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date and believe his motives
included both a sincere desire to
serve the public and a steely deter-
mination to correct festering situa-
tions currently metastasizing in
township government.
But impress us he did, as a man
of honor, sincerity, intelligence and
experience who would have not
only served Plymouth Township
residentswell, nomatterwhat their
political leanings, but would have
also been a man the entire commu-
nity could have looked to with
pride as their chief elected official.
As we said, this outdated law
was designed many years ago to
keep federal politicians honest and
served that purpose as well as
could be expected. It gradually
shifted down to both state and
county levels in an effort to protect
residents and municipal employ-
ees from less than appropriate
election tactics.
It has now been taken so far it
actually threatens the civil rights of
many to whom it can be applied
and was used as a weapon to pro-
tect political opponents from hav-
ing to endure the close scrutiny
Werth's campaign might have pre-
cipitated.
What it has also done in this
case is actually harm those it was
intended to protect. The loss of
Werth as a candidate will make the
election far less challenging for
other candidates and keep many of
the real issues from ever being
publicly addressed during the cam-
paign.
We don't have a crystal ball that
can predict whether Werth would
have been elected, but we don't
need one to know that he would
have offered dignity, experience,
intelligence and honor to the cam-
paign.
Plymouth Township and the
entire area are the real losers here.
most of the blood had dried up by
the time they got there anyhow.
And he can't prove it was me
because when he hit his head he
went out like a light and didn't
remember a thing. Anyway that's
what the EMT said when I noncha-
lantly sauntered down there later
and acted real concerned but unin-
volved.
It was his own fault. Free park-
ing and free events are supposed to
be free. That means no cost the last
time I looked in the dictionary, no
cost, no fee, nada, zilch, zero. Free.
Look, the organizers of the
Green Street Fair tout the event as
free. They take pride in presenting
an event for the entire family that is
free. Free stuff for the kids to do,
lots of free exhibits. Get it?FREE.
Except it isn't. Because no place
in Plymouth could anybody find a
free place to park. Oh, there was
lots of parking available, but none
of it was free.
Every civic group had every
parking lot barricaded off with
signs that said, “Parking, $5
for………..” whichever charity they
represented. The municipal park-
ing lots, paid for with tax dollars to
provide parking in the city to lure
shoppers, workers and visitors
were also barricaded off and to
park in the damn free lots every car
was expected to come upwith $5.
If I want to give $5 to charity, I
will. There are plenty of them that
do some great work and who pro-
vide services that are needed more
than ever right now. But that should
be my choice and I shouldn't be
blackmailed or intimidated into
giving $5 to park for a free festival
or simply to go to work on a Friday
afternoon. And nobody should call
meHoney, either.
According to the crew of charity
volunteers who took his place, ole
Crankypants was doing quite well
and doesn't remember anything
about the encounter.
I gave them $10 and skipped
lunch.
Sanders took action last week
and went to the police to file a
report about a law being violated.
That report will go from the Wayne
Police Department to the Michigan
State Police for investigation.
Investigators there, too, may find
that the state provisions allow for
this business relationship or that
the charges are not worth pursuing.
If so, the issue will be settled and
everybody canmove along.
Whether the state police deter-
mine that a crime has or has not
been committed, however, is only
part of the situation. The issue is
that Sanders took it upon himself to
do the right thing and not simply
accept what he was being told in
face of what he perceived as an
obvious violation.
This wasn't easy for him, either.
As we said, he's a man with baggage
and he was well aware that city offi-
cials and his detractors would be
spreading rumors and gossip in an
effort to discredit whatever he said
and did. He knows full well just how
personal and far-reaching those
attacks can be. The smart thing for
Sanders to do would have been to
keep a lowprofile andbe quiet.
He opted, however, a little like
Don Quixote tilting at the windmill,
or the only voice announcing that
the emperor really had no clothes,
to try to force the city to operate
within the law and the rules of the
charter.
He was the only one to put him-
self on the line to attempt to right a
perceived wrong and he deserves
credit for that, mainly from the very
people at the brunt of his complaint.
If the state police find there is no
basis for legal redress, this issue
dies and city officials know without
a doubt they are operating within
the law.
If investigators find otherwise,
the city will have tomake aminimal
change to continue doing business
with Rhaesa, but under the provi-
sions the charter dictates.
