Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Longtime Grosse Pointe Farms resident Joe Ricci will serve a partial council term through November 2015 filling a vacancy left by Joe Leonard, who lost a battle with cancer last summer.
In a special election Tuesday, Grosse Pointe Farms voters chose Joe Ricci to serve a partial term to fill a vacant seat on the city council. According to unofficial results released Tuesday night after the polls closed, Ricci won by 28 votes. Ricci said Tuesday night in a telephone interview that he is happy to have won and anxious to get started. Tuesday, he said, dragged by as he waited for polls to close and results to start coming in. He campaigned at Brownell Middle School and city hall during the day, he said, noting the low voter turnout. Unofficial results released Tuesday show Ricci received 499 votes while his competitor, Elizabeth Vogel, earned 471 votes. He received a call from Mayor Jim Farquhar Tuesday night alerting him to …
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Two Grosse Pointe Farms residents are vying to fill a city council vacancy in a special election Feb. 26. The elected candidate will be filling the seat left vacant last year by Joe Leonard.
Two Grosse Pointe Farms residents are vying to fill a city council vacancy in a special election Feb. 26. The person elected will serve the term left vacant by Joe Leonard, who died last year.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Two Grosse Pointe Farms residents are vying to fill a city council vacancy in a special election this month. The candidates will participate in a public forum tonight hosted by the Grosse Pointe League of Women Voters.
One of the two candidates vying for the vacant Grosse Pointe Farms city council seat touts her passion and familiarity with the community. Elizabeth Vogel, 30, is eager to continue participating in the community where she's grown up. This is her second time seeking a council seat. In 2011, Vogel ran a write-in campaign seeking a seat in an attempt to unseat an incumbent following massive, repeated flooding of basements in the inland district of the Farms. She was not successful but did gain a a significant number of votes, especially for a write-in candidate. She believes her previous work within the community--from fundraising to volunteering and more will aid her as a council member if elected. Vogel is an executive assistant for …
Two Grosse Pointe Farms residents are vying to fill a city council vacancy in a special election this month. The candidates will participate in a public forum tonight hosted by the Grosse Pointe League of Women Voters.
One of two candidates vying for a vacancy on the Grosse Pointe Farms city council touts his business experience, education and his strength in negotiations. Joe Ricci, 63, is eager to give back to the community. The long-time Grosse Pointer has owned property in the Farms for more than 30 years and now enjoys time with his sons, their wives and his grandchildren, all of whom also live in the community. Ricci is "semi-retired," working with his sons at the family's automotive dealerships in Taylor and Clinton Township. He operated an automotive dealership for more than 35 years, handling more than $63 million in sales annually. In addition to his business experience Ricci believes his educational background in engineering and psychology …
Monday, February 11, 2013
The League of Women Voters Grosse Pointe will host a candidate forum Tuesday night at Grose Pointe Farms city hall for the two candidates vying for a council vacancy.
A special election scheduled for later this month will determine who will fill a Grosse Pointe Farms seat left vacant by councilman Joe Leonard, who passed away last year following a lengthy battle with cancer. Now two Farms residents are vying for the open seat: Joe Ricci and Elizabeth Vogel. Lawn signs have already been sprinkled throughout the community and Tuesday night the Grosse Pointe League of Women Voters will host a forum allowing voters to learn more about the candidates. The forum will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Grosse Pointe Farms city council chambers at city hall on Kerby Road. The special election will be held Tuesday Feb. 26 with polls opening at 7 a.m. and closing at 8 p.m. Farms city council voted to hold the special …
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Elizabeth M. Vogel
8:48 am on Friday, March 1, 2013
Mr. Ricci ran a good, solid campaign. We both worked hard. I have congratulated him on his successful campaign and wish him the best, he too wished me success in the future. I will continue to stay involved, and remain dedicated to my committee work which will unveil some significant technology upgrades this spring. If you read the Grosse Pointe News this week, I indicated that it is my intention… more ›