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Election '06
Gloves Off
State Senate campaign gets ugly.
Harry Kirsbaum
Staff Writer
U
pset by ads
from the
Michigan
Republican Party call-
ing him a Washington,
D.C., lobbyist who sup-
ports welfare and Social
Security benefits for
illegal aliens, Democratic
candidate Andy Levin's
campaign staff lashed
out at Republican chal-
lenger John Pappageorge
last week.
"While Andy has tried
to run an almost totally John
positive and substantive Pappageorge
campaign, his opponent
has been hurling lies at the public:'
said Vicki Selva, Levin's spokesperson,
who said the GOP claims were untrue.
"Unfortunately, these lies lead to voter
disgust rather than vigilance'
Among the vast number of mailings,
one shows .a photo of a border fence.
It says, "As a high-priced lobbyist in
Washington, D.C., Andy Levin fought to
give illegal immigrants amnesty"
Another mailing shows a truck embla-
zoned with: "Levin's Moving Service.
Bringing a radical liberal agenda from
Washington, D.C., to Oakland County''
The Pappageorge campaign said it
wasn't involved. The candidates are seek-
ing the 13th District State Senate seat.
"Neither John Pappageorge nor
anyone affiliated with his campaign
partook in the creative or financial
production of any negative cam-
paigning," said Justin Winslow,
Pappageorge campaign manager.
"They are written, designed and paid
for by outside entities with no input
or approval from our campaign. .
"Did Andy Levin have creative or
financial control of the libelous piece
from the State Democratic Party that
claims John Pappageorge voted to
cut $529 million from our schools?"
asked Winslow."I would hope not;
however, there is a commercial that
makes the same false claim and it is
paid for by Friends of Andy Levin."
Former Gov. William G. Milliken,
a Republican, wrote a widely dis-
tributed "Letter to the Editor" about the
"meanness of spirit" that has become
common in all campaigns.
After calling the allegations against
Levin untrue, Milliken wrote about his
two gubernatorial campaigns against
Andy Levin's father, Sander, in the 1970s:
"While we both fought vigorously to
achieve victory, we never resorted to
scorched earth, take-no-prisoners strate-
gies. We forcibly debated real differences
on substantive issues, not fabrications
and personal attacks. We both knew that
when the campaign was over both sides
had to be able to work with one another
if the state was to make real progress'." ❑
Capitol Bound?
Candidate eyes job creation.
I
f elected to repre-
sent the 39th State
House District, Lisa
Brown' would make her
top priority job creation.
She'll fight to stop the
outsourcing of good-pay-
ing jobs to other states
and countries and backs Lisa Brown
a plan to offer interest-
free college loans to students who gradu-
ate with degrees in high-tech fields. She's
also a strong advocate of a woman's right
to choose and stem-cell research.
Other top priorities of Brown would
include lowering the cost of prescription
drugs by passing laws allowing the state
to participate in bulk-buying programs
and ending the flow of Canadian and
out-of-state trash into Michigan landfills.
Brown also would fight to end drug
industry immunity.
Brown, a Democrat, is challenging
GOP incumbent David Law. The 39th
District includes West Bloomfield
and Commerce townships and the
Village of Wolverine Lake.
Brown, 39, a lifelong resident
of Oakland County, lives in West
Bloomfield. She attended Bloomfield
Hills schools and graduated from
Andover High School, Michigan State
University and the Detroit College of
Law. Brown is a member of the State Bar,
but does not actively practice law. She is a
realtor at Max Broock Realtors.
She is also on the board of directors
for JARC. For 12 years, she has been
involved with Women's American ORT
and is a former board member of the
Michigan Jewish AIDS Coalition.
Brown is the mother of -three sons. She is
a member of Adat Shalom Synagogue in
Farmington Hills. She served as historian
for the Parent Teacher Organization at
Pine Lake Elementary School. ❑
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