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Dearborn Heights candidate asks for recount, here's how it works COMMUNITY

Dearborn Heights candidate asks for recount, here’s how it works

August 17th, 20190 DEARBORN HEIGHTS - While incumbents on the Dearborn Heights' City Council were happy about the results of the August 6 election, candidate Jamal Bazzi has asked for a recount of the votes, which will take place next week. "I believe that there was a mistake somewhere along the line," Bazzi told The Arab American News. "The reason I...
Dearborn Heights Building Department head resigns amid accusations of corruption Local

Dearborn Heights Building Department head resigns amid accusations of corruption

October 5th, 20181 DEARBORN HEIGHTS – The city’s Building and Engineering director, Mohamed Sobh, has resigned amid accusations by a City Council member that he harassed and extorted residents. At a September 25 Council meeting, Councilman Bill Bazzi said he heard from at least 20 residents and real estate agents that Sobh’s department approves...
Discrimination complaints forces city to revise confusing gazebo ordinance COMMUNITY

Discrimination complaints forces city to revise confusing gazebo ordinance

September 22nd, 20180 DEARBORN – Inconsistencies in ordinances have been causing confusion among city officials, as residents who have gazebos on their properties complain of excessive ticketing and press administrators struggling to iron out the enforcement language, to find a fix. Although City Council members attempted to tackle this issue last...
Ali Ramlawi wins Fifth Ward Ann Arbor City Council race COMMUNITY

Ali Ramlawi wins Fifth Ward Ann Arbor City Council race

August 11th, 20180 ANN ARBOR – Challenger Ali Ramlawi defeated Chuck Warpehoski in the Fifth Ward Ann Arbor City Council race on Tuesday, with about 51 percent of the vote. Ramlawi, owner of the Jerusalem Garden restaurant in downtown Ann Arbor, made his second run for City Council within the past year. After almost defeating Chip Smith, the other...
Proposed hotel near Dearborn mosque sparks debate and division COMMUNITY

Proposed hotel near Dearborn mosque sparks debate and division

March 23rd, 20180 DEARBORN – Tensions are high among community members over the proposed opening of a Holiday Inn Express hotel about 500 yards from Dearborn’s largest mosque. The hospitality chain seeks to construct a business-geared hotel in place of a church that has been vacant for three years, on a triangular block that’s home to the Islamic...
Dearborn Heights City Council considers medical marijuana shops Local

Dearborn Heights City Council considers medical marijuana shops

February 2nd, 20180 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — As federal officials and states remain in a tug of war on the legality of marijuana, cities across the nation where the consumption of the drug is permitted on some level are grappling with whether to allow dispensary stores in their neighborhoods. In Dearborn Heights, residents of the largely bedroom community...
Dearborn city leaders look to future at inauguration ceremony COMMUNITY

Dearborn city leaders look to future at inauguration ceremony

January 12th, 20180 DEARBORN — During the inauguration ceremony for Dearborn city officials on Jan. 9, Mayor Jack O'Reilly told the audience that Dearborn is a unique community. "I have to tell you there aren't communities like Dearborn all over the place, said O'Reilly, who was sworn in for his third full term. "There aren't people that come together...
This is how much candidates spent in Dearborn's municipal elections Elections

This is how much candidates spent in Dearborn’s municipal elections

December 15th, 20170 DEARBORN — Candidates in Dearborn's Nov. 7 municipal elections spent almost $ 1 million during the election, according to the Wayne County Clerk. Dearbornites voted for a mayor, seven City Council members and a City Clerk. The final campaign finance reports show that all 18 candidates spent a total of $997,864 out of $1,146,725...
Reasons to be thankful In Our Opinion

Reasons to be thankful

November 23rd, 20170 As Arab American and Muslim families gather around the dinner table this Thanksgiving holiday, they will show gratitude for their blessings, but will also be bound to express fear for each other’s safety. Since President Trump’s candidacy and after his election, the country has been deeply inflamed with hate crimes, racism and...
Meet Mike Khader, Yonkers' first Arab American City Council president Elections

