohn Joseph Cronin (D) No ResponseJoseph Grimes (D) No ResponsePatrick Killian (D) No ResponseJohn Knappmann (D) No ResponseClyde P. Walters (D) No Response
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Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: Y = YES N = NO * = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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Canton Twp SupervisorPat Williams (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YSyed Taj (D) No Response
Canton Twp ClerkThomas Lutkenhoff (R) Y Y Y Y * * * Y Y YLinda Obrec (R) No ResponseMichael A. Siegrist (D) No Response
Canton Twp TreasurerMelissa McLaughlin (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YDian Slavens (D) No Response
Canton Twp TrusteeJohn Anthony (R) No ResponseGeoff Boltach (R) No ResponseDarian Moore (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YThomas Yack (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YSommer Nicole Foster (D) No ResponseAnneMarie Graham-Hudak (D) No ResponseSteven M. Sneideman (D) No ResponseDhaval Vaishnav (D) No Response
Detroit City Council-at-Large (non-partisan)Janee Ayers No Response David Alexander Bullock No Response John W. Cromer N N N Y N Y Y N Y N Sigmunt J. Szczepkowski, Jr. No Response Eric Williams No Response
Grosse Ile Twp SupervisorBrian Loftus (R) No Response
Grosse Ile Twp ClerkUte O’Connor (R) No Response
Grosse Ile Twp TreasurerTheodore A. VanOs (R) No Response
Grosse Ile Twp TrusteeCarl Bloetscher III (R) No ResponseJames Budny (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YWalt Kacher, Jr. (R) No ResponseThomas Malvesto (R) No ResponseJim Nelson (R) No ResponseWalter J. Pociask (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Huron Twp SupervisorDavid A. Glaab (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YDavid Haener (D) No ResponseMarlene C. Krause (D) No Response
Huron Twp ClerkKathlene Van Wasshnova (R) No ResponseAntoinette Gracia (D) No Response
Huron Twp TreasurerColleen Lazere (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Linda Spangler (D) No ResponseClaude E. Wright (D) No Response
Huron Twp TrusteeJohn Chont (R) No ResponseMichael Glaab (R) No ResponseWalter Irodenko (R) No ResponseDavid J. Patterson (R) No ResponseJeremy R. Cady (D) No ResponseR. P. Lilly (D) No ResponseDonna Puskar Mendrysa (D) No ResponseCandace Myshock (D) No ResponseKristy Novicki (D) No ResponseMelanie Ann Shepler (D) No ResponseJesse Smrcka (D) No Response
Lincoln Park Mayor (non-partisan)Thomas E. Karnes No Response
Lincoln Park Clerk (non-partisan)Donna Breeding No Response
Lincoln Park Treasurer (non-partisan)Patricia Lulko No Response
Lincoln Park City Council (non-partisan)Chris Dardzinski No Response Mario DiSanto No Response Michael Higgins No Response Larry F. Kelsey No Response Thomas A. Murphy N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Thomas Parkinson No Response Maureen Tobin No Response
Northville Twp SupervisorRobert R. Nix II (R) No Response
Northville Twp ClerkSue A. Hillebrand (R) No Response
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Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: Y = YES N = NO * = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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Northville Twp TreasurerMarjorie F. Banner (R) No Response
Northville Twp TrusteeMarvin Gans (R) No ResponseSymantha Heath (R) No ResponseMindy Herrmann (R) No ResponseSonia Scappaticci (R) No ResponseFred Shadko (R) No ResponseGhulam Qadir (D) No Response
Plymouth Twp SupervisorKurt L. Heise (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YShannon Price (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Plymouth Twp ClerkNancy Conzelman (R) No ResponseJerry Vorva (R) N Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y
Plymouth Twp TreasurerMark Clinton (R) No ResponseRon Edwards (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YMary L. Siefert (D) No Response
Plymouth Twp TrusteeCharles J. Curmi (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJack Dempsey (R) * * * * * * * * * *Bob Doroshewitz (R) No ResponseGary Heitman (R) No ResponseMichael Kelly (R) No ResponseMike Oliansky (R) Y Y Y * Y Y * N* Y YThomas Parrelly (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YAlexander Roehl (R) No ResponseDon Schnettler (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YTeresa Somercik (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Redford Twp SupervisorJames I. Bailey (D) No ResponsePatricia Kennedy (D) No ResponseTracey Schultz Kobylarz (D) No ResponsePat McRae (D) No ResponseTom O’Connor (D) No Response
Redford Twp ClerkGarth J. Christie (D) No Response
Redford Twp TreasurerLily Cavanagh (D) No ResponseLynn Ellyn (D) No Response
Redford Twp TrusteeAdam Bonarek (D) No ResponseJim Brenner (D) No ResponseJoseph T. Czech (D) No ResponseBrian Everidge (D) No ResponseKenya Harper-Black (D) No ResponseLinda Jackson (D) No ResponseJoe Jenkins (D) No ResponseElizabeth Kangas (D) No ResponseJennifer M. Petty (D) No ResponseKim Taylor (D) No ResponsePatty Werth (D) No ResponseChristopher Williams (D) No Response
Sumpter Twp SupervisorJay Bardell II (D) No ResponseJohn W. Morgan (D) No Response
Sumpter Twp ClerkDeb Callison (D) No ResponseClarence Hoffman, Jr. (D) No ResponseEsther Hurst (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Sumpter Twp TreasurerAlan D. Bates (D) No ResponseLydia May Graber (D) No Response
Sumpter Twp TrusteeTim Rush (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJerry Anderson, Jr. (D) No ResponseDon LaPorte (D) No ResponsePeggy Morgan (D) No ResponseMatt Oddy (D) No ResponseJennifer Price (D) No ResponseRon Barrington Robinson (D) No ResponseJane Stalmack (D) No ResponseDon Swinson (D) No Response
Wayne County continued on page 8
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision.
If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds,
then they will just have to sit on their blisters. ~ Abraham Lincoln ~
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Taylor Charter Commission (non-partisan)Robert J. Chmielewski Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YTina Daniels No Response Dan Dobbins No Response William Craig Faulk No Response William Fisher No Response Neil Thomas Goeckerman Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJustin Mordarski Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Doug Reimel No Response
Van Buren Twp SupervisorPhillip C. Hart (D) No ResponseBrenda McClanahan (D) No ResponseKevin McNamara (D) No Response
Van Buren Twp ClerkLeon Wright (D) No Response
Van Buren Twp TreasurerSharry A. Budd (D) No ResponseHarry R. Roesch (D) No Response
Van Buren Twp TrusteeSherry A. Frazier (D) No ResponseKevin Martin (D) No ResponseReggie Miller (D) No ResponseAlbert Ostrowski (D) No ResponsePaul D. White (D) No ResponseAnthony Woodford (D) No Response
Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: Y = YES N = NO * = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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Election Calendar JULY 5 - Last day to register for August Primary Election.JULY 30 (by 2 p.m.) - Electors who wish to receive an absent voter ballot for the August primary by mail must submit absent voter ballot applications.AUGUST 1 (up to 4 p.m.) - Electors qualified to obtain an absent voter ballot for August primary may vote in person in clerk’s office.AUGUST 2 (TUESDAY) - STATE PRIMARYOCTOBER 11 - Last day to register for November General Election.NOVEMBER 5 (by 2 p.m.) - Electors who wish to receive an absent voter ballot for the November general election by mail must submit absent voter ballot applications.NOVEMBER 7 (up to 4 p.m.) - Electors qualified to obtain an absent voter ballot for November general election may vote in person in clerk’s office.NOVEMBER 8 (TUESDAY) - GENERAL ELECTION
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Remember something, if you will, about voting: Voting is not a horse race,
you're not going there thinking, "Gee, I gotta pick the winner so I can brag to my friends. Oh, I picked so-and-so and he or
she won.” Voting is voting your heart and voting your conscience and when you've done that, don't ever, EVER let a Democrat or Republican tell you that you've wasted your vote because the fact is, if you DON'T vote
your heart and conscience then you HAVE wasted your vote.
