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…Surprise Supervisor Underdog triumphs to take the top job at West Bloomfield Township Hall. BILL CARROLL Special to the Jewish News eminiscent of David ver- sus Goliath, Democrat David Flaisher, a political unknown, bested Republican Jeddy Hood, the giant of West Bloomfield politics, to win election to a four-year term as town- ship supervisor in one of the biggest political upsets of recent local histo- ry. His victory margin was 1,361 vo...…
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