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XLV SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012 $1.00 some‘‘ people who voted absentee and are going Scanning driver’s to try and vote Clerks prepare for record voter turnout license shortens again at the polls. time at polls Please tell me there Personal cheat sheets is a process to detect activity of this type.” help voters on Election Day Please vote in the By William Axford election.‘‘ This will be [email protected]; 810-433-6792 the most important Voting this year will be more ef- election in the history ficient than previous elections thanks of our country. Let the to electronic pollbooks. Some voters majority rule and ac- may be alarmed though when asked cept the outcome like to scan their driver’s license in order good Americans.” to vote, suspecting that extra infor- Remember, mation about them is being stored. we‘‘ can only have See LICENSE on 14A crooked politicians if we continue to elect crooked politicians.” SCHOOLS: Fenton schools, why‘‘ did my elemen- tary school daughter come home and tell me about the pro- Obama posters hanging in the rooms and halls? TRI-COUNTY TIMES | KANSAS.COM When she Some voters may be somewhat asked surprised when an election worker the teacher about requests to scan their driver’s a Romney poster she was told, ‘Well, license at the polls. Scanning the license is a faster method of getting we don’t really like TRI-COUNTY TIMES | TIM JAGIELO Mr. Romney.’ This is the right materials to the right voters. outrageous.” “It’s a big process, but it works,” said Fenton City Deputy Clerk Sue Walsh (right). Surrounding Walsh and Clerk Jennifer Naismith (second from left) are 1,100 absentee ballots from Fenton GAS PRICES: residents. Walsh processed 250 of the absentee ballots on Friday. The absentee ballots have How in the world can‘‘ gas go up this consumed the clerk’s office in recent days and dropping off more envelopes are Elaine McGreevy Interim chief week even (left) front desk clerk and Deputy Treasurer Jill Beckley (second from right). as the price of a could get relief barrel of To avoid long lines on Election Day, By Tim Jagielo oil went [email protected]; 810-433-6795 down? I Holly — Holly Village interim hope these thieves many opt for absentee ballots rot in hell.” Police Chief Michael Story might be By Times editorial staff that will decide the next President READ THE getting some extra help in the form [email protected]; 810-629-8282 of the United States, as well as many BALLOT of a full-time officer being promoted Clerks across the tri-county area local races and proposals. BEFORE YOU to a supervisory rank. Story has been HOT LINE are bracing for a very busy day on Fenton City Clerk Jenny Naismith pulling double duty since former of the week Tuesday, as high voter turnout is said the city has just over 9,000 VOTE! chief Elena Danishevskaya resigned expected for the General Election See VOTER on 20A See Page 20A in September. I GIVE THANKS See INTERIM CHIEF on 6A “ to the Lord for November 6th, the From bear skins, mascots to dress shirts end of the deception, deceit, dishonesty, Never a dull Linden high school’s mas- duplicity, fraud, cots are cleaned here. There’s not moment in the dry Tom Moleski is co-owner hypocrisy and too much we don’t cleaning business and four employees run the corruption associated company; they’re all family. clean, I pretty much with the election of By Tim Jagielo He said the main body of the try anything. deceptive, deceitful, [email protected]; 810-433-6795 mascot costumes are washed — Tom Moleski dishonest, duplicitous, Fenton — A cross sec- like the rest of the clothing, Dixie Cleaners co-owner tion of the community filters fraudulent, hypocritical while the mascot head is ’’ through Dixie Cleaners, in and corrupt politicians. steam cleaned by hand. taxidermist and a man who Fenton. On the racks already wanted mold cleaned from Amen. There isn’t much that ’’ pressed, is a dress white shirt Moleski’s family cannot several leather coats. TRI-COUNTY TIMES | TIM JAGIELO of the Fenton fire chief and clean. “I pretty much try Moleski washed the bear Dixie Cleaners co-owner Tom Moleski irons a polo shirt for a Lasco Ford anything,” he said. This skin and sent the leather coats pants at the shop on Wednesday in Fenton. His employee. Both Fenton and included a bear skin from a See CLEANERS on 20A business has been in the family for 60 years. 