Either way, this issuewill be sort-
ed out and everyone involved
should thank Sanders for having the
courage of his convictions and tak-
ing the time andmaking the effort to
settle the question.
Nobody else steppedup.
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May 17, 2012
01. Obituaries
02. In Memoriam
03. Cards of Thanks
04. Monuments
& Cemetery Plots
05. Personals/Announcements
06. Legal Notices
07. Attorneys
08. Entertainment
09. Lost & Found
10. Coming Events
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40. Business Opportunity
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50. Pets & Supplies
54. Rummage Sales
55. Estate Sales
56. Flea Markets
57. Antiques
58. Garage and Yard Sales
59. Auctions
60. Misc. Sales
61. Misc. Items
62. Building Supplies
63. Business and
OfficeEquipment
64. Lawn & Garden Supplies
65. Tree Service
66. Landscape / Nurseries
67. Garden Plant / Supplies
68. Garden / Produce
70. Masonry / Brickwork
72. Cleaning Services
73. Musical Merchandise
74. Sporting Goods
75. Boats / Accessories
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78. Hunting / Fishing
82. Wanted to Buy
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100. Will Share
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107. Condos/Townhouses for Sale
108. Lake and Resort
109. Income Property
110. Lots for Sale
111. Out of State Property
112. Commercial Lease
113. Real Estate Wanted
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116. Antique & Classic Cars
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121. Autos Wanted
Jason A. Cunliffe
Jason A. Cunliffe, 40, of
Garden City died May 13,
2012.
Among his survivors are his
daughter, Christine E. Martin;
his father, James D. Cunliffe;
his mother, Sheila D. (nee
Moran) Prince; his stepfather,
Tommy Prince; his stepmoth-
er, Barb Cunliffe; a brother,
James Cunliffe; a sister,
Laura Henn; a half-sister,
Tina Horton; three half-broth-
ers, Aaron, John and Mark
Cunliffe; his grandfather,
Henry Moran; many nieces
and nephews, and a host of
friends.
In lieu of flowers, donations
to the family would be appre-
ciated.
Memorial services will take
place at 11 a.m. Friday, May
18, at St. Timothy Lutheran
Church 8820 Wayne Road (at
Joy) in Westland.
Care and services entrusted
to the L. J. Griffin Funeral
Home.
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Nakeya Trachell Pinkston
Feb. 24, 1994
May 2, 2012
Nakeya Trachell Pinkston
died May 2, 2012.
Among those left to cherish
her memory are her parents,
Kenneth and Lisa Pinkston; a
sister, Nakendra; grandpar-
ents, Levi Pinkston and Cecil
and Natreal Alexander; an
aunt, Takita Alexander; seven
uncles,
Robert
(Lynn)
Alexander, Anthony (Andrea)
Pinkston, Donald (Chante)
Alexander,
Matthew
Alexander, Cecil Alexander,
Jr., Kevin Pinkston and
Ronald Alexander; a very
special baby cousin Tre'; her
sister's fiancé, Troy Gray, Jr.;
a host of cousins and other
relatives , and many friends.
Her grandmothers, Brenda
Alexander and Louvenia
Pinkston and a grandfather,
Matthew Eady preceded her
in death.
Funeral services took place
at Romulus Community
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Hiram McBurrows, Jr. officiat-
ing.
Final arrangements were
entrusted to the Penn
Funeral Home in Inkster.
Interment was at United
Memorial Gardens, Garden
of Gethsemane, in Plymouth.
Sheryl Denise Bell
Sunrise: March 19, 1948
Sunset: may 6, 2012
Sheryl Denise Bell died May
6, 2012.
Among those left to celebrate
her life and cherish her mem-
ory are her husband of 32
years, Maurice Bell; her
mother, Georgia Ruth Miller;
her mother-in-law, Sophronia
Bell; her father-in-law, Abe
Bell; her children, Erica L.
(Steve) Pettus, Aaron. T.