~ Jesse Ventura ~
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES8th Congressional DistrictMike Bishop (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YMelissa Gilbert (D) Withdrew
9th Congressional DistrictChristopher R. Morse (R) No ResponseSander Levin (D) No Response
11th Congressional District David A. Trott (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YAnil Kumar (D) No Response
14th Congressional DistrictHoward Klausner (R) No ResponseBrenda L. Lawrence (D) No ResponseTerrance Morrison (D) No ResponseVenessa Moss (D) No Response
STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES26th District State RepresentativeRandy LeVasseur (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJim Ellison (D) No Response 27th District State RepresentativeKyle Forrest (R) No ResponseStefan Graziano (R) No ResponseRobert Wittenberg (D) No Response
29th District State RepresentativeGarren W. Griffith (R) No ResponsePeter Trzos (R) No ResponseTim Greimel (D) No Response
35th District State RepresentativeRobert Brim (R) No ResponseJeremy Moss (D) No Response
37th District State RepresentativeMatt Beer (R) No ResponseMitch Swoboda (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YChristine Greig (D) No Response
38th District State RepresentativeKathy S. Crawford (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YCarson Daniel Lauffer (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJason G. W. Dorsch (D) No ResponseAmy McCusker (D) No Response
39th District State RepresentativeKlint Kesto (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YMichael Stack (D) No Response
40th District State RepresentativeMichael D. McCready (R) No ResponseNicole Bedi (D) No Response
41st District State RepresentativeMartin Howrylak (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YRyan Manier (R) No ResponseCyndi Peltonen (D) No Response
43rd District State RepresentativeJim Tedder (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YTed Villella (D) No Response
44th District State RepresentativeJim Runestad (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YMark Venie (D) No Response
45th District State RepresentativeMichael Webber (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YImmanuel Eickholdt (D) No ResponseTed Golden (D) No Response
46th District State RepresentativeJoe Kent (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJohn Reilly (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YDavid Lillis (D) No Response
51st District State RepresentativeJoseph Graves (R) No ResponseKatherine Houston (R) No ResponseJohn Lauve (R) No ResponseRyan Bladzik (D) No Response
Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: Y = YES N = NO * = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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Oakland County continued on page 10
Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good.
‘Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
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Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: Y = YES N = NO * = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
EXECUTIVEL. Brooks Patterson (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YVicki Barnett (D) No ResponseMark Danowski (D) No Response
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYMike Goetz (R) No ResponseJessica R. Cooper (D) No Response
SHERIFFMichael J. Bouchard (R) No ResponseCraig S. Covey (D) No Response
CLERK/REGISTER OF DEEDSTina Barton (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YBill Bullard, Jr. (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YLisa Brown (D) No ResponseMichael D. Smith (D) No Response
TREASURERJohn P. McCulloch (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YAndy Meisner (D) No Response
OAKLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS1st District County CommissionerMichael J. Gingell (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YMichelle Bryant (D) No Response
2nd District County CommissionerSalvatore Delia (R) No ResponseBob Hoffman (R) No ResponseRobert Kleven (R) No ResponseRhonda Carr (D) No Response
3rd District County CommissionerMichael Spisz (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YMichelle McClellan (D) No Response
4th District County CommissionerTom Middleton (R) No ResponsePhillip Reid (D) No Response
5th District County CommissionerTom J. Berman (R) No ResponseTom Isaacs (R) No ResponseS. Bobby Jasti (R) No ResponsePat Ogg (R) No ResponsePhilip A. Trzos (R) No ResponseJane Felice-Boudreau (D) No ResponseJulia A. Pulver (D) No Response
6th District County CommissionerEileen Kowall (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YKimberli Troutt (D) No Response
7th District County CommissionerEkbal Bahoda (R) No ResponseChristine A. Long (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YFrederick Golding (D) No Response
8th District County CommissionerPhil Weipert (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YRoland J. Schneider (D) No Response 9th District County CommissionerHugh D. Crawford (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YColleen Crossey (D) No Response
10th District County CommissionerDavid B. Foster (R) No ResponseTerry Haines (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YDavid Bowman (D) No Response
11th District County CommissionerDoug Tietz (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YBob Storc (D) No Response
12th District County CommissionerChuck Moss (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YShelly Goodman Taub (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y* Y Y YCharles Gaba (D) No Response
13th District County CommissionerMichelle Dinardo (R) No ResponseMax Rohtbart (R) No ResponseMarcia Gershenson (D) No Response 14th District County CommissionerBill Dwyer (R) No ResponseWilliam Miller III (D) No Response
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No law can give me the right to do what is wrong.
~ Abraham Lincoln ~
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Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: Y = YES N = NO * = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
15th District County CommissionerAdam Kochenderfer (R) No Response Mary Ward (D) No Response 16th District County CommissionerWade Fleming (R) No ResponseCharles Salgat (D) No Response
17th District County CommissionerRegina Brim (R) No ResponseDavid A. Cuttner (R) N Y N N Y Y N N Y YNancy Quarles (D) No Response
18th District County CommissionerSteven Zimberg (R) No ResponseHelaine Zack (D) No Response
19th District County CommissionerMichael Ryan (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Dave Woodward (D) No Response 20th District County CommissionerDavid J. Harrell (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJ. Karl Jackson (R) No ResponseGary R. McGillivray (D) No Response
21st District County CommissionerRichard A. Van Camp (R) No ResponseJanet Jackson (D) No Response
Addison Twp SupervisorBruce Pearson (R) No Response
Addison Twp ClerkPauline Bennett (R) No Response
Addison Twp Treasurer Lori Fisher (R) No Response
Addison Twp TrusteeDeanna K. Cushing (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NJennie Eller (R) No ResponseLinda Gierak (R) No ResponseJoel King (R) No ResponsePhilip Marshall (R) No ResponseJacob Newby (R) No ResponseErich Senft (R) No Response
Bloomfield Twp SupervisorLeo C. Savoie (R) No ResponseDavid Thomas (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Bloomfield Twp ClerkSusie Kern (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJanet M. Roncelli (R) No Response
Bloomfield Twp TreasurerDan Devine (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YBrian E. Kepes (R) No Response
Bloomfield Twp Trustee Jeffrey Axt (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YNeal Barnett (R) No ResponseKirk R. Brannock (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YDavid B. Buckley (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YGeoff Hockman (R) No ResponseCorinne Khederian (R) No ResponseMichael Schostak (R) No ResponseDani Walsh (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Brandon Twp SupervisorJayson W. Rumball (R) No ResponseKathy Thurman (R) No Response
Brandon Twp ClerkCandee Allen (R) No Response
Brandon Twp TreasurerTerri Darnall (R) Y Y Y Y * Y Y N* Y YSusan M. Hollingshead (R) No Response
Brandon Twp TrusteeDana M. DePalma (R) No ResponseKris J. Kordella (R) No ResponseRobert S. Marshall (R) No ResponseElizabeth Waters (R) No ResponsePatricia A. Salter (D) No Response
Commerce Twp SupervisorDavid E. Scott (R) No ResponseThomas K. Zoner (R) No Response
Commerce Twp ClerkMelissa Creech (R) No ResponseKelly Finn (R) No ResponseRobert Long (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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Oakland County continued on page 12
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Commerce Twp TreasurerMolly B. Phillips (R) No Response
Commerce Twp TrusteeBob Berkheiser (R) No ResponseJohn Hindo (R) No ResponseVanessa Magner (R) No ResponseRick Sovel (R) No Response