Meet Mike Khader, Yonkers’ first Arab American City Council president

November 17th, 20170 YONKERS, NY — Last week, Mike Khader, an Arab American attorney and a former Central Intelligence Agency official, made history when he beat incumbent Republican City Council President Liam McLaughlin for his seat in the fourth largest city in New York. Khader, 41, had never held elective office, but said he decided to run after he...
Voters in Detroit and Westland stay with the status quo Elections

Voters in Detroit and Westland stay with the status quo

November 10th, 20170 DETROIT — On Tuesday, Nov. 7, incumbent Mayor Mike Duggan retained his seat, defeating State Sen. Coleman A. Young II in a landslide victory, with 72 percent of the vote. "It's been a year-long campaign and though all of the different kinds of attacks, I've been treated with nothing but warmth and kindness from Detroiters… I am...
Dearborn Heights Mayor Dan Paletko wins re-election, Bazzi joins City Council Elections

Dearborn Heights Mayor Dan Paletko wins re-election, Bazzi joins City Council

November 10th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — It looked to be a close race between Mayor Dan Paletko and City Councilwoman Lisa Hicks-Clayton in Tuesday's election, but once the absentee votes were counted, Paletko won by 1,143 votes. Paletko won with 4,467 votes, which was 55.83 percent of the total votes for mayor, and Hicks-Clayton received a total of...
Two new women join Dearborn City Council, Arab Americans top vote getters Elections

Two new women join Dearborn City Council, Arab Americans top vote getters

November 10th, 20170 DEARBORN — A few months ago, a slew of new names on the Aug. 8 ballot signaled a community was gaining leverage in the local political sphere. While Arab Americans dominated the polls on Nov. 7, their victories were not among the elected candidates, but in the weight of their vote. Dearborn's primary elections saw a handful of...
Dearborn re-elects Mayor O'Reilly to 'finish what he started' Elections

Dearborn re-elects Mayor O’Reilly to ‘finish what he started’

November 10th, 20170 DEARBORN — It was the city's contentious mayoral race that drove most voters to the polls. Many voters told The AANews reporters they hoped for a change of course in the city government, as things have changed since Mayor O'Reilly was elected a decade ago. But voters re-elected O'Reilly with 10,999 votes (57 percent) in the Nov....
Dearborn to elect seven council members, new clerk in lukewarm races Elections

Dearborn to elect seven council members, new clerk in lukewarm races

October 27th, 20170 DEARBORN — There are only ten days left until the November 7 general election and residents are still considering their options, but not much has changed since the primary election. The city council and clerk races are still overshadowed by the contentious mayoral race. City Council President Susan Dabaja and Councilman Michael...
Detroit: The comeback city to hold first post-bankruptcy elections Local Election

Detroit: The comeback city to hold first post-bankruptcy elections

October 27th, 20170 By Farah Harb The Arab American News – intern DETROIT – On Nov. 7, Detroiters will vote for mayor, elect City Council candidates and choose a city clerk. These elections are the first to take place since the city emerged from state control under Michigan’s emergency manager law. Because it has come a long way since 2013,...
Mayor O’Reilly discusses achievements, lays out his plans for Dearborn Elections

Mayor O’Reilly discusses achievements, lays out his plans for Dearborn

October 27th, 20170 DEARBORN — There is a lot on the line in the city — from major investments and revitalization projects, to alleviating high property taxes and diversifying the workforce. As they battle in a heated race, the two mayoral candidates say that on Nov. 7, Dearbornites will have a chance for the first time since 2001 to stick with already...
Tafelski shares why he should be Dearborn’s next mayor Elections

Tafelski shares why he should be Dearborn’s next mayor

October 27th, 20170 DEARBORN — This Monday, mayoral candidate and council President Pro-Tem Tom Tafelski was supposed to take part in a video interview with reporters from The AANews, as Mayor Jack O’Reilly had done, but due to a bout of laryngitis, he was unable to participate. Instead, he answered our questions via email. Some people believe...
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