City Election 2008 Candidate Profile Series: Marvin L. Brown

As part of inmaricopa.com’s in-depth city election coverage we will be running candidate profiles periodically in no particular order between now and the primary election in March. This is the seventh in a series.

Name: Marvin L. Brown

Office Desired: City Councilman

Family: Married 22 months, no children from this union; three daughters from a previous marriage.

Why I moved to Maricopa: Lower housing cost for the quality of housing.

Neighborhood or Subdivision: Senita.

How long in Maricopa: Eighteen months.

Prior political offices: Administrative assistant to the chief of police, city of Detroit; director of the Poverty Program, city of Detroit; administrative assistant to the Speaker of the House, state of Michigan; director of Urban Investment, State Banking Department.

Community service: Chairman of the Board, Detroit Non-Profit Housing Corporation; president of the Board of the Travelers Aide Society of Detroit; chairman of the Board Michigan Unemployment Agency for Non-Profits; board member, Bank of Lansing. Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Metropolitan United Methodist Church.

Occupation: Retired.

Personal vision statement: My highest priority will be to establish an environment in Maricopa that is honest, open and free of cronyism and a sense of entitlement. Potential investors must know that they are dealing with honorable people. New homeowners must have a sense of identity and pride.

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