Bill Joyner's FridayMusings August 5, 2024

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Wednesday, August 5, 2024

Helping define Livonia's Quality of Life

20 years publishing FridayMusings without bias but not without opinion

Elissa Slotkin

Democrat

United States Senate

What could well be the tightest race in the nation is now set with Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin facing off against former Congressman Mike Rogers.

Both were considered frontrunners in their primary and it proved out as the two races were called with less than 10% of the votes cast.

Mike Rogers

Republican

Rosita Tlaib

Democrat

United State Congress

Rosita Tlaib was unopposed in her Democratic primary.

James Hooper of Livonia defeated former Livonia resident Linda Sawyer in the Republican Primary.

James Hooper

Republican

John Larkin

Wayne County

District Court

As Musings was put to bed 52% of the vote, the majority appears to be from out-county, had been counted with Larkin running #1:

41.3% John Larkin 65,827

35.6% Adrienne Scruggs 56,779

23% Nicole Castka 36,708

Same trend all night, but too early to call as it appears votes from Detroit have not yet been counted.

Adrienne Scruggs

Anderson defeats Downer in the Democratic Primary. Unopposed in November

Wayne County Commissioner Glenn Anderson defeated Allen Downer in the Democratic Primary. He is unopposed in the November election as there were no Republicans who filed for this 4-year Commissioner position.

Anderson has a part of Livonia with another part represented by Terry Marecki who had no Republican primary opponent. Marecki will face off against Democratic candidate Carol Souchock who also was unopposed.

Two Wayne County proposals were on the ballot with both passing

Wayne county parks millage

Passed

Wayne County Audit Proposal

With 52% of the vote counted yes had 114,443 to no 96,876

Updates on election returns will be posted as they come available: County Audit proposal and Wayne County Circuit Court Judge.

Two candidates. One for Judge. One for State Senate. One Night. One Under. Mr. Miguel's. What are you going to do?

Musings will continue to run fundraising announcements sent to the typewriter, whether Musings endorses the candidate or not. These two came in this week.

To RSVP visit: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/polehanki-0829

More community support continues to come in for the Bentley Marker Dedication

The Bentley High School Marker Dedication continues to influence the community positively as we welcome another supporter to the Marker Dedication Program. Jim McConnell, President of the Livonia Historical Society will continue in each issue of Musings share the community feelings about Bentley High School.

Today, he extends his gratitude to Councilwoman Laura Toy, for his support of the Livonia Historical Society Marker Dedication Program, scheduled for September 15th at 2:00 PM, with the celebrations starting at 1:00 PM, the program beginning at 2:00 PM, at the former site of Bentley High School, presently the Kirksey Recreation Center.

Other supporters of the marker dedication include Brandon McCullough, John Larkin, Bill Brown Ford, Ben Tiseo, Jim Jolly, Laura Toy, Terry Marecki, Stephanie Young, AlphaUSA, Drew Buatti, Don Cortez-GPI Printing, Dan MacIver-F&PA, Mary Cavanagh, Alan Helmkamp, Karen Bradford/Madeline Acosta/Dave McFarland/Crystal Frank, FridayMusings.

Jim announces that there is still room for 1 more ad and if you are interested drop a dime on the typewriter. The program goes to press August 12.

Livonia Arts Commission offers Kids Art From the Heart

Kids Art from the Heart is a free event hosted by the Livonia Arts Commission and geared towards children ages 2-12!

This event will be at the Kirksey Recreation Center.

Back to School Bash

Community Choice

August 8

Holli Kerkoff says she is "so excited to host the Community Choice back to school bash this year!

"We have food, fun, and supplies to giveaway- all for free! It's open to the public and first come first serve.

"We will also have our amazing team available to open youth accounts with a match of up to $25."

Their goal each year is to ensure every child has the supplies they need, so they can focus on the fun stuff, learning.

Not only are they giving away 3,200 backpacks, but also will have food, activities, music, and more!

Love keeping up with Livonia's representatives in Lansing

Matt Koleszar

"Last week, I had the privilege of touring the Ford Motor Company Livonia Transmission plant in Livonia. Among the many things I learned, I learned more about the jobs of the nearly 3,000 employees. I learned that they produced about 2,000,000 transmissions just last year alone, and will beat that number those year. I learned that you could fit roughly 35 Costco warehouses into this one facility. Thank you to plant manager Haney for the tour!"

Stephanie Young

"Team Young and Detroit Blight Busters partnered again on a clean-up and beautification project at the Redford Branch Library on Grand River. I spoke to the Librarian, Ms. Annette, a few months ago and she shared how she wished she could find someone to help clear the fence line of all the debris that had been blown and caught up in the branches and vines.

"Well, she got that and so much more! I pray when they return on Monday they will be pleasantly surprised. Shout out to the best Team Young ever and John J George and his amazing crew of selfless and dedicated volunteers!

"Teamwork makes the dream work!"

Mary Cavanagh with Dayna Polehanki and Matt Koleszar

"This past week I had the immense honor of presenting a $1 million check to the dedicated men and women of the Livonia Fire Department . This funding will go directly toward essential equipment, ensuring that our firefighters have the tools they need to keep our community safeThe bravery and commitment of these first responders inspire me every day.

"Thank you, Livonia Fire Department, for your unwavering service and sacrifice."

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We can't only define Livonia as taking small steps toward maintaining the way things were. That will give us mediocre outcomes. Our goal needs to be innovative and transformative.