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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Roeske, Valente Win Seats on Grosse Pointe Public School Board

Votes tallied from all five Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods by the Grosse Pointe Woods City Clerk show Lois Valente and Daniel Roeske won the race for the school board.

Daniel Roeske and Lois Valente won the Grosse Pointe Public School Board election Tuesday. Diane Karabetsos received the fewest votes. The names Valente and Roeske were often seen together on lawns and in other campaign forums and ultimately, they both won the race. Roeske earned the most votes with 6,153; Valente received 5,635; and Karabetsos had 5,013, according to unofficial numbers released late Tuesday by the Grosse Pointe Woods city clerk. Both will begin serving on the school board in January, although both already regularly attend the meetings as observers. Karabetsos did take the most votes in two cities but did not receive enough votes elsewhere to propel herself to the top of the list. A breakdown of votes: The school board did…

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Grosse Pointe Public School District and Meet the 3 Candidates Running for Grosse Pointe Public School Board

Allison Baker

12:01 pm on Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Great news for our kids and our community, both Lois and Dan will be outstanding board members!!   more ›

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Grosse Pointe Shores Voters Elect New Mayor, 5 New Council Members

Voters also re-elected one incumbent to council, Dan Schulte. The municipality also had 58 percent voter turnout.

Grosse Pointe Shores residents elected a new mayor, five new city council members and one incumbent Tuesday with a 58 percent turnout. Ted Kedzierski ousted longterm incumbent James Cooper by nearly 200 votes. Kedzierski received 765 votes and Cooper 575. Kedzierski has been on the city council leading up to his run for the mayoral seat. The new council includes Dan Schulte, Kay Felt, Robert Gesell, Alexander Ajlouni, Bruce Bisballe and Robert Barrette Jr. Schulte is the only incumbent re-elected to the council. As outlined in the Shores City Charter, the top three vote getters and the mayoral vote getter will serve four year terms. The second three highest vote getters will serve two year terms. This is the first election following the …

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Village of Grosse Pointe Shores and Meet the Candidates Seeking the Mayoral Seat in Grosse Pointe Shores

Robert Lee

12:11 pm on Sunday, November 13, 2011

For the first time in many years, Grosse Pointe Shores has a mayor and the entire council all elected by a mandate from the people. No mayor anointed by his predecessor, no council members seated by appointment! Isn't democracy a great thing?   more ›

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