Groveland Twp SupervisorRobert DePalma (R) No Response
Groveland Twp Clerk Pamela Mazich (R) No Response
Groveland Twp TreasurerDavid Ax (R) No Response
Groveland Twp TrusteeDale Cason (R) No ResponseMerilyn McGee (R) No Response
Highland Twp SupervisorRick A. Hamill (R) No Response
Highland Twp ClerkTami Flowers (R) No ResponseCatherine Kristian (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Highland Twp TreasurerJudy Cooper (R) No Response
Highland Twp TrusteeMary Pat Chynoweth (R) No ResponseChuck Dittmar (R) No ResponseScott Green (R) No ResponseBrian Howe (R) No ResponseBeth Lewis (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YLee G. McCarty (R) No ResponseMary McDonnell (R) No ResponseJoseph M. Salvia (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Holly Twp SupervisorGeorge A. Kulis (R) No ResponseDale M. Smith (D) No Response
Holly Twp ClerkRichard I. Kinnamon (R) No ResponseKarin S. Winchester (R) No Response
Holly Twp TreasurerMark C. Freeman (R) No Response
Holly Twp TrusteePatrick Feeney (R) No ResponseSteve Ruth (R) No ResponseMark A. Cornwell (D) No ResponseMaria Howard-Smith (D) No Response
Independence Twp SupervisorPatrick J. Kittle (R) No Response
Independence Twp Clerk Barbara A. Pallotta (R) No Response
Independence TreasurerPaul A. Brown (R) No Response
Independence Twp TrusteeJose Aliaga (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YRachel Loughrin (R) No ResponseTony Miller (R) No ResponseRonald A. Ritchie (R) No ResponseAndrea K. Schroeder (R) No Response
Lyon Twp SupervisorJohn Dolan (R) No ResponseStephen Emsley (R) No Response
Lyon Twp ClerkMichele Cash (R) No Response
Lyon Twp TreasurerPatricia D. Carcone (R) No Response
Lyon Twp TrusteeLise Blades (R) No ResponseDaniel L. Cash (R) No ResponseJim Chuck (R) No ResponseKristofer Enlow (R) No ResponseJohn Hicks (R) No ResponseEdward Kriewall (R) No ResponsePhil Mitchell (R) No ResponseSean O’Neil (R) No ResponseChriss Roberts (R) No ResponseMark J. Schultz (R) No ResponseJoe Shigley (R) No Response
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Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: Y = YES N = NO * = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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Milford Twp SupervisorDon Green (R) No Response
Milford Twp ClerkHolly Brandt (R) No Response
Milford Twp TreasurerCynthia Dagenhardt (R) No Response
Milford Twp TrusteeRandal Busick (R) No ResponseWilliam E. Mazzara (R) No ResponseDale R. Wiltse (R) No ResponseBrien R. Worrell (R) No Response
Novi Twp SupervisorJohn F. Juntunen (R) No Response
Novi Twp TrusteeRay Schovers (R) No ResponseTony Galdikas (D) No Response
Oakland Twp SupervisorMichael Bailey (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YTerry R. Gonser (R) Y Y Y Y Y* Y Y Y Y YAndy Zale (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Oakland Twp ClerkKaren Reilly (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJudy Workings (R) No Response
Oakland Twp TreasurerJeanne Langlois (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Oakland Twp TrusteeDominic Abbate (R) No ResponseBrian Blust (R) No ResponseRobin Buxar (R) No ResponseJayson Corey (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YFrank Ferriolo (R) No ResponseJohn Giannangeli (R) No ResponseJeaneane Landers (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YLana Mangiapane (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YRobert Ricketts (R) No Response
Orion Twp SupervisorChris Barnett (R) No Response
Orion Twp ClerkPenny S. Shults (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJenn Zielinski (R) No Response
Orion Twp TreasurerDonni Steele (R) No ResponseMark C. Thurber (R) No Response
Orion Twp TrusteeBrian Birney (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YTony Cook (R) No ResponseMichael Flood, Jr. (R) No ResponseNeal Porter (R) No ResponseRon Sliwinski (R) No ResponseJohn Steimel (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YCourtney F. Shafer (D) No Response
Oxford Twp SupervisorWilliam Dunn (R) No Response
Oxford Twp ClerkCurtis W. Wright (R) No Response
Oxford Twp TreasurerJoseph G. Ferrari (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Oxford Twp TrusteeMelvin Cryderman (R) No ResponseJack Curtis (R) No ResponsePatti K. Durr (R) No ResponseElgin L. Nichols (R) No ResponseMargaret J. Payne (R) No Response
Oakland County continued on page 14
You can either vote by voting or vote by not voting.
If you don’t vote, someone else’s vote counts more.
IT’S MATH.
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CANDIDATE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 CANDIDATE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Rose Twp SupervisorDianne Scheib-Snider (R) No Response
Rose Twp ClerkDebbie Miller (R) No Response
Rose Twp TreasurerPaul J. Gambka (R) No ResponseDior Rushton (R) No Response
Rose Twp TrusteePhilip Allmen (R) No ResponseTeresa Blaska (R) No ResponseMarilee Carstens (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YGlen Noble (R) No Response
Rose Twp ConstableDavid A. Allemon, Jr. (R) No ResponseEmile Bair (R) No Response
Royal Oak Twp SupervisorDavid W. Ford, Jr. (D) No ResponseCary M. Junior (D) No ResponseDelwayne Owens (D) No ResponseDonna Squalls (D) No Response
Royal Oak Twp ClerkJanice Terrell Brinkley (D) No ResponseGwendolyn W. Turner (D) No Response
Royal Oak Twp TreasurerCynthia A. Phillips (D) No Response
Royal Oak Twp TrusteeCherie Anderson (D) No ResponseKaren D. Ballard (D) No ResponseJolie Dixon (D) No ResponsePatrick W. Harbin, Sr. (D) No ResponseRichard D. Miles (D) No ResponseKim S. Tillery (D) N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N
Southfield Twp SupervisorPhillip Schmitt (R) No Response
Southfield Twp ClerkSharon Tischler (R) No Response
Southfield Twp TreasurerJanet Mooney (R) No Response
Southfield Twp TrusteeDan Nelson (R) No ResponseBonnie Cook (D) No ResponsePaul J. Scarcello (D) No Response
Springfield Twp SupervisorDavid F. Smith (R) No ResponseCollin Walls (R) No Response
Springfield Twp ClerkLaura Moreau (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Springfield Twp TreasurerJamie L. Dubre (R) No Response
Springfield Twp TrusteeMarc Cooper (R) No ResponseJudy Hensler (R) No ResponseDave Hopper (R) No ResponseCraig Spicer (R) No ResponseDenny Vallad (R) No Response
Waterford Twp SupervisorJohn A. Scott (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YGary Wall (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YTom Wilhelm (R) No Response
Waterford Twp ClerkJulie Brown (R) No ResponseSue Camilleri (R) No ResponseRita Holloway-Irwin (D) No Response
Waterford Twp TreasurerMargaret Birch (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Waterford Twp TrusteeAnthony Barolotta (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YLinda Hardacre (R) No ResponseMichael Healy (R) No ResponseKaren Joliat (R) No ResponseMatt Marko (R) No ResponseSteve Thomas (R) No ResponseKent Douglas (D) No ResponseDonna F. Kelley (D) No ResponseMatthew K. McClure (D) No ResponseRobin McGregor (D) No Response
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Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: Y = YES N = NO * = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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West Bloomfield Twp SupervisorSteven Kaplan (D) No Response Sam Logan Khaleghi (D) No Response
West Bloomfield Twp ClerkDebbie Binder (D) No ResponseMary Schulman (D) No ResponseCathy Shaughnessy (D) No Response
West Bloomfield Twp TreasurerMuhommed Hussain (D) No ResponseGary Morof (D) No ResponseTeri Adelberg Weingarden (D) No Response
West Bloomfield Twp TrusteePaul Karmo (R) No ResponseDon Perry (R) No ResponseSheila Siegel Weissman (R) No ResponseJim Manna (D) No ResponsePatty Richie (D) No ResponseHoward Rosenberg (D) No ResponseIgor Shpunt (D) No ResponseDiane Rosenfeld Swimmer (D) No ResponseJonathan Warshay (D) No Response
White Lake Twp SupervisorRik Kowall (R) No ResponseDoug Hankes (D) No Response
White Lake Twp ClerkTerry Lilley (R) No Response Matt Sprader (R) No Response White Lake Twp TreasurerMike Roman (R) No Response
White Lake Twp TrusteeFrank James Cavanaugh (R) No Response Martin Cirulik (R) No ResponsePeter Piccinato (R) No ResponseMichael C. Powell (R) No ResponseMark Ross (R) No ResponseScott Ruggles (R) No ResponseLiz Fessler Smith (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YAndrea C. Voorheis (R) No Response
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Saturday, October 22, 2016 LIFESPAN’s Annual Pro-Life Brunch
Featuring Jason Negri,
PLLC
We are still finalizing the place where we will have this important event.
Watch for the registration forms and
additional information in the next LIFESPAN News!
Every person will some day face medical issues as they near the end of their life. Come and find out what to expect and
how to protect yourself and loved ones.
Chances are that everyone will some day face medical issues
as the end of life nears. Come and find out what to expect and
how to protect yourself and loved ones.
