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bigmouthconservative
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I noted some commentary on another site regarding this council person living in Grand Blanc. Sure enough I did some checking and he does indeed live there on MacClandish Road.
What gives?
How in the heck can he represent his ward and live in GB? Josh Freeman help me out here. What is the residency rule on being a council person? I would think you need to live in the ward you represent at the least!
Nelson is a Williamson puppet as demonstrated by his comments in the Flint Journal last night regarding Plante and Moran's comments regarding the budget deficit in the City of Flint.
Sounds like some photos of this hack council person at his GB abode may be in order! |
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:57 pm |
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Dave Starr
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section 2-101 of the city charter states: Every elected city official and every candidate for elective office shall be a registered elector in the district he or she represents or seeks to represent.
(adopted by the electorate,, 11-5-74)
Also, if you check the County's web site, there is NO listing for the property he supposedly lives at. |
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:40 pm |
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bigmouthconservative
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| Okay, phone book shows it, anyway...city of Flint property records shows a home on Addsion is owned by him...Unpaid 2008 summer taxes and a water lein...Nice... |
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:26 pm |
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Josh Freeman
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:38 pm |
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Josh Freeman
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quote:
Dave Starr schreef:
section 2-101 of the city charter states: Every elected city official and every candidate for elective office shall be a registered elector in the district he or she represents or seeks to represent.
(adopted by the electorate,, 11-5-74)
Also, if you check the County's web site, there is NO listing for the property he supposedly lives at.
Note that the requirement is not that you live in the Ward, merely that you are an elector of the Ward. Your voter registration must match what is on your drivers license in the State of Michigan.
When I ran for re-election in 2005, clearly, Sandy Hill did not live in the Ward. I had phone bills with her address at her apartment on Meade. She would give out her phone number on Meade at events as a contact. But, since she changed her license to a relatives on Maryland, it met the requirements of the Charter. |
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:47 pm |
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andi03
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****Sure enough I did some checking and he does indeed live there on MacClandish Road.****
Would appear that that's Atlas Twp., with GB mailing...If I am mistaken, please someone correct me.  |
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:51 pm |
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Ryan Eashoo
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Wow.. This could be a big story, due we have facts that he does live there or just a name ( that happens to be his ) on a home in GB? We need proof!
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:55 pm |
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Ryan Eashoo
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Can you provide proof BMC? Could it be he lives in Flint, but his dad has the same name? I think this would be huge if its true, but i heard in the past that Woodrow Stanley lived in Grand Blanc, and so did Scott Kincaid. All of them turned out to be untrue... Get some pictures and post on here BMC that would be AWESOME!
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bigmouthconservative schreef:
I noted some commentary on another site regarding this council person living in Grand Blanc. Sure enough I did some checking and he does indeed live there on MacClandish Road.
What gives?
How in the heck can he represent his ward and live in GB? Josh Freeman help me out here. What is the residency rule on being a council person? I would think you need to live in the ward you represent at the least!
Nelson is a Williamson puppet as demonstrated by his comments in the Flint Journal last night regarding Plante and Moran's comments regarding the budget deficit in the City of Flint.
Sounds like some photos of this hack council person at his GB abode may be in order!
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:57 pm |
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00SL2
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Some of you folks are quick to criticize without knowing all the facts, or even doing enough homework to form a reasonable opinion.
1. Council members are elected in odd-numbered years and serve a four-year term commencing at 12 o'clock noon on the morning following the regular Council general election. Kerry Nelson was elected 11/08/2005 so his term will expire this year.
2. While true that Kerry Nelson is shown as owner of the Flint property on the City of Flint website with zero homestead exemption for 2008, there was a 100% homestead exemption for the year 2007. That indicates he must have moved during the year 2008.
3. Whitepages.com shows five listings for Kerry Nelson; obviously, they're not all Kerry L. Nelson, our 3rd Ward Councilman. Yes, Andi, there's a McCandlish Road address and phone number for Kerry Nelson (Atlas Township, Grand Blanc mailing); the listing date shows September 2008 which supports paragraph 2.
