The results of the election in the State House District 1 will be a very interesting look into the intent of the voters of the district.

The founding fathers would roll over in their graves when a felon can even be considered for public office!

The basic personality trait of honesty and integrity should be a hallmark of person to hold any political office. Maybe I am just naive.

I am tired of Kwame Kilpatrick and Banks dishonesty. What is the United States of America coming to when no one cares about a character trait that defines a person? HONESTY and INTEGRITY should be one of the sole defining characteristics of an elected official. Even if you are a democrat, you should be ashamed of yourself if you vote for Banks! God help this great country of ours if this is how low we are sinking to find a candidate for public office! PLEASE to not allow a felon into the public trust and do not allow corruption to enter our system of government!

Do the right thing and VOTE for Dan Schulte for District 1....

Maybe Gary B. should help prosecute him instead of being silent on an endorsement.

"Grosse Pointe Democrats" I remember when that was an oxymoron.

Deceit, dishonesty, and general aura of moral turpitude; sounds like he's more than qualified to be politician!

Michigan Constitution, Article 4, Section 7
§ 7 Legislators; qualifications, removal from district.
Sec. 7. Each senator and representative must be a citizen of the United States, at least 21 years of age, and an elector of the district he represents. The removal of his domicile from the district shall be deemed a vacation of the office. NO PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED of subversion or who has within the preceding 20 years been convicted OF A FELONY involving a breach of public trust shall be eligible for either house of the legislature.
History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, §7, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964.
Former Constitution: See Const. 1908, Art. V, §5.

Get more facts about Brian Banks' continued criminal endeavors in today's Detroit Free Press: http://www.freep.com/article/20121102/NEWS15/311020115/State-House-candidate-was-still-writing-bad-checks-this-year-records-show

I don't want to sound suspicious but isn't the timing of this questionable ??

It's time for Grosse Pointe to unify and move to Macomb County. Our voting rights are being disenfranchised by combining us with largely illiterate partisan voters.

As a Detroit native, raised there for the first 18 years of my life, I can say I'm ashamed of the current voters there who continue to elect exactly the same kind of politicians to run the City of Detroit as Mr. Banks. Shame on District 1 voters if they do the same.

Can Patch at least Photoshop Banks photo and add some gray stripes to that shirt?

Banks will be elected and then all who voted for him will be surprised by his lack of ethics in office.

This is one democrat who will not be voting for Banks. My vote goes to Mr. Schulte.

Donna, my husband and I are the landlords of the property on fleetwood... How can you suspect the timing is "questionable"? I believe the saying is, "the proof is in the pudding" ? The guy does not pay his rent and has wrote us two bad checks, one just being last week. Plain and simple! and apparently, we're not the only ones!

How can the timing be suspect; Banks has a list of felonies, bad checks and credit card fraud. But then again in the Detroit area this is the standard for our elected officials. We need to question why the MEA donated money to his campaign.

Chace Wakefield, you don't even know what you're talking about! Before you go trashing Dr. Lee about leading, you may not know that he has lead plenty from behind the scenes for positive change. Some people don't need all of the attention and attaboys for their efforts.

Perhaps Chace should try to sell a house to Brian Banks. It would be win-win for both men.

I would like to respond to my position on Mr. Banks and my funding of his campaign if anyone is interested in the whole story. I don't know it its apparent to all who commented but I'm fairly active in politics in the Grosse Pointe Area. When there is a candidate running in my district I like to physically meet them. Mr. Wakefield is correct my 50.00 while technically listed as a donation it was to attend his Meet and Greet. No candidate is going to knock on my door talk to me to 30 seconds and expect me to vote for them. Further I also went to a meet and greet For Councilmember Dan Schulte, Congressman Peters, Congressman Hoekstra, and many local candidates. I was also accused of being “in the tank” for certain candidates, as this is a public blog I will not use this as who or who I don not support. If interested in who I’m supporting call me on my cell (313_549-6363 or drive by my house at 1382 Hollywood Grosse Pointe Woods MI you will see by the signs on my front lawn my positions on the current issues….Nuff said G

The Brian Banks saga of persistent criminal activity continues to grow. Don't miss M.L. Elrick's detailed expose on Fox 2 news:

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/19990873/company-that-makes-campaign-items-says-candidate-owes-money

Would like to comment on Veronica's comment above. I had forgotten that the fund raiser was $35.00 I thought it was $50.00. Further it wasn't a total loss as the event was at Sinbad's a great venue in Detroit owned by a great family and the food was exceptional. I would keep Sinbad’s on your list for a great venue it hasn’t lost a step in I believe over 50 years...

I would like to clarify my very first comment made at the top of the article. Katie has a great point when I reviewed my comment it was a little unclear. Let me clarify at least somewhat…with all the public information that is available on Mr. Banks and his record, if Mr. Banks wins it will be a “real tell” as to the voters in house district one as to who they want to represent them and the message they want to send to Lansing.. I know still not clear but I’m being a little politically correct which I have to admit I’m guilty of every once in a while

Mr. Sylvester and Ms. Woods: On behalf of House District 1 citizens and in the interests of good government, please do the right thing and pursue criminal charges against Brian Banks for the bad checks he wrote you! You both have the ability to put a stop to this con man's long charade! Regardless of how nebulous the state law is about felons holding office, I dare say it would be very hard for Michigan House officials to seat a crook like Banks who had active charges filed against him for criminal activity during the campaign. Especially if there were multiple charges stemming from different parties. Please file charges and demand the cops go after this recalcitrant bad check kiter!

Sorry but I have to step in for my friend Chace Wakefield. I wouldn't exactly call what he said "trashing" Dr. Lee. And to Dr. Lee, Chace is a hell of a realtor and a stand up guy. I'm pretty sure he's doing just fine. Let's not forget the real issue here and forget about the petty talk on a public forum. B. Banks is low life and there's a pretty good chance this low life will be representing us in Lansing. I just threw up in my mouth after that thought went through my mind. It makes me absolutely sick to my stomach that this person, and i say that loosely, will most likely win the election. He's a career criminal who managed to get himself some diplomas. Being a landlord myself, nothing makes me more mad than a person playing the system, writing bad checks and milking it for all he can until a Judge orders him out. Let's not lose sight here that we have to focus our energy not allowing this to happen. Hopefully the landlords that were duped by this waste of space will file charges immediately so that the law can intervene before he sets up shop in Lansing.

While the posters who are democrats are saying they won't vote for Banks, they aren't saying they will vote for the challenger, Dan Schulte. So is one to infer that they won't make a selection letting those who aren't aware of Banks background make the decision? If so, you are still endorsing a felon for office, though passively.