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Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: Y = YES N = NO * = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES9th Congressional DistrictChristopher R. Morse (R) No ResponseSander Levin (D) No Response 10th Congressional DistrictTony Forlini (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YPaul Mitchell (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YPhillip Pavlov (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YAlan Sanborn (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YDavid VanAssche (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YFrank Accavitti, Jr. (D) No Response
STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES18th District State RepresentativeRenata Polonaise (R) No ResponseSteven Joseph Fleck (D) No ResponsePaul R. Francis (D) No ResponseKevin Hertel (D) No Response
22nd District State RepresentativeJeff Bonnell (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y YJohn Chirkun (D) No ResponseNicole Reid (D) No Response
24th District State RepresentativeSteve Marino (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YArzo F. Smith (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y YDaryl L. Smith (R) No ResponseDana Camphous-Peterson (D) No Response
25th District State RepresentativeRonald Simon Albers (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YSteve Naumovski (R) Y Y Y Y Y* Y/N* Y Y Y YJacqueline Sproles (D) No ResponseHenry Yanez (D) No Response
28th District State RepresentativeAntoine M. Davison (R) No ResponsePatrick Green (D) No ResponsePaul M. Kardasz (D) No ResponseLori M. Stone (D) No ResponseMike Westphal (D) No Response
30th District State RepresentativeJoseph Bogdan (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YDiana Farrington (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y NJackie Ryan (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YMichael Shallal (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YMichael R. Notte (D) No ResponseJohn Spica (D) No Response
31st District State RepresentativeAustin Negipe (R) No ResponseLisa Valerio-Nowc (R) No ResponseMichael Brewington (D) No ResponseWilliam J. Sowerby (D) No Response
32nd District State RepresentativePamela Hornberger (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YMichael Shmina (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJustin Tranchita (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YPaul Manley (D) No Response
33rd District State RepresentativeColleen Carl (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJulianne Cusumano (R) No ResponseCharles Karafa (R) Y* Y Y Y Y* Y * Y Y *Mel Koch (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YSteven Joseph Stoll (R) No ResponseJeff Yaroch (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YYani Warda (D) No Response
36th District State RepresentativePeter J. Lucido (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YDiane Young (D) No Response
PROSECUTING ATTORNEYMichael R. Wrathell (R) No ResponseEric J. Smith (D) No Response
SHERIFFPhilip Neumeyer (R) No ResponsePaul M. Smith (R) No ResponseAnthony Wickersham (D) No Response
CLERK/REGISTER OF DEEDSSylvia Grot (R) No ResponseDebera Guenther (R) No ResponseKaren A. Spranger (R) No ResponseJulie Ann Williams (R) Y Y Y Y Y* Y Y Y Y Y*Denise Doherty (D) No ResponseFred Miller (D) No ResponsePaul Wojno (D) No Response TREASURERLarry Rocca (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YErin A. Stahl (R) No ResponsePaul Viar (R) No ResponseDerek E. Miller (D) No Response
PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONERJoseph M. Hunt (R) No ResponseCandice S. Miller (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YAnthony Marrocco (D) No Response
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CANDIDATE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 CANDIDATE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: Y = YES N = NO * = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
MACOMB COUNTY COMMISSIONERS1st District County CommissionerDanita Buchholtz-Feirstein (R) No ResponseAndrey Duzyj (D) No Response 2nd District County CommissionerRonald C. Michals (R) Y* Y* Y* Y Y* Y/N* Y N Y* Y*Marvin E. Sauger (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
3rd District County CommissionerRyan Hurd (R) No ResponseVeronica Klinefelt (D) No Response 4th District County CommissionerRon Babin (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y — Y YNorbert Golembiewski (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJoseph V. Romano (R) No ResponseJoel Thomas (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YLiz Sierawski (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
5th District County CommissionerMaria Grot (R) No ResponseRoger Lonsway (R) No ResponseRobert Mijac (D) No ResponseJohn Myers III (D) No Response
6th District County CommissionerJames Louis Carabelli (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YKen Reid (D) No Response
7th District County CommissionerDon Brown (R) No ResponsePatricia Leitzel (D) No Response
8th District County CommissionerPhil Kraft (R) No ResponseAnne Nicolazzo (R) No ResponsePaul Esposito (D) No Response David R. Lusk (D) No Response
9th District County CommissionerDouglas M. Trost (R) No ResponseMark Brewer (D) No ResponseElizabeth Ann Lucido (D) No Response
10th District County CommissionerGreg Fedon (R) No ResponseLinda Burns Torp (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YMichael A. Boyle (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YRaymond D. Contesti (D) No ResponseJimmy Gwizdala (D) No ResponseRobert A. Leonetti (D) No ResponseMatt Wojcik (D) No Response 11th District County CommissionerMark Henry (R) No ResponseKathy Tocco (D) No Response
12th District County CommissionerJeff Ford (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJames M. Perna (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YBob Smith (D) No Response
13th District County CommissionerFrank Cusumano (R) No ResponseLeon Drolet (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YAnthony D. Giglio (R) No ResponseJoe Sabatini (R) No ResponseArnold Slominski (R) No ResponseMartha O’Kray (D) No Response
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Macomb County continued on page 18
Abortion is legal because babies can’t vote.~ Joseph Bonkowski ~
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Armada Twp SupervisorDonald L. Eison (R) No ResponseAl Goetzinger (R) No ResponseJohn W. Paterek (R) No Response
Armada Twp ClerkMonica Job (R) Y Y Y Y Y* Y Y Y Y YMary K. Swiacki (R) No Response
Armada Twp TreasurerValerie Manninen (R) N Y Y Y Y Y Y N N YPeg Smith (R) No Response
Armada Twp TrusteeBob Abraham (R) No ResponseCamille Finlay (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Bruce Twp SupervisorRichard Cory (R) No ResponseMike Fillbrook (R) No ResponseTadd Siglow (R) No Response
Bruce Twp ClerkSusan Brockmann (R) No ResponseTrese Servitto-Smith (R) No Response
Bruce Twp TreasurerDana Jenuwine (R) No ResponseDeborah S. Obrecht (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Bruce Twp TrusteeMark Falker (R) No ResponsePaul Okoniewski (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Chesterfield Twp SupervisorDaniel J. Acciavatti (R) No ResponseJoe Miller (R) No ResponseMichael E. Lovelock (D) No Response
Chesterfield Twp ClerkCindy Berry (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YLoraine DeMuynck (R) No ResponsePatrick M. Militello (R) No ResponseMichele Ficht (D) No ResponseWendy Jones (D) No ResponseDavid Alan Wilemski (D) No Response
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Chesterfield Twp TreasurerPaul S. Lafata (R) No ResponseLinda Hartman (D) No Response
Chesterfield Twp TrusteeHank Anderson (R) No ResponseBrian Scott DeMuynck (R) No ResponseDavid Joseph (R) No ResponseKathy D. Vosburg (R) No ResponseChristine Bell (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJon DeRoo (D) No ResponseJohn Grivas (D) No Response Clinton Twp SupervisorRobert J. Cannon (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YDean Joseph Reynolds (D) No Response
Clinton Twp ClerkKim Meltzer (R) No ResponseGeorge J. Sobah (D) No Response
Clinton Twp TreasurerPhil Rode (R) No ResponsePaul Gieleghem (D) No Response
Clinton Twp TrusteeJoe Aragona (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YCathy Kirk (R) No ResponseLeon Melise (R) No ResponseJim Carlone (D) No ResponseRay Hernandez (D) No ResponseErnest Hornung (D) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YMike Keys (D) No ResponsePhilip Kurczewski (D) No ResponseKenneth Pearl (D) No ResponseJenifer Jo West (D) No ResponseDiane Zontini (D) No Response
Harrison Twp SupervisorKenneth Verkest (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJames Senstock (D) No Response Harrison Twp ClerkAdam Wit (R) No ResponseJames Wietecha (D) No Response Harrison Twp TreasurerDarrin S. York (R) No ResponseChris Burden (D) No Response
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Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: Y = YES N = NO * = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)✔
CANDIDATE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 CANDIDATE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
MACOMB COUNTY
Harrison Twp TrusteeBrian W. Batkins (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YBill Bitonti (R) No ResponseScott Cortese (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y NMichael H. Rice (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YMarshall Rosquin (R) No ResponseBill Servial (R) No ResponseLarry Tomenello (R) No ResponseWilliam Bardill (D) No ResponseDavid Bratto (D) No Response
Lenox Twp SupervisorChris Boyd (D) No ResponseRon Trombly (D) No Response
Lenox Twp ClerkLuAnne Kandell (D) No ResponseJoe Marino (D) No Response
Lenox Twp TreasurerKathy Riedel Honold (D) N Y Y Y N Y Y N Y NMarnie Ickes (D) No Response
Lenox Twp TrusteeThomas Scott Clifford (D) No ResponseMichelle Gurley (D) No ResponseKaren A. Turchi (D) No Response Macomb Twp SupervisorJanet Dunn (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YMark H. Grabow (R) No Response
Macomb Twp ClerkCharles T. Missig (R) No ResponseKristi Pozzi (R) No ResponseMickey D. Todd (R) No Response
Macomb Twp TreasurerKaren M. Goodhue (R) No Response
Macomb Twp TrusteeDino Bucci (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YTimothy F. Bussineau (R) No ResponseClifford W. Freitas (R) No ResponseRoger M. Krzeminski (R) No ResponseNancy J. Nevers (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YMichael J. O’Lear (D) No Response
Mount Clemens Commission (non-partisan)Michael Bernier No Response Bill Ford No ResponseLaura L. Fournier No Response
Ray Twp SupervisorJoseph Jarzyna (R) No ResponseDan Jensenius (D) No Response
Ray Twp ClerkPaula Artman (R) No ResponseLori R. Lascoe (R) No Response
Ray Twp TreasurerRita Harman (R) No ResponseDouglas C. Stier (R) No Response
Ray Twp TrusteeCharles Bohm (R) No ResponseBetty L. Grader (R) No ResponseTom Hancock (R) No Response
Richmond Twp SupervisorCindi Greenia (R) No ResponseStephen Murphy (R) No Response
Richmond Twp ClerkCatherine LaFontaine (R) No ResponsePenny Tibbits (R) No Response
Richmond Twp TreasurerDeborah J. Davidson (R) No ResponseRobert Szalka (R) No Response
Richmond Twp TrusteeChristopher DeVos (R) No ResponseVern John Kulman (R) No Response
Shelby Twp SupervisorRichard Batchelder (R) No ResponseRick Stathakis (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Shelby Twp ClerkStanley Grot (R) No Response
Shelby Twp TreasurerMichael Flynn (R) No ResponseNick Nightingale (R) No Response
Macomb County continued on page 20
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Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: Y = YES N = NO * = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
CANDIDATE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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MACOMB COUNTY
Shelby Twp TrusteeAnthony Apone (R) No ResponseJulius Dallo (R) No ResponseGrant G. Golasa (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YJohn Vermeulen (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YVince Viviano (R) No ResponseLynn M. Wilhelm (R) No ResponseDouglas C. Wozniak (R) No Response
Washington Twp SupervisorMichele M. Milam (R) No ResponseDan O’Leary (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Washington Twp ClerkKathy Bosheers (R) No ResponseLaura Rossell (R) No Response
Washington Twp TreasurerJoe Fortuna (R) No ResponseMike Nicley (R) No Response
Washington Twp TrusteeStanley Babinski (R) No ResponseArt Grimes (R) No ResponseAbby Jacobson (R) No ResponseHarold Miller (R) No ResponseBrandon Noll (R) No ResponseSebastian Sam Previti (R) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YBob Randall (R) No ResponseCharrae Trocki (R) No Response
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Register and Vote!Never underestimate the power of the ballot.One of the greatest strengths of America is that all citi-
zens are provided a voice through the voting booth. And every vote does count! Many an election has been won by a handful of votes or even just one vote.
