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August 11, 2016
Fake insurance
seller is cited
Spiderman wins
special kids’ election
OFFICE OF THE WAYNE COUNTY DRAIN COMMISSIONER
NOTICE OF DAY OF REVIEW OF DRAINAGE
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AND REVIEW OF APPORTIONMENTS
Notice Is Hereby
Given that on August 29, 2016, the Wayne County Drain Commissioner will hold a
Day of Review of Drainage District Boundaries and a Day of Review of Apportionments from 9:00 a.m.
until 5:00 p.m. at the Wayne County Department of Public Services - Road Division, Central
Maintenance Yard, 29900 Goddard Road Extension, Romulus, Michigan 48242.
The Day of Review is for the purpose of reviewing and revising the boundaries of the Drainage Districts
below. Maps depicting the proposed revisions to the boundaries of each Drainage District can be
reviewed at:
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The Day of Review of Drainage District Boundaries is an opportunity to review the Drainage District
boundaries with the Drain Commissioner or a member of his staff. The Drain Commissioner, engineers
and other staff members will be available to assist individuals throughout the day, and make revisions
where necessary. There is no need to schedule an appointment for a specific time on the Day of Review.
The Day of Review of Apportionments is an opportunity to review the apportionment with the Drain
Commissioner or a member of his staff. The Drain Commissioner and other staff members will be avail-
able to assist individuals throughout the day, and make revisions where necessary. There is no need to
schedule an appointment for a specific time on the Day of Review. The computation of costs for the
Drains will also be available at the Day of Review.
Drain assessments will be collected in the same manner as property taxes. If the assessment period is
greater than one year, you may pay the assessments in full with any interest to date at any time and
thereby avoid further interest charges.
Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in the Day of Review
should contact the Wayne County Drain Commissioner's Office at (313) 749-8340 or through the
Michigan Relay Center at 7-1-1 (TDD) at least 24 hours in advance of the Day of Review to request
mobility, visual, hearing or other assistance.
You may appeal the Drain Commissioner's decision to revise the district boundary to the Wayne County
Circuit Court within ten (10) days. You may appeal the Drain Commissioner's determination of appor-
tionments to the Wayne County Probate Court within ten (10) days.
A general description of the lands by section number proposed to be added or deleted from the Drainage
Districts as recommended by a licensed professional engineer or surveyor for each of the Drains is as
follows:
Kenneth M. Kucel, P.E.
Wayne County Drain Commissioner
Telephone (313) 749-8340
basics, like our police and fire,”
he said. Heise said that he had
walked the entire township
going door-to-door to talk to vot-
ers twice and that he visited vot-
ers in some precincts three
times in an effort to let them
know there was an alternative
to the incumbent. Heise was
knocked off the ballot by a law-
suit funded by a dark money
PAC which asserted that he did
not list his voting precinct on
his affidavit of identity when he
filed for the office. His name
was subsequently removed
from the ballot, necessitating
hiswrite-in campaign.
“I think there has been
unrest for years,” he said. “The
public was just fed up. We need
to get back to basics, stop the
frivolous spending and work
with our neighbors,” he said
after the election.
Clinton, a first-time candi-
date for any office, said that he
was “not taking anything for
granted” in his upcoming con-
test with Seifert, despite his 70
percent win last week.
Clinton also credited volun-
teers who, he said, worked tire-
lessly for months “to bring
about positive change.”
“I could never have done it
without them.”
He said he believes the
board will now act in a profes-
sional and fiscally responsible
manner with full transparency
and work in cooperation with
the City of Plymouth and other
neighboring communities,
“with the input of the Plymouth
Township taxpayers.”
Vorva said that he felt this
was a historic election and reit-
erated the importance of the
citizens in the process.
“It ended as it started, with
an energized electorate deter-
mined to take back their local
government,” Vorva said.
“I see a community of neigh-
bors working together to restore
public trust and essential for an
honest and effective govern-
ment. I see a community work-
ing collaboratively with our
neighboring communities and
the City of Plymouth to provide
shared services in all areas that
concern our residents and
enhance our lives,” Vorva said
about his hopes for the new
slate of officials.
Dempsey said he, too, had a
profound sense of gratitude “at
the opportunity to serve my
community and awe at the
power of grass root democracy.”
