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July 24 • 2014

Farmington Hills mayor among three
Democrats in Aug. 5 primary.

Harry Kirsbaum
Contributing Writer

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37th District Field

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ith the Aug. 5 primary fast

approaching, Farmington
Hills Mayor Barry Brickner is
confident he'll win the 37th District state
representative seat in Lansing, represent-
ing Farmington and Farmington Hills.
"I have more government experience
than any other candidate in this race
said Brickner, a practicing attorney who
is serving his last term as mayor. "Many
of the issues discussed in Lansing have
a profound effect on Farmington and
Farmington Hills. I have been working on
these issues for the city for several years:"
He is serving his last term as mayor
and hopes to replace Vicki Barnett, the
current state representative who is being
term-limited out.
Brickner said education and road
repair are the biggest issues facing his
district. He proposes a one-cent sales tax
increase dedicated to roads and enforc-
ing collection of sales tax on Internet
purchases.
"Raising fees, permit [costs] and fines
for overweight trucks and dedicating those
revenues directly to the roads is one source
he said. "Changing the taxes on gasoline
and diesel fuel from retail sales to wholesale
sales will also generate more fees for roads.
This would have to be coupled with the
collection of sales taxes on Internet pur-
chases, which could generate $200-$300
million in taxable revenues:' he said.
Born and raised in Detroit, Brickner
moved to Farmington Hills with his
wife of 43 years in 1983. They have two
grown children and are members of Adat
Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills.
Brickner faces a Democratic primary
field of Christine Greig and Theresa Rich.
Greig is a management consultant and
married with three children.
She's running on a platform that
includes protecting reproductive rights
and equal pay for women; a minimum
wage increase; equal access to educa-
tional opportunities in K-12 schools; and
stopping polluters in the Great Lakes.
Rich is an attorney and human
resources manager at General Motors and
serves as vice president of the Oakland
Schools Board of Education.
Married with two children, she wants
to remove the pension tax and restore
the homestead property tax credit; raise
the minimum wage; and improve edu-
cation and job training.

Barry

Christine

Brickner

Greig

Theresa Rich Richard
Lerner

Republican Primary

If Brickner wins the primary, he will
most likely face current Farmington
Hills City Council member and former
mayor pro-tern Richard Lerner.
Lerner, a businessman who runs four
companies, said he has the most experi-
ence to lead.
"I have demonstrated my ability to
start both businesses and programs from
the ground up:' he said. "My resume
includes not just working with local com-
munity service organizations, but leading
them:'
The issues facing the 37th district
include bringing jobs to Michigan and
funding formulas for roads and schools.
"Michigan needs to get back to full
employment. Every problem we are fac-
ing gets better with more employment:'
Lerner said. "The elimination of the per-
sonal property tax on businesses is a step
in the right direction:'
Lerner added, "We should be putting
100 percent of fuel taxes into our roads.
Taxes should be properly apportioned to
the services they provide.
"School funding is tied too heavily to
per-student foundation payments:' he
said. "We need a hybrid formula that is
comprised of fixed payments for build-
ings and district size and variable pay-
ments based on head counts:'
Lerner is married with two children,
but he declined to talk about his religious
beliefs. I "prefer to keep religion and gov-
ernment separate:'
He faces Julie Grippo, a small business
owner who is not considered a serious
challenger, in the primary.

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