But before you can vote in an election, you must be registered. Registering to vote is an easy process. In fact, Michigan was the first state in the nation to implement “motor/voter” registration, allowing residents to register to vote at any Secretary of State branch office. Today, over 88 percent of all eligible voters are registered.
To register, you must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old by election day and a Michigan resident. Any Secretary of State branch office or county, city or township clerk’s office can register you. In addition, specified agencies providing services through the the Department of Human Services,
the Department of Community Health, the Michigan Jobs Commission, and military recruitment centers also provide voter registration services.
You may also register to vote by mail—forms are available at your local clerk’s office or from the Secretary of State web site. If you register to vote by mail, and you have moved to a new voting jurisdiction or are registering for the very first time, you must vote in person in the first election in which you participate. The only exceptions are if you are 60 years old or older, disabled as defined by law or temporarily living overseas.
You also have the option of registering to vote when you renew your driver license by mail. Eligible drivers receive a voter registration application in the mail with their driver license renewal information.
As you can see, there are several options for you to choose from when registering to vote. But no matter where or how you register, you will vote in your assigned precinct in your hometown.
Absentee VotingF Download an absentee ballot application at
www.michigan.gov/sosF Send your absentee ballot request form to your clerk
at: www.michigan.gov/sos Absentee voter ballots are available for all elections.
They provide voters with a convenient method for cast-ing a ballot when they are unable to attend the polls on election day.
As a registered voter, you may obtain an absentee voter ballot if you are:
F age 60 years old or olderF unable to vote without assistance at the pollsF expecting to be out of town on election day
F in jail awaiting arraignment or trialF unable to attend the polls due to religious reasons
F appointed to work as an election inspector in a precinct outside of your precinct of residence.
A person who registers to vote by mail must vote in person in the first election in which he or she participates. The restriction does not apply to overseas voters, voters who are disabled or voters who are 60 years of age or older. (Voting in person on one governmental level clears the restriction on the other levels. For example, if a voter subject to the restriction votes in person at a school election, the voter would be free to obtain an absentee ballot for the first state election in which he or she wishes to participate.)
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JUDICIAL CANDIDATE SURVEY LIFESPAN sent the following three-question survey to each candidate for judicial office in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties, including Appeals Court, Circuit Court, District Court and Probate Court. Candidates were also asked to state, in 50 words or less, their judicial philosophy as it relates to matters of statutory interpretation. Statements provided by judicial candidates are on file at LIFESPAN’s Main Office. Please call for further information.
The following questions are intended to canvas your judicial philosophy. These questions are not directed at any particular case that you may have previously ruled upon, are about to rule upon or may rule upon in the future.
1. Which of the following groups of United States Supreme Court Justices possess a judicial philosophy that is closest to your own? Please mark your selection. A B C D A. Former Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Clarence Thomas B. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor C. Former Justice David Souter and former Justice John Paul Stevens D. Justice Ruth Bader Binsberg and Justice Stephen Breyer
2. Which book most closely captures your judicial philosophy? Please mark your selection. A B C D A. A Matter of Interpretation, by Antonin Scalia B. Rights from Wrongs, by Alan Dershowitz C. Active Liberty, by Stephen Breyer D. Feminist Legal Theory: Readings in Law and Gender, edited by Katharine T. Bartlett and Roseanne Kennedy 3. Which statement most closely captures your judicial philosophy as it relates to matters of Constitutional interpretation? Please mark your selection. A B C D A. Our State and Federal Constitutions should be interpreted by ascertaining the original meaning of the words that make up these documents.
B. Our State and Federal Constitutions should be interpreted by ascertaining the current meaning of the words that make up these documents.
C. Our State and Federal Constitutions provide general outlines of societal goals. The interpretation of our Constitutions can change over time to reflect the changing views of society. Constitutional interpretation should not be so stringent as to preclude the flexibility needed in a changing society. D. A judge ought not commit to methods of constitutional interpretation before a case is heard. A judge should consider the arguments of the litigants and select a method of constitutional interpretation that produces a fair and equitable result in each case before the court.
4. In 50 words or less, on the reverse side of this questionnaire, describe your judicial philosophy as it relates to matters of statutory interpretation.
NOTE: LIFESPAN is not a political organization and does not endorse candidates for election. We have surveyed the candidates as a service to our members. The questionnaires are on file at LIFESPAN’s Main Office for your perusal. If you need further verification on a candidate’s stand on these or other issues, please contact the candidate directly.
