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board lawsuits, one involving the fact
he gives his board pay to a resident
benevolent fund, which some board
members say is technically illegal.
A retired CPA, he is a 26-year West
Bloomfield resident.

Hartley Harris,
Democrat

Harris, 58, a 25-year
township resident,
ran twice unsuc-
cessfully for the
board, and has been
very involved in the
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he's "proud to be a local businessman:'
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accomplish more together for the
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June 28 a 2012

Steve Kaplan,
Democrat
incumbent

"I enjoy public
service and want
to continue con-
tributing to the
betterment of the
Steve Kaplan
community," said
Kaplan, 58, seek-
ing his second consecutive term; he
served one previous term as trustee
and two on the school board as a
17-year resident.
"Despite all of our problems on the
board, we improved services to the
residents, streamlining and upgrading
many processes:' he noted.
"The supervisor and I championed
a neighborhood watch program by
volunteers, helping to reduce crime,
and we sponsored an internship pro-
gram for West Bloomfield High School
students."
As an assistant prosecuting attorney
in Macomb County, and now in Wayne
County's Homicide Division, Kaplan
has a 90 percent conviction rate.

Howard Rosenberg,
Democrat incumbent

Rosenberg, 60, a West
Bloomfield chiroprac-
tor, said,"I'm proud
I kept my campaign
promises, and the
board
achieved many
Howard
of
its
goals."
Rosenberg
"We controlled
retiree health care costs in the union
negotiations and saved money on the
waste-hauling contract." Rosenberg
says he led the effort on the board to
ban the sale of K2 Spice.

Gerald Sukenic,
Democrat

Sukenic, in his 70s,
a real estate broker,
first came to the
West Bloomfield
area 50 years ago
and remembers
Gerald
jogging down the
Sukenic
middle of Walnut
Lake Road, unscathed, for miles. He's
a 12-year member of the Parks and
Recreation Commission and urges
residents to approve two "parks and
Tee" millage issues on the ballot. One
is renewal of .2435 mills of $1,000 of
assessed valuation, and the other is
an increase of .35 mills of $1,000 of
assessed valuation.
"This will maintain resident pro-
grams and help preserve the beauty
of West Bloomfield," he said. Sukenic
also is working to solve the problem of
water continually ponding on Drake
Road between Maple and Walnut Lake
roads.

Diane Rosenfeld
Swimmer,
Democrat

"There's a lack of
integrity on the
township board;
I want to achieve
cohesiveness:' said
Diane
Rosenfeld Swimmer,
Rosenfeld
53, a 39-year town-
Swimmer
ship resident. She's
a Beaumont Hospital nurse. She has
been involved in many community
activities, including the battle to make
sure the Detroit Edison substation was
built safely on Halstead Road.

Al Zara, Democrat
Zara, 33, a 20-year
resident, is a mem-
ber of the six-per-
son slate formed by
some incumbents.
He's an information
technology special-
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ist and a former
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