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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 -The Michigan Daily 7B
Magazine Editor:
Jessica Vosgerchian
Editor in Chief:
Andrew Grossman
Managing Editor:
Gabe Nelson
Photo Editor:
Chanel Von Habsburg-
Lothringen
Center spread design:
Hillary Ruffe
Cover illustration:
Laura Garavoglia
The Statement is The Michigan
Daily's news magazine, distributed
every Wednesday during
the academic year.
new rules
rule 148: For
smaller elections,
don't just vote
for the candidate
with the better
name. rule 149:
No exam is hard
enough to keep
you from making
it out to the polls.
rule 150: You
can vote third
party, but you,
don't have to tell
everyone about it.
- E-mail rule submissions to
TheStatement umichedu
THE BALLOT BEYOND OBAMA
Yes, after you vote for Obama, the ballot will ask you to elect other people to other positions. Here's a cheat sheet to catch up.
THE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF
REGENTS
In this year's race for the Board
of Regents, two Democrats and
two Republicans are vying for two
seats.
on the Democratic side, Larry
Deitch, an incumbent se'eking his
third term, and Denise Ilitch, a law-
yer and magazine publisher best
known for her family's ownership
of the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red
Wings and Little Caesar's pizza,
willbe on the November ballot.
For the Republicans, John
LaFond, a retired engineer for Foid
Motor Company, and Susan Brown,
an interior designer who sits on
University boards for the Museum
of Art and the Ford School of Public
Policy, round out the list of Regent
candidates.
Rebecca McGowan, a two-term
Democratic incumbent who would
have been up for re-election along
with Deitch, chose not to seek a
third term.
While the candidates' platforms
vary some, each focuses largely
on a key issue - the University's
finances.
Brown has vowed never to vote
for a tuition increase, while LaFond
wants to curb the University's
spending on energy, insurance and
salaries.
Ilitch plans to bring in more
-revenue through opportunities
involving new technology and
the University's athletics teams.
Deitch's focus is affordability and
access to financial aid for all Uni-
versity students.
Regents are elected to eight-year
terms. Regents are not subject to'
term limits.
traditional Republican-Democrat
race, with Hathaway, a Democrat
from Grosse Pointe who has been
a Wayne County Circuit Judge
since 1993, trying to unseat Taylor,
whom former Republican Gov. John
Engler appointed in 1997 to replace
Supreme Court Justice Dorothy
Comstock when she retired. Both
Hathaway and Taylor were nomi-
nated by their parties.
of the sevenjustices onthe Mich-
igan Supreme Court, five are Repub-
lican.
Hathaway attacks Taylor for
accepting donations from insurance
companies and serving on the court
with a partisan agenda.
Taylor has received endorse-
ments from several Michigan
newspapers - including the con-
servative Detroit News and the
liberal-leaning Detroit Free Press. .
However, the Freep's double-edged
endorsement relays what many
liberals feel about the election:
"Taylor is enough of a problem
on the high court to warrant
endorsing nearly anyone as an
alternative."
The editorial goes onto say:
"Despite a solid record on the
Circuit Court, Hathaway, 54,
demonstrates no better grasp of
the role of high court justice than
Taylor, and can't even articulate
a judicial philosophy that she'd
bring to the court"
-JESSICA VOSGERCHIAN
15TH DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
A seat on Ann Arbor's 15th
District Court Judge is up for
election for the first time since
1999, when Judge Ann Mattson
took the bench.
and circuit courts.
Easthope has represented the
Ann Arbor City Council 5th Ward
with Mike Anglin (D-Ward 5) since
2000, serving on the Ann Arbor
Public Schools Education Founda-
tion Board and the Greenbelt Advi-
sory Commission.
As a full-time private practice
trial court attorney, Easthope owns
and manages a law practice in
downtown Ann Arbor.
The 15th District Court handles
misdemeanor criminal cases, pre-
liminary hearings for felonies,
landlord-tenant disputes and small
claims cases.
-TREVOR CALERO
STATE REPRESENTATIVES
Stick to CNN's "Political Ticker"
if you like drama with your politics
- Washtenaw County's state rep-
resentative election is likely to be
low key.
In Michigan, state representa-
tives are elected in even-numbered
years and can serve up to three
two-year terms.
In each of the four districts in
the county, Democratic incum-
bents are running to keep their
seats in an area that is considered
a Democratic stronghold.
Rep. Rebekah Warren (D-Ann
Arbor) is running for her second
term in the 53rd district against
Republican Christina Brewton
and Green Party candidate Matt
Erard.
The52nd district,whichincludes
part of North Campus, has Rep.
Pam Byrnes (D-Chelsea) seeking a
third term against Republican Eric
Lielbriedis and Libertarian John
Boyle.
Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith
(D-Ypsilanti), a former state sena-
tor, is running against Republican
Tom Banks and Libertarian David
Raaflaub for a third term repre-
senting the 54th district.
With the exception of Smith, the
county's incumbent state represen-
tatives ran unopposed in the pri-
mary election. Smith beat Edison
Hubert, who got 24 percent of the
vote in the August race.
Lonnie Scott, an aide to Smith,
said the representative is consider-
ing a bid for governor in 2010 after
Democratic Gov. Jennifer Gra-
nholm's last term is up.
In the 55th district, Rep. Kathy
Angerer (D-Dundee) is running
for her third term against Repub-
lican Frank Moynihan. Four years
ago, Angerer defeated Republican
incumbent Matt Milosh by a mar-
gin in the hundreds.
-CAITLIN SCHNEIDER
Eric Plourde
Libertarian for Ann Arbor Mayor
Decrimin1alize Alcohol
No More MIP's for 18+'
* Lower (Property) Taxes -
Lower Rent
* Protect Personal Freedoms
5Liberals want the govCr-ment to be your Mormmy.
ConsCrvativCs want govmt to be your Daddy,
Libertarians want to treat you like an adult."
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-LINDYSTEVENS Eric Gutenberg, first assistant
prosecuting attorney for Washt-
UPREME COURT enaw County, and Chris East-
hope, Ann Arbor City Council
t voters will hit a member, are vying for the posi-
n they come to the tion.
of the ballot, which Gutenberg, who earned his
idates for a seat on bachelors degree from the Uni-
preme Court. versity in 1986, has practiced in
aylor, who has been the 14th and 15th District Courts
'justice since 2005, since 1989. serving as assistant
s second eight-year prosecuting attorney. He was
lane Hathaway, of appointed to his current posi-
nty Circuit Court, tion in 1998, supervising the Sex
is, who is backed by Crimes Unit.
Party. In 2003, Gutenberg was pro-
e with Michigan moted to first assistant of the fel-
ates' names won't ony division, where he manages
a letter represent- attorneys who handle prelimi-
al party. But it is a nary examinations in the district
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