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JUDICIAL Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: V additional statement provided (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
JUDICIAL CANDIDATE 1 2 3 4V JUDICIAL CANDIDATE 1 2 3 4V
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JUDICIAL CANDIDATESWAYNE COUNTY
COURT OF APPEALS1st DistrictNicole James No Response Cynthia Diane Stephens No Response Kurtis T. Wilder No Response CIRCUIT COURT3rd CircuitE. Lynise Bryant-Weekes No ResponseEric William Cholack No Response James R. Chylinski No ResponseDelicia Taylor Coleman No Response Rebekah R. Coleman No Response Felicia Courtright No Response Melissa Anne Cox A A A V Matthew M. Evans No Response Wanda A. Evans No Response Robert Ficano No Response Patricia Susan Fresard No Response Alexis A. Glendening No ResponseTracy E. Green No Response David Alan Groner No ResponseAdel A. Harb No Response Cynthia Gray Hathaway No ResponseThomas John Hathaway No Response Susan L Hubbard No Response Muriel Diane Hughes No ResponseJames Humphries No Response Timothy M. Kenny No ResponseKenneth J. King No Response Michelle Letourneau-McAvoy No Response Karyn L. Macdonald No Response Sheila Gibson Manning No ResponseBrian L. Morrow No Response Bruce Underwood Morrow No Response John A. Murphy No Response Lita Helene Popke No ResponseKelly Ann Ramsey A A A V Isaac Robinson No Response Ron D. Robinson No Response Suzette Samuels No Response Mark Slavens No Response Martha M. Snow No Response Brian R. Sullivan A A A V
Regina Thomas No Response Michael Thomas Woodyard No Response
DISTRICT COURT17th District CourtKaren Khalil No Response
19th District CourtAbbie Bazzi No Response Susan A. Dabaja No Response Gene Hunt No Response 24th District CourtRichard Page No Response
25th District CourtDavid J. Zelenak No Response
30th District Court Brigette Officer-Hill No Response
33rd District CourtJennifer Coleman Hesson No Response
34th District CourtBrian A. Oakley No Response
35th District CourtMichael J. Gerou No Response
36th District CourtLydia Nance Adams No ResponseChristopher M. Blount No Response Richard J. Bowers, Jr. No ResponseIzetta F. Bright No Response Ruth C. Carter No ResponseKahlilia Yvette Davis No Response Deborah Geraldine Bledsoe Ford No Response Austin W. Garrett No ResponseAdrienne Hinnant-Johnson No ResponseKenyetta Stanford Jones No ResponseKristine Longstreet No Response B. Pennie Millender No Response Cylenthia LaToye Miller No Response David A. Perkins No ResponseMillicent Sherman No ResponseCoral Watt No Response Larry D. Williams, Jr. No Response PROBATE COURTLisa Marie Neilson No ResponseLawrence J. Paolucci A A A V
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JUDICIAL Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: V additional statement provided (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
JUDICIAL CANDIDATE 1 2 3 4V JUDICIAL CANDIDATE 1 2 3 4V
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JUDICIAL CANDIDATESOAKLAND COUNTY
APPEALS COURT2nd DistrictColleen A. O’Brien No Response
CIRCUIT COURT6th District Circuit Court Rae Lee Chabot No ResponseHala Jarbou No ResponseCheryl A. Matthews No ResponseDaniel Patrick O’Brien A A A V
Jeffery S. Matis No ResponseLorie Savin No ResponseVictoria Valentine No Response
DISTRICT COURT43rd District CourtJoseph Longo No Response
46th District CourtCynthia M. Arvant No ResponseDorothy Dean No ResponseKameshia D. Gant No ResponseMarc S. Herschfus No ResponseEman H. Jajonie-Daman No ResponseDevlin K. Scarber No Response
47th District CourtMarla Parker No Response
48th District CourtMarc Barron No Response
50th District CourtPreston G. Thomas No Response
It is not sufficient to think that, since candidate X takes the “right position” on other issues such as the economy, foreign relations, defense, etc.,
but only goes wrong on abortion, one can in good conscience, vote for him/her.
Abortion deals with the first and most basic human right, without which there is nothing left to talk about.
~ Matthew Habiger, OSB ~
51st District CourtAndrea Dean A A A V
Todd Fox No ResponseMary Mara No Response
52nd District Court - 1st DivisionGary Klein No Response David Law A A A V
52nd District Court - 2nd DivisionKelley Kostin No Response
52nd District Court - 3rd DivisionNancy Tolwin Carniak No Response
52nd District Court - 4th DivisionKristen Nielsen Hartig No Response
PROBATE COURTKathleen Ryan No ResponseJennifer Callaghan No ResponseKaren Geibel A A A V
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To view the Public Ballot for YOUR county, jurisdiction and precinct, go to:webapps.sos.state.mi.us/MVIC/
SelectPublicBallot.aspxand follow the prompts to see the actual ballot
that YOU will see on election day.
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JUDICIAL Candidate Questionnaire ResponsesKEY: V additional statement provided (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
JUDICIAL CANDIDATE 1 2 3 4V
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JUDICIAL CANDIDATESMACOMB COUNTY
APPEALS COURT2nd DistrictColleen A. O’Brien No Response
CIRCUIT COURT16th CircuitRichard L. Caretti No ResponseBeth deBaptiste-Follis No Response Teri Lynn Dennings No ResponseCarl J. Marlinga A A A V
Rachel Rancilio A A A V
Michael E. Servitto No ResponseJoseph Toia No ResponseArmand Velardo No Response Kathy Viviano No Response DISTRICT COURT37th DistrictSuzanne Faunce No Response 39th DistrictCatherine B. Steenland No Response
41A DistrictStephen S. Sierawski No Response
41B DistrictCarrie Lynn Fuca No Response
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Absentee Votingcontinued from page 20
Requesting an Absentee Voter BallotYour request for an absentee voter ballot must be in
writing and can be submitted to your city or township clerk. (For assistance in obtaining the address of your city or township clerk, see www.Michigan.gov/vote). Your request must include one of the six statutory reasons stated above and your signature. You must request an absentee voter ballot by mailing the application, a letter, a postcard, or a pre-printed application form obtained from your local clerk’s office. Requests to have an absentee voter ballot mailed to you must be received by your clerk no later than 2 p.m. the Saturday before the election.
Once your request is received by the local clerk, your signature on the request will be checked against your voter registration record before a ballot is issued. You must be a registered voter to receive an absentee ballot. Requests for absentee voter ballots are processed immediately. Absentee voter ballots may be issued to you at your home address or any address outside of your city or township of residence.
After receiving your absentee voter ballot, you have until 8 p.m. on election day to complete the ballot and return it to the clerk’s office. Your ballot will not be count-ed unless your signature is on the return envelope and matches your signature on file. If you received assistance voting the ballot, then the signature of the person who helped you must also be on the return envelope. Only you, a family member or person residing in your household, a mail carrier, or election official is authorized to deliver your signed absentee voter ballot to your clerk’s office.
If an emergency, such as a sudden illness or family death prevents you from reaching the polls on election day, you may request an emergency absentee voter bal-lot. Requests for an emergency ballot must be submitted after the deadline for regular absentee voter ballots has passed but before 4 p.m. on election day. The emergency must have occurred at a time which made it impossible for you to apply for a regular absentee voter ballot. Your local clerk will have more information about emergency absentee voter ballots. F
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Right to Life – LIFESPAN
2017 “MOVEMENT IN MOTION” Youth Bus Trip to Washington, DC for the Annual March for Life
Dates: depart evening of January 26th, arrive home morning of January 29th
7th-12th Grade Students and College Students are Invited.
7th/8th grade students must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
Cost is $185.00 per person
Includes bus trip, host church for Friday night, and 2 breakfasts,
1 lunch and 1 dinner (two extra meals than last year)
Add an extra $9 if you do not have the required LIFESPAN beanie hat
that we will use for identification in the crowd. We will order one for you!
Registration will begin September 1st and end October 31st
(or sooner depending on how quick the LIFESPAN buses fill up).
For further information about the trip and to get registration forms
when they become available in August, please e-mail
Lynn Gura, Youth Director,
at [email protected] and she will respond!
If you need to speak to her by phone, call the office at 248-816-1546.
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1637 W. Big Beaver Rd., Suite G, Troy, MI 48084-3540Phone: 248-816-1546
e-mail: [email protected] Hours: Monday-Friday 9-3
Diane Trombley, Director/Ofc. Mgr.Lynn Gura, Ofc. Staff & Youth Director
32540 Schoolcraft Rd., Ste. 210, Livonia, MI 48150-4305Phone 734-422-6230 • Fax 734-422-8116
e-mail: [email protected] Hours: Monday-Thursday 9-2:30; Friday Closed
Eileen Brandt, DirectorAnne Marie Morin, Office Assistant
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Entertainment Books It’s time to SAVE! We are taking pre-orders for the
2017 Entertainment Books with the 2017 Premier Dining Books at the Wayne County Chapter, NOW!
As a special bonus, when you pay your $30, you will also receive the 2016 Entertainment Book and the 2016 Premier Dining Book which are good until December 30, 2016. That is FOUR books for the price of one! Supplies of the 2016 Books are extremely limited and are given out with pre-order on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Activate the card that comes in the book and use the “Entertainment Book app” on a smartphone to really get amazing savings! Don’t have a smartphone? You
still can use the paper coupons that are in the E-Book! You could also pass the card on to a son/daughter, grandchild or friend who has a smartphone so that you both benefit! Last year, I saved over $175 dollars before I stopped tracking. It’s a great way to save money and support LIFESPAN!
Cast your VOTEWhat can a pro-life person do as we approach this
election? First of all, educate yourself! Get a copy of a sample ballot, either in person at your city clerk’s office, or online at the Secretary of State website or your local
city government website. Research the candidates. One way to do this is to see who responded to LIFESPAN’s candidate survey and what their responses were. Don’t hesitate to simply call the candidate’s office and ask them if they are pro-life and if they feel there are any circumstances where abortion should be legal.
Secondly, realize that you are not asking about a policy, or how something will be accomplished, but a principle. A principle that states that all innocent life should be protected and respected: conception until natural death. There really is no way to compromise on a principle. Either you protect and respect innocent human life or you don’t. The manner in which you go about protecting those lives is up for debate; that is a policy.
