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SPOTLIGHT ON FALL HOME IMPROVEMENT 6A SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 • Vol. 35, No. 19
Trustees fail to gather for meetings amid vacant seat BY DEAN VAGLIA dvaglia@candgnews.com
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ABOVE: The figure of “Joe” from the sculpture “Mail Call,” by Larry Halbert, sits in the middle of the Michigan World War II Legacy Memorial. LEFT: Air Force veteran Patrick Kopytek holds up a picture of his dad, Walter, who served in the Navy during World War II. Kopytek is wearing a World War ll uniform. Photos by Donna Dalziel
WWII memorial celebrates phase 1 dedication BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
ROYAL OAK — The date of Aug. 10 marked the dedication of phase 1 of the Michigan World War II Legacy Memorial in Royal Oak. The ceremony was held at Memorial Park, 31050 Woodward Ave., where hundreds of veterans, residents
and others looking to pay their respects to those who served attended. Phase 1 work on the memorial included 1,400 bricks for its Walk of Honor, flagpoles for each service branch, footings for the Wall of Stars and future “Sea” and “Air” statue scenes, the first two boulders in the War in Words, and the installation of “Joe” on the war front See WWII on page 18A
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CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Legislative business in Clinton Township has come to a standstill as two consecutive Board of Trustees meetings, a special meeting on Aug. 21 and a regular meeting on Aug. 28, have failed to reach a quorum. The meetings come as 16 residents have applied for the seat former Trustee Joie West left vacant upon her resignation on Aug. 1. In the meeting West resigned, a new board rule requiring the board to appoint a new member from a list of applicants was passed with the appoint-by-date set for Tuesday, Sept. 15. The rule passed 5-2 after a prior vote to postpone the rule until the Budget Ways & Means Committee could review it failed 4-3. Those supporting postponement included both board Republicans — Supervisor Robert Cannon and Clerk Kim Meltzer — along with Trustee Tammy Patton, the latter joining fellow board Democrats in passing the rule change. Down a member, remaining board Democrats — Trustees Mike Keys and Julie Matuzak along with Township Treasurer Paul Gieleghem — lack a prior party-line advantage given Patton’s occasional alignment with Republicans Cannon and Meltzer. Only one board meeting has been held since party control of the board