Six Candidates Submit Petitions for Troy Mayor

The 2/18/13 Troy-Somerset Gazette has a good profile of the six men who've filed to run for Mayor in the May 7th Troy special election. Here's an excerpt from the article Six Toss Hat in Ring for Mayor’s Seat...

It’s a full slate of candidates for the Tuesday, May 7 election to fill the mayoral vacancy created when the Troy electorate voted to recall Mayor Janice Daniels just one year into her four-year term.

Council chose Councilman Dane Slater to be mayor until the November election, but the state stepped in and demanded a special election. This new election will fill the remainder of the 2-1/2 years now remaining on Daniels’ term. Slater will be among six candidates – all men – to vie for the mayor’s seat.

Those contenders with Mayor Slater include former Oakland County Commissioner and Republican Michigan House member Marty Knollenberg, and four new faces in Troy political circles: Faris Alami, Jon Desjardins, Scott Welborn and David Elsas.

I came across one error in the article where it states that candidate Dave Elsas is "a member of the church council at Faith Lutheran Church." Mr. Elsas actually attends Lutheran Church of the Master in Troy.

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