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Michigan Chronicle Endorsements
By   | Published  10/29/2008 | Main News | Rating:
Michigan Chronicle Endorsements

 
President/Vice President of the United StatesBarack Obama
Joe Biden
 
Michigan Board of Education
John Austin - Democrat
Kathleen S Strauss - Democrat
 
Wayne State University Board of Governors
Paul Massaron - Democrat
Gary S S. Pollard - Democrat
 
Congressional
United States Senator
Carl Levin - Democrat
 
Regent of the University of Michigan
Laurence B. Deitch - Democrat
Denise Ilitch - Democrat
 
Trustee of Michigan State University
George S Scott Romney - Republican
Dianne Byrum - Democrat
 
Wayne County Prosecutor
Kym Worthy - Democrat
 
Wayne County Sheriff
Warren Evans - Democrat
 
Wayne County Clerk
Cathy M. Garrett - Democrat
 
Wayne County Treasurer
Raymond J. Wojtowicz - Democrat
 
Wayne County Register of Deeds
Bernard J. Youngblood - Democrat
 
Justice of the Supreme Court
Cliff Taylor
 
Judge of Court of Appeals
1st District

Karen Fort Hood
Chris Murray
Michael J. Talbot
 
Judge of Circuit Court
3rd Circuit
Incumbent Position

David J. Allen
Susan D. Borman
Ulysses Whittaker Boykin
Megan Maher Brennan
Bill Callahan
Michael James Callahan
Daphne Means Curtis
Christopher D. Dingell
Charlene M. Elder
Vonda R. Evans
John H. Gillis Jr.
Vera Massey Jones
Mary Beth Kelly
Arthur J. Lombard
Wade H. McCree
Richard M. Skutt
Craig S. Strong
Robert L. Ziolkowski
 
Judge of Circuit Court
3rd Circuit
Non-Incumbent Position

Richard Cunningham
Connie Marie Kelley
Lynne A. Pierce
 
Judge of Circuit Court
3rd Circuit
Incumbent Position
Partial Term Ending

Muriel Diane Hughes
Mark Slavens
 
Judge of the Probate Court
Judy A. Hartsfield
Martin Thomas Maher
David J. Szymanski
 
Judge of the District Court
36th District
Incumbent Position

Joseph Baltimore
Nancy M. Blount
Esther Lynise Bryant-Weekes
Ronald Giles
Beverly Hayes-Sipes
Patricia Jefferson
Kenneth J. King
Willie Lipscomb Jr.
Mark Anthony Randon
 
Judge of the District Court
36th District
Non-Incumbent Position

George Chatman
 
PROPOSAL SECTION STATE PR OP OS AL 08-1
A LEGISL AT IVE I N IT IA TI VE T O PERMIT THE USE AND CULTIVATION
OF MARI JUANA FOR SPECIFIED MEDICAL CONDITIONS

The proposed law would:
• Permit physician approved use of marijuana by registered patients with debilitating medical conditions including cancer, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS , hepatitis C, MS and other conditions as may be approved by the Department of Community Health.
• Permit registered individuals to grow limited amounts of marijuana for qualifying patients in an enclosed, locked facility.
• Require Department of Community Health to establish an identification car system for patients qualified to use marijuana and individuals qualified to grow marijuana.
• Permit registered and unregistered patients and primary caregivers to assert medical reasons for using marijuana as defense to any prosecution involving marijuana.
Should this proposal be adopted? YES
 
PROPOSAL 08-2 A
PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO ADDRESS HUMAN EMBRYO AND HUMAN EMBRYONICST STEM CELL RESEARCH IN MICHIGAN

The proposed constitutional amendment would:
Expand use of human embryos for any research permitted under federal law subject to the following limits: the embryos...
• are created for fertility treatment purposes;
• are not suitable for implantation or are in excess of clinical needs;
- would be discarded unless used for research;
• were donated by the person seeking fertility treatment.
• Provide that stem cells cannot be taken from human embryos more than 14 days after cell division begins.
• Prohibit any person from selling or purchasing human embryos for stem cell research. • Prohibit state and local laws that prevent, restrict or discourage stem cell research, future therapies and cures.
Should this proposal be adopted? YES
 
WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COL LE GE DISTRICT MILLAGE RENEWAL AND REDUCT ION
Shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be imposed on taxable property in the Wayne County Community College District be renewed at a rate of 1.25 mills ($1.25 per $1,000 of Taxable Valuation) for a period of ten (10) years, 2011 to 2020, inclusive, as a reduction of the prior millage authorization previously approved by the electors (as reduced by operation of the Headlee Amendment) which shall expire with the 2010 levy, to provide funds for all community college purposes authorized by law? It is estimated that 1.25 mills would raise approximately $41,778,457when first levied in 2011.
Should this proposal be adopted? YES
 
Representative in Congress
13th District

Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
 
Representative in Congress
14th District

John Conyers Jr.
 