Finally, make sure that you VOTE! Whether by absentee ballot or in person, your vote matters! The people who take public office, regardless if it is a city, state or federal position, influence what happens in people’s lives. They create the policies that can potentially impact your principles. Make sure that you elect the people who reflect your principles.
"If you can't get past the candidates, think of the Supreme Court.
The next president may have as many as three (or even more) opportunities
to nominate candidates to the court. Do you want 30-40 more years of what we have had, or worse,
or a chance to redirect the course of our country?"
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SAVE THE DATE!
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2016
MICHIGAN NURSES FOR LIFEANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE
ST. JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND PONTIAC
The Tragedy of Human Traffickingin Michigan
Learn how to identify and help a victim!LIFESPAN members and general public invited to attend
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEBSITE:WWW.MNFL.ORG OR CALL 248-816-8489
All material and monetary donations to Wee Care are tax-deductible. Checks must be made payable to Right to Life - LIFESPAN Educational Fund.
Wee Care
A Program of Right to Life - LIFESPAN Educational Fund32540 Schoolcraft Rd., Ste. 100, Livonia, MI 48150-4305
Phone: 734-524-0165 • Fax: 734-524-0166Office Hours: By appointment; Karen Patrosso, Director
Dear Friends,Along with New Life (lots
of it!), this past Spring also brought a few baby showers for my precious Wee Care
babies, and I can’t thank you enough! We received adorable sleepers, onesies, diapers, wipes, crib sheets, baby towels, beautiful handmade afghans, and so much more. My gratitude is beyond words!
Each year, we provide over 600 layettes and packages and we distribute over 5400 sleepers and onesies, 3,000 receiving blankets, 600 packages of diapers, and that is just a few of the items we give out. I don’t know what my little ones would do without your love and support!
As I said, there was a lot of “New Life” to celebrate and provide for. So many phone calls, so many pleas for help and so many mothers in desperate situations.
This past week alone, we helped over thirty moms! One mother of two little ones, had a house fire and
lost everything. Another mother gave birth to twins. They came early,
dad had lost his job and with an eleven-year-old in the family—there were no hand-me-downs!
We also helped a teen, whose parents made her leave their home when she refused to have an abortion. She is
living with a friend’s grandmother, has decided not to give her baby up for adoption and is determined to be a good mom.
So many heartbreaking stories that affect so many families. You will never know how many lives you have touched and what a difference your love, generosity and prayers make.
In addition to the material goods, you also give our moms the gifts of hope (that things will get better), peace of mind (that their babies immediate needs are being provided) and love (that strangers care about them and their precious child!).
May God bless you all! Have a beautiful, relaxing summer (and if you get bored—remember us at garage sales and clearance sales when you are keeping cool at the mall!)
Love, KarenPS: We do have an urgent need for empty copy-paper boxes with lids to store seasonal baby clothes! (Please call the office for further description.)
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By Steven Ertelt
The Supreme Court on June 27 issued its biggest rul-ing on abortion since upholding the federal ban on partial-birth abortions in the Gonzalez decision. The
Supreme Court reversed part of a pro-life Texas law that protects women’s health and has also saved the lives of thousands of unborn children and closed abortion clinics that can’t ensure adequate protection for women.
The high court ruled 5-3 against the Texas pro-life law with Justice Stephen Breyer writing the decision. Justices Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan joined Breyer. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented.
Breyer’s majority opinion for the court held that the regulations are medically unnecessary and unconstitu-tionally limit a woman’s right to an abortion.
The 5-3 decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt shows the paramount importance of judge’s in this year’s presidential election. In approving the appeal from abor-tion companies, the Supreme Court did not allow Texas’ pro-life law to stand.
At issue in the ruling were two provisions—that abor-tion clinics meet the same building standards as ambu-latory surgical centers (ASCs) and that abortionists have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital for situations of medical emergencies.
Texas’ law is arguably responsible for saving the lives of tens of thousands of unborn babies by closing abortion clinics that are unable to protect women’s health. The laws protects women’s health and welfare by requiring abortion clinics to meet the kinds of medical and safety standards that legitimate medical centers meet.
Breyer wrote that “the surgical-center requirement, like the admitting privileges requirement, provides few, if any, health benefits for women, poses a substantial obstacle to women seeking abortions and constitutes an ‘undue burden’ on their constitutional right to do so.”
Justice Clarence Thomas, who authored the dissenting opinion, wrote, “Today the Court strikes down two state statutory provisions in all of their applications, at the behest of abortion clinics and doctors. That decision exemplifies the Court’s troubling tendency ‘to bend the rules when any effort to limit abortion, or even to speak in opposition to abortion, is at issue.’”
He continued, “…today’s decision creates an abortion exception to ordinary rules of res judicata, ignores compel-ling evidence that Texas’ law imposes no unconstitutional burden, and disregards basic principles of the severability doctrine. I write separately to emphasize how today’s decision perpetuates the Court’s habit of applying differ-ent rules to different constitutional rights—especially the putative right to abortion.”
John Seago, the legislative director for Texas Right to Life, said the Supreme Court ruling will have a terrible effect on similar pro-life laws in other states that seek to protect women and unborn children.
“This dangerous SCOTUS ruling allows the abortion industry to challenge any safety laws by threatening to close rather than follow law,” Seago said.
Steve Aden, an attorney with Alliance Defending Free-dom, said the ruling puts women’s health at risk. In his comments to LifeNews.com, he said:
“Abortionists shouldn’t be given a free pass to elude medical requirements that everyone else is required to
Supreme Court Overturns Texas Law
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follow. We are disappointed that the Supreme Court has ruled against a law so clearly designed to protect the health and safety of women in the wake of the Kermit Gosnell scandal. The law’s requirements were commonsense pro-tections that ensured the maximum amount of protection for women, who deserve to have their well-being treated by government as a higher priority than the bottom line of abortionists. Any abortion facilities that don’t meet basic health and safety standards are not facilities that anyone should want to remain open.”
Abortion advocates challenged the law and those facility regulations and hospital admitting requirements, arguing that these clinics should not be held to the same health standards as other outpatient ambulatory facilities. The abortion businesses suing to stop the pro-life law argued that the effect of the law will be to close many abortion clinics, thus creating an “undue burden” on the right of women to have an abortion.
But Attorney General Paxton reminded the justices that, “Petitioners ignore the fact that under the Fifth Circuit’s decision, which granted as-applied relief in McAllen, every metropolitan area with an abortion facility operating today in Texas will still have an operating abortion facility if the ruling takes effect.”
Paxton wrote, “States are given wide discretion to pass medical regulations.” Paxton explained that the admitting privileges requirement had already been upheld by courts in a separate lawsuit which “correctly conclude[d] that the challenged provisions of HB2 do not facially impose an undue burden.”
Petitioners ask this Court to depart from a quarter-cen-tury of this Court’s abortion jurisprudence by judging for itself the medical effectiveness of HB2’s requirements and balancing it against the burdens purportedly caused by HB2. In short, petitioners would have this Court serve as “the country’s ex officio medical board with powers to approve or disapprove medical and operative practices and standards throughout the United States”—a role this Court has specifically declined to assume.
“[The abortion providers] wish to proceed as if their first lawsuit against HB 2 never happened,” the state at-torneys continued. “But they litigated that case to a final judgment, and arguments and evidence they chose not to present there are barred.”
Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller argued the case before the court earlier this year and he was immediately met with skepticism from the pro-abortion members of the high court.
“According to you, the slightest health improvement is enough to burden the lives of a million women,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor told him.
Justice Anthony Kennedy is the swing vote on almost any abortion case and he appeared sympathetic to the argument that abortion clinics should be expected to comply with sensible medical standards if given enough time, according to the Washington Examiner:
“Regulations sometimes take years to adopt,” Kennedy said. At another point, he suggested the lower district court
could delay a final decision for a few more years, until it becomes clear whether clinics remain closed, as opponents of the law predict, or whether they manage to reopen.
Kennedy has supported some abortion limits in the past, including the federal ban on partial-birth abortion. But how far he’s willing to let states go in tamping down on abortion is not clear.
Roger Severino, director of the Heritage Foundation’s DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society, watched the oral arguments and said he thought they went as expected.He is hopeful that Justice Kennedy will side with Texas in upholding the law.
