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Election, Continued from page 5 and bring back balance! I could from signing or enforcing NDA’s I would also pledge to support
make sure that important issues are when representing their constituents. the bi-partisan effort to fix the FOIA
local leaders and will work closely not put through without debate or There is absolutely nothing that laws in Michigan so that everyone is
with them to ensure each part of the discussion and especially push for should be hidden from taxpayers accountable to the public and infor-
district is well taken care of. I have full transparency. I would commit to when it’s their money being spent mation can be easily and readily pro-
made connections throughout the supporting bi-partisan legislation and their behalf we are supposed to
city and beyond that I plan to utilize banning Michigan elected officials be working for. See Election, page 12
as State Representative. Our district
needs a representative in Lansing
who has the ability to negotiate for a
fair share of funding and making
sure our district does not get left be-
hind.”
Melandie Hines: “I am currently
elected in the City of Wayne, West-
land, Canton, and Dearborn Heights
by serving on the Wayne Westland
Board of Education. I’m honored to
serve on the Executive Board of the
12 th Congressional District and we
have monthly meetings to go over the
concerns of members in the commu-
nity. I currently have very good rela-
tionships with the Mayors and
Supervisors of the four communities
in the district, Westland, Wayne, Can-
ton, and Dearborn Heights. Sitting
on the Skill Trade Workforce Devel-
opment Committee, Housing Com-
mittee, Education Committee, and
Events Committee with the Wayne
County Women’s Commission helps
me to get additional resources to
members in our community.
In closing I have been doing the
work for over 20 years in the com-
munity. I love the community that I
serve and I am not afraid to stand up
for injustice. I recently stood up
against my own school district be-
cause I did not like the way that the
staff and students were being treated
by certain board members and the
administration. Working together
with the teacher’s union we were
able to stop the district from priva-
tizing transportation and temporar-
ily able to rescind the layoffs in
which a majority of the families live
in the district would have been dev-
astating to the City of Wayne, West-
land, Canton and Dearborn Heights
and forced the administration to
come up with another solution. My
campaign slogan is, “Don’t talk
about it, be about it”. People want po-
sitions for the title and prestige but
you have to do the work.”

Josh Powell: “In short, I can stop
the craziness. Currently legislation is
being pushed through Lansing with
no discussion or debate and ab-
solutely no transparency. If elected, I
would tie the state legislature 55/55
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