Patterson, Qiana K. Thomas
and Diamond; grandchil-
dren, Brianna, Maarquez,
Mikaylah, Chyiane, Caleb,
Coral and Ahzaria; eight
stepdaughters,
Yolanda
(Dennis) Wells, Wanda Scott,
Michelle Lyons, LaChelle
(Cottirel) Barton, Ramona
Lyons, Charise (Thomas)
McCalep, Lanita (Kevin)
Battle and Moneek (Clifton)
Bell; 18 step-grandchildren,
four sisters, Rozella Moss,
Sheila Daniels, Michelle
Tuner and Kimberly Miller;
four
brothers,
Arthello
Muhammad, Gary (Deborah)
Miller, Lawrence Miller and
Richard
Miller;
aunts,
Barbara (Clarence) Gilreath
and Rosemary Steele; four
sisters-in-law, Alinda (Jerry)
Clifton,
Paula
(Albert)
Stephens, Brenda (Eric)
Lewis and Layony (Donald)
Bell; a brother-in-law, William
Bell; a host of nieces,
nephews, cousins and other
relatives, and many friends.
Denise Bell was preceded in
death by her father, Arthella
Mille; grandparents, Hazel
and Rozella McKay; a sister,
Candice Pickens; a daughter,
Rainey; a grandson, Ja'lon
MyKhail and a nephew,
Antoine Daniel.
Funeral services took place
at
Pentecostal
Temple
COGIC in Inkster with Bishop
Harry S. Grayson officiating.
Final arrangements were
entrusted to the Penn
Funeral Home in Inkster.
Interment was at United
Memorial
Gardens
in
Plymouth.
John Derrick Hamilton
Sunrise: Feb. 27, 1951
Sunset: May 3, 2012
John Derrick Hamilton died
May 3, 2012.
Among those left to cherish
his memory are his brothers,
George III and Tyrone
(Cheryl) Hamilton of Inkster;
a beloved sister, Linda
Bradley; three nieces, Dawn,
Keisha and Michelle; four
nephews, Wesley, Craig,
Anthony and George III of
Inkster; seven great-nieces;
five great-nephews; four
uncles, Rozell Hamilton of
Detroit, Vincent (Juanita),
Woodland
(Stephanie)
Warren and Houston (Gayle)
Hamilton of LaGrange GA.;
many other nieces, nephews
and cousins in the LaGrange
GA area, and a host of
friends.
Funeral services took place
at the Penn Funeral Home
with the Rev. Reggie Wood
officiating.
Interment was at United
Memorial Gardens on Curtis
Road in Plymouth.
Reginald Amerson
Sunrise: Nov. 12, 1946
Sunset: May 3, 2012
Reginald Amerson died May
3, 2012.
Among those left to cherish
his memory are his son,
Donald 9Tia) Amerson;
daughters, Tiffany (Haikeem)
Shorter
and
Valerie
(Desmond) Bulger; 16 grand-
children, a host of cousins
and other relatives, and
many friends.
Funeral services took place
at the Penn Funeral Home in
Inkster with the Rev. Dr.
Arthur C. Willis, Dr. officiating.
Final rites were accorded by
Tri
County
Cremation
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Werth
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Parking
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Sanders
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Either way, this issue will be sorted out and
everyone involved should thank Sanders
for having the courage of his convictions and taking
the time and making the effort to settle the question.
”
to retire early. In addition, it has
been reported that many
appointees received a boost in
their pensions. Around 50 of them
reportedly took the deal, some
receiving up to $50,000 just to leave
their jobs.
While many of Wayne County's
severance payout and bonus prac-
tices have been called into ques-
tion as of late, perhaps the worst
offender has been largely over-
looked. For almost three decades,
the elected Wayne County
Treasurer has exploited an
obscure 1970's state law to pay him-
self a bonus each year for collecting
delinquent property taxes-which is
themain responsibility that the tax-
payers are already paying him for.
TheWayne County Treasurer is the
ONLY elected county treasurer in
Michigan that has been collecting
this bonus. The Wayne County
Treasurer's bonus has reportedly
risen fromalmost $16,000 in 2001 to
$57,000 in 2008. Perhaps most egre-
giously, the Wayne County
Treasurer sought to boost his
salary by an additional $73,000 just
a couple of years ago, while Wayne
County citizens were losing their
homes to foreclosure left and right.
In a twist of irony, it was the
Wayne County Executive who
admonished the county treasurer
for seeking the exorbitant bonus
payout due to the fact that county
workers were being asked to take a
10 percent pay cut to offset the
county's budget deficit. While the
messenger may have lost credibili-
ty, themessage has not.
State Sen. Tupac A. Hunter
Hunter represents the 5th
District, which is comprised of
Northwest Detroit, DearbornHeights
and Inkster
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