He said his hope for the
township is the same one he
heard repeatedly from voters
who want “a strong public safe-
ty shield; transparency, efficien-
cy, civility and responsiveness
in government fiscal soundness;
cooperation with our neighbors
and aunified community.”
Heitman also said he was
humbled by the support of the
voters.
“As a first-time candidate, I
am in awe of the grassroots
efforts of our active citizenry,”
he said.
“We still have an election in
November but I am confident
the next four years will bring
the great people of this town-
ship into an era of transparency
and progress. I see our neigh-
boring communities cooperat-
ing with us for mutual shared
growth and benefit,” the
trustee-elect said.
According to the unofficial
tallies, there were 5,815
Republican votes cast and 1,182
Democratic votes. There were
466 spoiled ballots by individu-
als who voted on both party
sides and 522 ballots cast only
on the nonpartisan side of bal-
lot.
(Staff Writer DonHoward con-
tributed to this story.)
Winning smiles were sported by the top candidates in the Plymouth Township election last week includ-
ing, from left, Mark Clinton, Jerry Vorva, Gary Heitman, Bob Doroshewitz, Kurt Heise, Chuck Curmi and
Jack Dempsey.
Plymouth
FROM PAGE 1
Following a complaint from
an insurance agency in Taylor,
an Inkster man has been
ordered to cease and desist in
selling fake automobile insur-
ance in a parking lot after usual
business hours.
The Michigan Department of
Insurance and Financial
Services issued the cease and
desist order July 19 against
Lovell Borom, Jr. of Inkster,
after an employee of LA
Insurance complained. The
complainant said that Borom
was selling fraudulent insur-
ance certificates after hours in
the parking lot of the LA
Insurance offices in Taylor.
According to the state insurance
office, Borom is not an insur-
ance agent and is not licensed
to solicit, sell or negotiate insur-
ance in the state.
Regulators said that Borom
has no relationship with the LA
insurance agency where he was
allegedly selling the auto insur-
ance.
An investigation into the
complaint found that Borom
was advertising the availability
of auto insurance on a social
media page with his phone
number listed. Allegedly, he was
advertising the sale of a 6-month
term auto insurance certificate
and the social media page
included photos of the LA
Insurance store front.
According to the Michigan
Department of Insurance and
Financial Services, the order
was served onBoromJuly 20.
Results of a special election in
the City of Plymouth were tallied
by City Clerk Linda Langmesser
last week.
Spidermanwon.
The city established special
kids' polling stations at voting
precincts last week. Langmesser
said she took on the task in an
effort to promote voting for all
ages. The polling places let chil-
dren cast their own votes for
things that matter to them, things
like favorite ice cram flavors,
favorite super hero and their
favorite place to visit in down-
townPlymouth.
“It may sound like just a little
added fun for kids on election
day,” said Langmesser. “But
we're also trying to involve kids
in the voting process so they
learn about voting and make it a
habit.” A habit that the clerk's
office is hopingwill continue into
adulthood.
Langmesser noted that there
were a total of 73 votes cast in the
Kids Polling Station and the offi-
cial resultswere:
The children of Plymouth's
favorite ice creamflavor is:
1. Superman - 38Votes
2. Chocolate - 18Votes
3. Vanilla - 12Votes
4. Strawberry - 5Votes
The children of Plymouth's
favorite super hero is:
1. Spiderman - 29Votes
2. CaptainAmerica - 26Votes
3.WonderWoman - 11Votes
4. Batgirl - 7Votes
The children of Plymouth's
favorite place to visit in down-
townPlymouth is:
1. The PlymouthDistrict Library
- 43Votes
2. ThePennTheater - 13Votes
3. KelloggPark - 11Votes
4. The Plymouth Historical
Museum- 6Votes
Plans are under way for
another kids polling place at the
November election with the
hope that more youth peoplewill
be encouraged to “vote” for their
favorites in theGeneral Election.
The idea for adding a youth
voting station came during the
March 2016 Presidential
Primary when election workers
noticed a young father who had
his little girl withhimto vote.
“It was the sweetest thing I
ever saw,” said election worker
Sherrie Brindley. “He got right
down on the floor with her and
explained all about the ballot
andhow touse it.”
The hope is that by involving
children now they will become
lifelong voters.
“Voting is such an important
part of our democratic process,”
said Nancy Anderson, City of
Plymouth elections assistant.
“We would like to see higher
voter turnout at every election.
It's worth investing the time to
teachkids now.”
