Back-to-School Tips for Parents of School Aged Children (See Page 13) The September 6 - September 19, 2013 In Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month The Pontiac News recognizes Maria Moyet-Bermudez for 35 Years of PontiacA POSITIVE NEWS SOURCE WITH A LOCAL FLAVOR News VOL. 3 ISSUE 14 Exemplar y Community Service to the City of Pontiac (1978 – Current!) National Hispanic Heritage Month Pontiac Mayoral General September 15 – October 15 The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United Election on November 5 States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our nation and society. (More on Page 15) to feature Write-In Candidate Duggan Declared The Winner of Aug 6 Detroit Mayoral Primary Waterman By Kirk Pinho Former Detroit Medical Center CEO Mike Duggan has won the Aug. 6 Detroit mayoral primary election after a protracted Vs certification process that ended Tuesday with a state Board of Canvassers decision to certify the election results. The four-member state canvassing board unanimously certi- Jukowski fied that Duggan received 48,716 votes in the primary, more than 4,000 more than Detroit election workers unofficially tallied for Mayor Leon Jukowski Deirdre Water man him and nearly 25,000 more than a Wayne County canvass report Benny Mike said he received. N apoleon Duggan The decision gives Duggan the primary election victory, Plus barring any recount efforts. He and Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon will square off in the Nov. 5 general election. 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Pontiac News Since the Pontiac Mayoral primary election on election. Both of us are in agreement that a well run Editorial, OCC, Greimel, Optimistic & August 6, I have been approached by many supporters write-in campaign could be victorious in the Burch Ad . .Page 2 and non-supporters regarding a write-in candidacy for November 5th Primary. We are struck by the fact that CNS Parkway Grille ad . .Page 3 the November 5 general election. Quite frankly, I approximately 2,000 of the 4,366 primary voters did Stabenow Job Act, Hard to Fill Jobs, started to seriously consider this avenue immediately not prefer either of the top two primary vote-getters. Mitchell, Burks Holloway ads . .Page 4 following the August 6 election night vote count, and We are convinced that an overwhelming majority of Oakland County Brooksie Way, OC after confirming that a write-in campaign is legally Pontiac citizens are not satisfied with either candidate. permissible under my circumstances. Also, in looking Councilman Watkins and I firmly believe that if we Workshops . .Page 5 at the vote count, it is clear that had Mr. Eric Johnson combine our resources and energies that this write-in Carter - What Does Immediate Effect and I not ran, Councilman Donald Watkins would campaign will indeed be successful. We have also Mean? . .Page 6 have received most of our votes and would have been agreed that only one of us will run. We plan to make a Carter - Our Children, NAACP AD & in first place…and had Mr. Johnson and Councilman decision as to which one of us will run on or before article Dental Arts Ad . .Page 7 Watkins not ran, I would have received most, if not all Monday September 9th. After getting input from our Life Skills Center ad . .Page 8 of their votes and would have been the winner. I have supporters and others. 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Quite simply, the bill Oakland Community College has appointed Kathryn Rusak as Rahim Russell amends the Social Welfare Act and Executive Director of the Oakland Community College Foundation. Rusak joins OCC from Wayne State University OFFICE MANAGER: provides for the expansion of Mary C. Russell Medicaid allowed under the Patient where she served as Director of Development for the College of Protection and Affordable Care Act Education and the Irvin D. Reid Honors College. As Executive DESIGNER & PRINTER: Tim Greimel Kathryn Rusak Director of the OCC Foundation, Rusak will lead the college’s Michigan Web Press (ACA). House Bill 4714 would anticipated fundraising, work to build a community of support- CONTACT INFO: provide health care to more than 400,000 Michiganders who ers and friends, cultivate relationships with college alumni and play a crucial role in TELEPHONE: 248-758-1411 otherwise lack it. The bill has the support of Gov. 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