City Council candidates each state why they are the best choice

Four candidates are seeking two seats on the Maricopa City Council when citizens vote in the General Election May 20.

One Council candidate from the primary, Marquisha Griffin, earned a seat without going to the runoff election, as did the mayoral candidate, Anthony Smith, who is now Maricopa’s mayor-elect “Update: Griffin secures Council seat; Brown, Dunn, Diedrich, Haddad advance to general“).

Each candidate stated in a nutshell why he believes he is the best candidate:

Marvin Brown: I feel that I am the best candidate for this office because I have the widest range of political and private sector experience: namely, 22 years as precinct delegate to Democratic National Conventions; Michigan Representative to the McCarthy/Kennedy New Democractic Coalition; co-chairman of the Robert F. Kennedy for President Committee in the State of Michigan; administrative assistant to chief of police, city of Detroit; administrative assistant to the speaker of the House, state of Michigan; gubernatorial appointment-director of Urban Investment, State of Michigan Banking Commission; director of the Poverty Program, city of Detroit; economic development consultant to two city council persons, city of Detroit; director of Community Development, city of Highland Park, Michigan.

My private sector involvement includes: executive director, Greater Detroit Alliance of Business; chairman of the board, Detroit Non-Profit Housing Corporation; president of the Board of Travelers’ Aid Society of Detroit; Chairman of the Board Michigan Voluntary Unemployment Agency for Non-Profits Agencies; board member of Bank of Lansing; executive director of Urban Investments COMAC Corporation, which was a bank holding corporation.

For a collection of stories profiling each candidate and ongoing election coverage please visit our Elections Page under the NEWS link at inmaricopa.com.

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