Do you all expect Kerry Nelson to resign his position immediately because he moved? It seems those of reasonable mind would have no objection to his finishing out his term.
It's no wonder qualified people aren't interested in running for office in this city! |
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Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:13 am |
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seek4truth
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OOSL2,
I don't live in the Ward Nelson represents . I have an idea on what the residents, who do live there, are facing. On occasion I travel to his Ward to visit friends.
However, I do live on the East Side of Flint. I know exactly what the problems in my area are. I know this because I see them everyday I wake up. I jog, drive, and go for walks in my neighborhood. I can tell you every vacant house in my area. I could also tell you most of my neighbors names. I could even tell you what their complaints are. I see hazards that could be removed while I perform my daily routines, in my area. I know the lawns that need to be mowed, even in the winter. I can tell you what houses seem to attract criminal activity.
The point I am trying to make is, unless you live in an area, how can you know what the problems are? Nelson is supposed to do everything in his power to improve his Ward. Yet, he can't even live there? How does he receive information on the problem areas in his Ward? How many times have you called your council person? I haven't called mine one time. Since he lives in the same area as me, I trust that he also sees the problems in this area. I have seen him while on walks, and have addressed some issues I have though. Can the Third Ward say the same thing? Shouldn't they be able too?
To get to the real point... yes I do think he should resign. How can he fairly represent an area, he doesn't even live in? Can you tell me the problems that Clayton Twp. is facing. Just like Nelson, you probably can only address the problems that have been in the news, or have heard about. |
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Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:06 am |
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seek4truth
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Josh Freeman,
As you stated she met the requirments of the City Charter. However, she didn't meet the requirements of the Michigan State Law. It is illegal to fail to update your drivers license, when you move. Just a thought, would be kind of hard to prove it though. |
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Wed Jan 14, 2009 1:13 am |
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Dave Starr
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section 2-101 of the city charter states: Every elected city official and every candidate for elective office shall be a registered elector in the district he or she represents or seeks to represent.
(adopted by the electorate,, 11-5-74)
Josh, I would think that "in the district he or she represents or seeks to represent" would mean the person must live in that ward. |
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I used to care, but I take a pill for that now.
Pushing buttons sure can be fun.
When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way.
Paddle faster, I hear banjos. |
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Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:52 am |
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Josh Freeman
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quote:
Dave Starr schreef:
section 2-101 of the city charter states: Every elected city official and every candidate for elective office shall be a registered elector in the district he or she represents or seeks to represent.
(adopted by the electorate,, 11-5-74)
Josh, I would think that "in the district he or she represents or seeks to represent" would mean the person must live in that ward.
Well Dave, while normal people would interpert that to mean you should probably live in the district, sometimes people in City Government are NOT considered 'normal'. It's easy to change your license, need little proof to do it.
Now, I have no clue as to where Mr. Nelson lives. And frankly could care less. Let the folks of the 3rd Ward fight that battle.
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Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:29 pm |
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Ted Jankowski
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[quote="00SL2"]
Do you all expect Kerry Nelson to resign his position immediately because he moved? It seems those of reasonable mind would have no objection to his finishing out his term. /quote]
Hmm, So one day He up and decided to buy a house outside the city?
Didn't think about it at all. Just slipped his mind he was a representative of Flint government?
Never once thought to make it public that he was moving?
Prepare the people he represents for his withdrawal from the city and the people he represents?
To do so would prove a level of incompetence and personal lack of conscience and judgment unfathomable to most hard working honest people.
So I am a bit suspect if this listing in Grand Blanc is really OUR Beloved Councilman Kerry Nelson.
It would just plain be ignorant to do something like that withouletin his ward know publically in a council meeting |
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Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:01 pm |
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Ryan Eashoo
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Whats Kerry Nelsons address and phone # in Grand Blanc?
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