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attending. I wanted to be a voice for
the taxpayers. It's one thing to be a
voice. It's another to be a voice with
a vote," Kideckel said. •
uriel Zweigel describes
Two years ago, he said, Berkley
herself as a "person of
voters voted out the mayor and
the people."
much of the council. "Council pro-
A Southfield resi-
cedures
were lax and the people had
dent for 32 years, Zweigel is in a
had enough," Kideckel said.
field of eight candidates running for
Current Mayor Maybelle Fraser,
one of two vacant city council seats
according to Kideckel, has brought a
in Southfield next month.
system of checks and balances that
"I'm a person of the people, and I
want to represent all of the people in were simply not exercised during
previous administrations, and expen-
my district," she said. "I don't have a
ditures are being monitored more
racist bone in my body and I hate
closely.
people who do."
"The last administration paid for
Zweigel, past president of the
a new fire alarm system on the ice
Southfield Homeowners Association
rink. It never got installed and we
and a dispatch coordinator for the
ended up having to pay another
Neighborhood Watch program, says
large sum to install the system,"
she is running not only to serve her
Kideckel said.
city, but to help it run more effi-
While the alarm system was not
ciently.
in place, the rink — without protec-
"Networking is a key to problem
tion — continued to be open to the
solving," she said. "As a private citi-
public.
zen, I try to help people by hooking
"Berkley now has the choice to
them up with others who can help
either vote for the progress that we
with certain situations."
have achieved over
Zweigel also
the past two years or
thinks that the
to regress back to the
handicapped resi-
way things were,"
dents of her district
Kideckel said.
need a voice.
Progress is what
"We just had a
candidate Jonathan
new driveway and
Warshay would like
other cement work
to see more of in
done in the munici-
Ferndale.
pal building area
Appearances
of
and nothing was
Top: Berkley City Council
impropriety and what
done to make the
candidate Alan Kideckel.
he perceives as unfair
area more handicap-
attacks on the mayor
accessible," she said.
Middle: Jonathan Warshay:
prompted him to
Southfield musi-
Seeking growth in Ferndale.
enter the race.
cian and activist
However, he said,
Euni Rose is running
Bottom: Muriel Zweigel
business is the biggest
against one other
calls herself a candidate of
issue in this election.
candidate for a two-
the people.
"Housing is appre-
year term. Her goals
ciating due to the
for Southfield
upswing in the
include cementing
economy in Royal Oak," Warshay
relations among the diverse members
said. "However, the business in
of her community, improving educa-
downtown Ferndale just isn't
tion and protecting the interests of
responding to the economic growth.
senior citizens. She is also hoping to
We need someone to recruit new
find a way to draw more people and
businesses for downtown so that we
business to downtown Southfield.
can take advantage of the 1-696
Alan Kideckel, whose family has
interchange and this new economic
resided in Berkley for more than
surge."
three generations, believes that his
In Oak Park, Gerald Naftaly is
voice is needed. He is running for
running
unopposed for mayor, and
one of three vacant, seats on the
city
council
incumbents Arthur
Berkley City Council.
Frohlich and Louis Demas are run-
"For the last two years I have
ning for re-election against newcom-
attended at least 95 percent of the
er Willie Horton:
council meetings and often times I
was the Lone Ranger (only citizen)

JONATHAN GOLD
Special to The Jewish News

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10/24
1997

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