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to relieve road congestion, drainage
problems and lake pollution by strict
regulations on further development,"
he said.
Brickner wants to prevent builders
from damaging wetlands and help resi-
dents with sewer backup problems,
patrolling the subdivisions at nights
and on weekends to get "a firsthand
look at the problems." With 26 major
lakes, West Bloomfield has more lakes
than any U.S. township, except one in
Minnesota, he said.
• Hartley Harris,
Republican — Harris,
47, has lived in West
Bloomfield for 12 years
and owns the Tool Crib
Co. in the township, a
supplier to the tool-and-
die industry. He and his wife have two
daughters who graduated from Hillel
Day School of Metropolitan Detroit.
The family belongs to Congregation
Shaarey Zedek's B'nai Israel Synagogue
and Ohel Moed Shomrey Emunah.
A longtime community activist,
Harris is on a committee for West
Bloomfield road improvements. He
charged that the current elected officials
"are not doing enough for the commu-
nity. I don't think the best interests of
the township are being served by them."
He said he has "nothing against devel-
opment plans, but there's no infrastruc-
ture — the builders are not doing their
part to ensure proper utilities and roads
for their new homes and condos."
Harris wants to get more people
involved in the community and partic-
ipate in the political process.
• Steven Kaplan,
Democrat — An assistant
prosecuting attorney in
Macomb County for 14
years, Kaplan, 46, moved to
West Bloomfield in 1995
from Southfield, where he
was president of the school board for two
terms. He also is an adjunct law professor
at Detroit College of Law at Michigan
State University. He has served on
numerous community committees and
organizational boards. Married with two
children, Kaplan belongs to the Jewish
Parents Institute and is president of the
Great Lakes Region of B'nai Kith.
In recent years, Kaplan lost races to be
elected Oakland County prosecutor by a
half percent and Oakland County circuit
judge by slightly more than 1 percent.
This is his first try for West Bloomfield
trustee. Asked why he continues to seek
election to different political offices,
Kaplan said he enjoys public service and
wants to contribute to the community.
"I'm not out to just challenge the
incumbents or knock other candi-
dates," he said. "I want to make sure
the developers improve the infrastruc-
ture and pay for drains, sewers and
widening roads in exchange for rezon-
ing.
In regard to the board's alleged recent
violation of holding closed meetings on
personnel matters, Kaplan said he
advocates open meetings of any kind,
"and my legal experience would have
recognized any violation." More of his
qualifications, he said, are that "I'm
accustomed to personnel issues and
working with large budgets."
• Arnold Sabaroff, Democrat —
Sabaroff, 77, also is Jewish and started
coming to the West Bloomfield area
from Detroit in the summers of the
1940s to escape the polio epidemic. He
moved to the township in 1978, has
been married for 59 years and has two
children. He is an architect and has
been a member of the Township
Planning Commission for three years.
Sabaroff assailed the Board of
Trustees as being "too reactive and not
proactive enough" on the major issues
of roads and traffic control, drains and
the environment.
"I want to be elected to try to remove
the partisan wrangling on the board
and do what's good for the communi-
ty," he said. "For example, I opposed
the Edison Substation on Halsted
Road, but was outvoted on the plan-
ning commission. I seek election so I
can try to change decisions like that."
Township Parks and
Recreation Commission
Compensation: $85 per meeting
attended
Eight candidates are running for
seven positions. They are Democrat
Gerald Sukenic, incumbent
Republicans Roberta Boyle, Laurie
Buchman and Keith Murphy and
Republican candidates Carol Hack,
Kris Moriarty, Christopher Smith and
Judy Share-Vine.
Township Library Board
No compensation
Eight candidates are vying for six
posts in the non-partisan race. They are
incumbents Jo Ann Fenstermaker,
Judith Holtz, Ruth Keller, Alan
LaDuke, Thomas Meyer and John
Reseigh and challengers Maxine
Brickner (the wife of Trustee Stuart
Brickner) and Wendy Osthaus.
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