2A Sunday, November 4, 2012 TRI-COUNTY TIMES www.tctimes.com H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Tri-County Times 2012 General Election Endorsements — ENDORSEMENTS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW BELOW — President and Vice President Genesee County Sheriff Oakland County Executive Rose Township Board of Trustees of the United States FOUR-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE FOUR-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE FOUR-YEAR TERMS FOUR-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE Democrat Party Republican Party SUPERVISOR, VOTE FOR ONE Republican Party Incumbent Robert Pickell Incumbent L. Brooks Patterson Republican Party Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan Democrat Party Paul J. Gambka Democrat Party Genesee County Clerk & Kevin Howley CLERK, VOTE FOR ONE Incumbent Barack Obama, Joe Biden Register of Deeds Republican Party Constitution Party FOUR-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE Oakland County Sheriff Debbie Miller Virgil H. Goode Jr., James N. Clymer Republican Party FOUR-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE TREASURER, VOTE FOR ONE Green Party Michael Stikovich Republican Party Republican Party Jill Stein, Cheri Honkala Democrat Party Incumbent Michael Bouchard Trish Trevethan Justice Party John Gleason Democrat Party TRUSTEES, VOTE FOR TWO Ross C. Anderson, Luis Rodriguez Felice Boudreau Republican Party Genesee County Drain Commissioner Thomas Kemp United States Senator FOUR-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE Oakland County Clerk Incumbent Dianne M. Scheib-Snider SIX-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE Republican Party & Register of Deeds Democrat Party Republican Party Robert Stewart FOUR-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE Thomas Willwerth Pete Hoekstra Democrat Party Republican Party CONSTABLE, VOTE FOR ONE Democrat Party Incumbent Jeff Wright Incumbent Bill Bullard Jr. Republican Party Incumbent Debbie Stabenow Democrat Party Incumbent Emile Bair Libertarian Party Genesee County Surveyor Lisa Brown Scotty Boman FOUR-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE Holly Village Council Constitution Party Democrat Party Oakland County Treasurer Non-partisan Richard A. Matkin Incumbent Kim Carlson FOUR-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE PRESIDENT Green Party Republican Party TWO-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE Harley Mikkelson Genesee County Marty Knollenberg Peter Clemens Justice Party Commissioner 6th District Democrat Party Jason Hughes John D. Litle TWO-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE Andy Meisner Incumbent Jeff Miller Republican Party COUNCIL MEMBERS Representative in Congress Tony Brown Oakland County Water FOUR-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR THREE 5th District Libertarian Party Resource Commissioner Robert Allsop TWO-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE Jonathan Ettinger FOUR-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE Ryan Bladzik (Serving Argentine and Fenton townships, Republican Party William Kuyk Sr. Fenton and Linden cities) Argentine Township Board of Trustees John P. McCulloch John Lauve FOUR-YEAR TERMS Republican Party Democrat Party Debra Musgrave Jim Slezak SUPERVISOR, VOTE FOR ONE Jim Nash Livingston County Democrat Party Democrat Party Daniel Kildee Incumbent Robert Cole Oakland County Commissioner 3rd District CLERK, VOTE FOR ONE Commissioner 1st District TWO-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE Libertarian Party TWO-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE Gregory Creswell Republican Party Republican Party Incumbent Denise Graves (Locally, serves Groveland Township) Incumbent Dave Domas NPA TREASURER, VOTE FOR ONE David Davenport Republican Party Democrat Party Republican Party Michael Dingell Dane Morris Incumbent Norman Schmidt Representative in Congress Democrat Party TRUSTEES, VOTE FOR TWO Jeff Vaught Tyrone Township 8th District Board of Trustees TWO-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE Republican Party Incumbent Thomas Hallman Oakland County Commissioner FOUR-YEAR TERMS (Serving Byron, Village of Holly 2nd District SUPERVISOR, VOTE FOR ONE and townships of Hartland, Holly, Democrat Party Incumbent Teresa Ciesielski TWO-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE Republican Party Groveland, Rose and Tyrone) Bill VanKuren (Locally, serves Village of Holly Incumbent Mike Cunningham Republican Party and townships of Rose, Holly, CLERK, VOTE FOR ONE Mike Rogers Fenton Township Board of Trustees Springfield and Highland) Republican Party Democrat Party FOUR-YEAR TERMS Republican Party Incumbent Keith Kremer Lance Enderle SUPERVISOR, VOTE FOR ONE Incumbent Bob Hoffman TREASURER, VOTE FOR ONE Libertarian Party Republican Party Democrat Party Republican Party Daniel Goebel Incumbent Bonnie Mathis Sherlynn Everly Incumbent Marna Bunting-Smith NPA CLERK, VOTE FOR ONE TRUSTEES, VOTE FOR FOUR Preston Brooks Republican Party Holly Township Board of Trustees Republican Party Incumbent Robert Krug FOUR-YEAR TERMS Cam Gonzalez Representative in State TREASURER, VOTE FOR ONE SUPERVISOR, VOTE FOR ONE Soren T. Pedersen Legislature 47th District Republican Party Republican Party Charles Schultz TWO-YEAR TERM, VOTE FOR ONE Incumbent John Tucker George Kullis David Walker (Serving Deerfield, Hartland TRUSTEES, VOTE FOR FOUR Democrat Party Democrat Party and Tyrone townships) Republican Party Dale Smith Douglas J.