Representative in State Legislature
1st District

Timothy Bledsoe- Democrat
2nd District
LaMar Lemmons Jr, - Democrat
3rd District
Bettie Cook Scott - Democrat
4th District
Coleman Young Jr. - Democrat
5th District
Bert Johnson -Democrat
6th District
Fred Durhal Jr.
7th District
Jimmy Womack - Democrat
8th District
George Cushingberry Jr. - Democrat
9th District
Shanelle Jackson - Democrat
 
County Commissioner
1st District

Tim Killeen - Democrat
2nd District
Bernard Parker - Democrat
3rd District
Moe Blackwell - Democrat
4th District
Jewel Ware - Democrat
5th District
Ilona Varga - Democrat
6th District
Keith D. Williams - Democrat
8th District
Alisha Bell - Democrat
 
Oakland County Executive
L. Brooks Patterson

Comments
  • Comment #1 (Posted by David)
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    This paper is a Democratic rag. How in the world can you lean so Democratic on almost all of your candidates? Democrats are the problems in this country and the reason why we are behind.
     
  • Comment #2 (Posted by an unknown user)
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    David, you must live on another planet.George W.Bush is the President. The last time I looked he was not a democrat.
     
  • Comment #3 (Posted by Hunter Van Valkenburgh)
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    I am appalled that you endorsed Cliff Taylor for Supreme Court after endorsing all the Democrats for every other office. "Justice" Taylor has voted for or written some reprehensible opinions that have undercut the rights of all Michigan citizens to get redress in the courts. The burden of his decisions falls most heavily on people who depend on work for a living, which I would assume is most or all of your constituency.
    Is your endorsement some kind of revenge because the Democratic Party rejected Debra Thomas as the candidate? Judge Thomas doesn't have a problem with it, as she is supporting Judge Hathaway. So is Barack Obama, who openly endorsed Judge Hathaway in his last appearance in Michigan. Is it too late to change your mind? Your endorsement does a disservice to the people of Michigan.
     
  • Comment #4 (Posted by linda caldwell)
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    ARE YOU KIDDING ME, THE CHRONICLE ENDORSES L.BROOKS PATTERSON, HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND, OR HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW NASTY L.BROOKS PATTERSON WAS AND STILL IS TO BLACKS IN THIS STATE, JUST BECAUSE HE SMILED AT KWAME KILPATRICK A FEW TIMES AND HAD BREAKFAST WITH HIM HE IS THIS OK GUY, REMEMBER WHEN L.BROOKS PATTERSON WAS THE HEAD ATTORNEY IN CHARGE, AND HOW THE BOYS INCORPORATED WAS CALLING FOR HIS LIFE, BECAUSE HE DID NOT SHOW ANY RESPECT FOR THE DETROITERS IN THE MID 70'S AND 80 WHAT MAKES YOU THINK HE HAS CHANGED? BECAUSE HE HAS GOTTEN OLD AND HE NOW GOES TO DRUG REHAB? AGAIN I ASK HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND????? HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET.
     
  • Comment #5 (Posted by an unknown user)
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    You folks are stone drunk Kool-Aid drinkers!
     
  • Comment #6 (Posted by an unknown user)
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    You folks are stone drunk Kool-Aid drinkers!
     
  • Comment #7 (Posted by maggie love)
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    You have just lost my readership by endorsing L. Brookspatterson. I would like to know why the paper endorsed this racist man who has divided the region since he has been in office. How much money did he give the paper? paid and bought for
     
  • Comment #8 (Posted by maggie love)
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    Your endorsment of L.Brookspatterson just lost my readership. I bought your paper for a different view but your view is bought and paid for. How much money did Patterson pay the paper. Hope you are happy sleeping with pigs.
     
  • Comment #9 (Posted by maggie.love)
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    you just lost a reader by endorsing L.Brookpattersons
     
  • Comment #10 (Posted by Allie Sherrod)
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    I find it hard to believe this endorcement list it's the same old, same old. Election after election the same names and baggage they bring. Around election time all becomes forgiven/forgotten and they are re-elected. But, the biggest dissapointment with this is the endorcement of one of the biggest racist in Oakland County, L. Brooks Patterson. Don't let a few breakfast meetings fool you.
     
  • Comment #11 (Posted by Darlene)
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    Can you please clarify your endorsements of Cliff Taylor and L. Brooks Patterson. I am unsure of why you endorse them and would like clarification? Thanks.
     
  • Comment #12 (Posted by maggie.love)
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    Endorsing L. Brooks Patterson is a huge mistake that just cost my readership
     
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