“We had the liberal/conservative breakdown in the Court that you would expect among the justices, but Justice Kennedy, in the few questions he asked, showed some hesitation about courts second-guessing the state’s ability to regulate abortion clinics,” Severino said. “Even Justice Breyer acknowledged the state’s intent in regulat-ing abortion clinics was a legitimate desire to help further women’s health and not for some nefarious purpose.”
“Justice Alito repeatedly challenged the plaintiffs to point to the evidence that clinics closed because of these regulations as opposed to some other reason, and asked for any evidence that the abortion industry cannot adapt to the new standards,” he added.
Severino emphasized “this case was about the ability of Texas to increase the health and safety standards at abortion clinics. The abortion industry should not get a special exemption and Texas is well within its rights to act.”
The Supreme Court considered two explicit questions in the Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstadt case over the Texas law:
(1) Whether, when applying the “undue burden” stan-dard of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a court errs by refusing to consider whether and to what extent laws that restrict abortion for the stated purpose of promoting health actually serve the government’s interest in promoting health; and
(2) whether the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit erred in concluding that this standard permits Texas to enforce, in nearly all circumstances, laws that would cause a significant reduction in the availability of abortion services while failing to advance the State’s interest in promoting health—or any other valid interest.
Both of these questions deal with the “undue burden” standard from Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which has been used to challenge every type of Pro-Life legislation across the country since 1992. Whether the abortion industry is challenging informed consent laws (like Texas’ Sonogram Bill in 2011), prohibitions on late abortions (as in Arizona in 2014), or higher medical standards (as in the current challenge to House Bill 2), the plaintiffs use the vague and undefined “undue burden” standard in all cases.
The Supreme Court has not directly addressed the issue of abortion since 2007, when the Court upheld the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in Gonzales v. Carhart.
—LifeNews.com, June 27, 2016
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Diane Fagelman, President
From the President’s Desk
Lifespan NewsJuly 2016; Vol. 45, No. 5President & Publisher: Diane FagelmanCo-editors: Marge Bradley, Diane TrombleyRight to Life - LIFESPAN is a non-profit organization, and is funded entirely by membership dues, private donations and fundraisers. Donations are not tax-deductible.MAIN OFFICE 32540 Schoolcraft Rd., Ste. 100, Livonia, MI 48150-4305 Phone: 734-524-0162; Fax: 734-524-0166email: [email protected]: www.miLIFESPAN.org
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My Dear Pro-Life Friends,
I think you will agree that this is a very strange elec-tion. I hope this issue will help you to make the right decisions when entering the voting booth. The challenge this year is to decide who best rep-
resents our own philosophy on life issues. Who will pro-tect human life from conception to natural death?
The one thing I have learned through these 46 years working in the pro-life movement is that there is no per-fect candidate running in a government election. It is im-portant that we vet every candidate and vote for the ones who closely resemble our pro-life views.
Your vote is important—not voting could be a vote for the pro-death candidate.
I understand that there are issues other than the life issues. But, the issue of LIFE is the one issue that is para-mount! If one is not allowed LIFE, then what do the pe-ripheral needs of the human person matter?
Over three thousand human lives are lost by abortion in this country every day. These people will not need social, medical or educational services. They will never need social programs—they are no more!
So, if you vote for a person who promotes abortion, assisted suicide or euthanasia, you are voting for the ultimate injustice—being killed because of progressive laws—instituted by those who have the power of a vote.
Just look at the past forty-six years? What has hap-pened to our traditional values and the undermining of the Constitution? Our founding fathers founded this country on the premise that all people have a right to LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
Your pro-life vote counts!! Don’t waste it!! May God give us the courage to continue the good
fight for LIFE!
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Right to Life - LIFESPAN Membership FormRight to Life - LIFESPAN believes that human life has value in all stages of development from conception until natural death, and is committed to speaking on behalf of those who-cannot speak for themselves — the unborn, the aged, the incapacitated. Won’t you please help in our struggle to preserve respect for human life? A contribution brings you the monthly newsletter as well as educational materials and special mailings.
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Oh brother: Now “Euthanasia” is “Dignicide”By Wesley J. Smith
The euthanasia movement has always been about finding words and terms to mask the harshness of killing as a
response to suffering.Indeed, the word “euthanasia”—good death—did not
originally refer to killing. Rather, it meant dying peacefully in a state of grace.
Now, the suicide fanatic Faye Girsh—former head of the Hemlock Society—reporting from a convention of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies, says the psychiatrist that brought euthanasia to the mentally ill in Netherlands has coined an obscuring word to replace “euthanasia” in the movement’s lexicon.
From her summary:Boudewijn Chabot (de Einder) disclosed the name of
the patient whose death 25 years ago brought him into conflict with the Dutch Supreme Court and opened the way for help for psychiatric patients. He is now using the term ”dignicide” (which my spell checker is rejecting) as the word promoted by some to describe a self-selected rational and dignified death.
You can call a dung beetle a butterfly—but it is still a dung beetle.
—Human Exceptionalism, May 26, 2016
LIFESPAN’s Garage Sale was a huge success! All proceeds go to the Educational Fund: The Wee Care Out-reach Program and the Youth Outreach Program. The weather was wonderful and the location, right next to a school, brought in a lot of people. Thanks goes out to the Garage Sale Committee: Anne Marie Morin, Andrew Reiff, Christina Hansen and Diane Fagelman and all the wonderful volunteers who came to help set-up the sale, run the sale and clean-up after the sale. A special thanks goes out to Ray and Jane Jakubiec, who gave us the lo-cation, helped price and sell the items and the clean-up! They were wonderful!
LIFESPAN’s Cross Display provides a vivid visual remind-er of the tragic loss of life from abortion. Make arrangements to display the crosses at your church or other organization. Crosses are available by calling LIFESPAN’s Oakland/Macomb Chapter for scheduling, 248-816-1546. Pictured here is the Cross Display at St. Mary of the Hills Catholic Church in Troy, with church parishioners.
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By Micaiah Bilger
Lauren Galvan decided to keep an open mind about the abortion issue when she started her freshman year at Brown University in 2012.
Galvan, a senior, recently wrote an op-ed for the Brown Daily Herald about how she began exploring the abortion issue as a young college student. She said she did not think much about the issue in high school, and she decided to change that it college.
It was during a biology class at Brown when Galvan came to the conclusion that unborn babies are human beings who deserve the same right to life that other humans do.
She wrote:Ironically, coming to Brown, arguably the most liberal
school in the Ivy League, was the first step in my conversion to the pro-life cause. After taking BIOL 0320: “Vertebrate Embryology” with the late Marjorie Thompson ’74 PhD’79 P’02 P’07 P’09 P’12 P’15 P’16, who was associate dean of biology, the spring semester of my freshman year, I pro-foundly changed my disposition on human personhood, and I became firmly pro-life.
The scientific reality of fetal development first catalyzed this resolution. In every embryology textbook, I found—as you will find—irrefutable evidence that an individual human life begins at conception. At that point, a living organism with unique human DNA is created. This is simply a scientific fact, and no amount of arguing from pro-choicers can make it untrue. What they mean to say is that this fertilized embryo, though human and alive, is not yet a person and therefore not protected under the category of human rights.
Galvan then articulately explained the pro-life position in her column and pointed out the danger of allowing society to decide who is a “person” with rights and who isn’t. She brought up the human rights abuses of slavery
and genocide, which supporters justified with claims that the tar-geted groups of people were not really people.
“Our right to life would not depend on others’ opinions of us, but rather on the simple and indis-putable fact that we are all human and that each human life deserves protection under the law,” Galvan wrote. “This is the pro-life position in a nutshell.”
Motivated by her conclusions, Galvan went on to found the Students for Life at Brown club. She said she can’t even imagine identifying with the “pro-choice” label that she once did during her high school days.
“… for to say ‘I am pro-choice’ to other people is to tell them that I would have or could have supported their parents’ decisions to terminate their lives. To me, that is the absolute equivalent of telling someone that his or her life has neither meaning nor purpose,” Galvan continued. “All human life has value, and it’s time we start protecting it.”
Modern scientific evidence about human life has drawn many people to the conclusion that abortion is wrong. In 2013, pro-life writer Sarah Terzo shared a medical student’s testimony after witnessing an abortion. The man said he was troubled after watching the abortion as part of his medical training, and said he could no longer call himself pro-choice. He said he could not stop thinking about who that aborted baby boy would have become if he had been allowed to live.
These facts become clear when people seek the truth about abortion. Human life begins at the moment of fertil-ization, and every human being deserves the right to life.
…and this is why they are the Pro-Life Generation! She Went to One of the Most Pro-Abortion Universities
But Became Pro-Life, Here’s How
—LifeNews.com, May 18, 2016
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