Stop wasting our taxpayer dollars on self-promotion and phony thefts. Shaughnessy spent taxpayer dollars to secure her department's locks after she was elected but could and should have have locked the special cards up in a safe in the locked room for an extra precaution. The Clerk may have misplaced the cards. The Clerk also misused/abused taxpayer dolars to promote her re-election. She mailed all of the voters of this township several ridiculous letters/stickers telling us that we will be receiving new voter cards about preceinct changes soon instead of sending us the new information when it was ready for release. Guess what voters, in a few weeks, if you happen to open up another mailing from me, you'll get some real information ... this is what the message sounded like. What a waste of OUR TAX DOLLARS!!! She should have been required to produce the itemized list of election related material. These township officials hate each other and I believe some of them if not all of them will do anything to win. The election feels compromised and Bill Bullard Jr. should care about that. What a joke!

My name is Beth Ayers, I have lived and raised my children in Wolverine Lake for 18 years. I worked as a bus driver for Walled Lake Schools, I worked to get a solution and accountability to the problem at Walled Lake Central after my daughter was the # 300 student in 10 years struck by a car, I worked to have a school zone put in at Maple Elementary. I have had first hand experience with corrupt politics here in Oakland County, I have been directly impacted by this economy, I have had experience with how the current administrations actions have effected the citizens of Michigan. I am concerned for our children, our seniors, our women and our families as well as those who are in poverty. If you want someone who will be your voice, who is not intimidated by bullies in suits or robes or uniforms or those on power and money trips I'm your girl! I'm running as an independent citizen, just write my name in Beth Ayers for State Representative 39 th district.

This township and I mean everyone from the police ,council... Etc....is the biggest group of thieves and con artists,next to Kwamee Kilpatrick.
You should be ashamed .
Your job is work in the best interest of the PEOPLE.

Beth, I believe the previous comment was aimed at the elected officials of West Bloomfield Township, not at you. You said you live in Waterford; only West Bloomfield residents may participate in West Bloomfield government as voters or candidates. This Patch article was about events that occurred at last night's meeting of the West Bloomfield Board of Trustees. State Representatives deal with issues at the State level; they do not have jurisdiction over the elected officials of individual townships and cities. Good luck!

Fortunately Chief Patton and his officers are diligently working on this so there will be no further mishaps. Pity Ureste and Weingarten don't share his ethics, integrity, and stewardship! Our township is in dire straits. This will be another unnecessary costly endeavor that Ureste and Kaplan seem to relish.

This should be a concern of Bill Bullard Jr, Oakland County's Clerk, as well. He and his fellow Republicans seem more concerned about "vaginas" than our governments integrity, efficiency, and sound policy making. I guess if the Republicans were able to steal the presidential election for George W. Bush, we shouldn't be expected to care about election integrity locally from our Republican leaders.

Republican House Speaker Jase Bolger and former Democratic Rep. Roy Schmidt must think we're pretty dumb.
A new report from the Republican Kent County Prosecutor found that Bolger and Schmidt hatched a scheme "to undermine the election and to perpetrate a 'fraud' on the electorate." The shady back-room deal called for Schmidt to switch parties at the last second and recruit a family friend to run as a Democrat, giving Schmidt a free shot at re-election.
Bolger and Schmidt have managed to avoid criminal charges so far, but we can't let them get away with this clear betrayal of the public trust.
Bill Forsyth, the county prosecutor, declared, "As a Republican elected official, I am embarrassed and offended by what transpired."
And so is the rest of Michigan. Call on politician Jase Bolger to resign as Speaker of the House. Shouldn't this be illegal? The Republican prosecutor investigating the case thinks so:
"Incredibly, while it would be illegal to pay a boxer to take a 'dive,' or a basketball player to 'point-shave,' it is not currently a crime in Michigan to recruit someone to run for public office, place them on the ballot at the 'eleventh hour' and essentially pay them to make no effort to win."
--Kent Co. Prosecutor Bill Forsyth