My vote would go to Gary!!!!

I agree with Donna I would support Gary!!!!

Doesn't the current Mayor have to pull a petition, too, if he's going to run?

yes, anyone running for Mayor or City Council, whether a first timer or an incumbent, must pull petitions. I wouldn't expect any of the incumbents to pull their petitions this early.

Gary Woronchak?...the guy who is the Chairman of the Wayne County Commission? ...the one that was the Chairman that was there when exorbitant salaries and perquisites were given to so many select favorites of Ficano? The same guy who, with the rest of the Commission, now expresses ignorance of things like Tukia Mulin receiving a $200,00 severance package...when she was voluntarily leaving her post for another county position? He, along with the rest of that Commission are the absolute realisms of the "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil and go-along-to-get-along representation that has plagued so many other government levels for so long...especially Wayne County. Let's get real; if Gary Woronchak is someone's choice, we might as well keep hizzoner O'Reilly who is the epitome of favoritisms.

I would vote for Mr. Tafelski.

Marooned...yes, Tom would be an excellent candidate. He has been there long enough to know where the skeletons are located and how and what to do to get rid of them. Let's get the word out about Tom and encourage him to run.

Tom has to learn how to have patience with people - watch him at the end of a council meeting when its open to the public for questions. He can hardly wait to get rid of them same way O'Reilly handled people (and still does) when he was Pres. of the Council.

I'm open to almost any alternative to the present regime.

My vote goes to Mayor O'Reilly. I've known him and worked with him for most of my life - and I can tell you we are fortunate to have a person of his book smarts and street smarts willing to serve. He's a great guy and deserves re-election. Gary Woronchak is also a 40-year friend and colleague who I admire greatly. What he's doing now downtown is too important for him to leave! Nonetheless, he can and should move up the political ladder one of these days. He deserves it!

Tom Tafelski would get my vote. Years ago when he first ran for the council, he knocked on my door, and took the time to answer many questions, got my vote, and still lost. Since then, a much more positive political picture for Tom, and I hope he still has the patience given to me that day long ago,

my name is edward binkley just wanted to tell you that if you wanted to know a little more about me you can go to the dearborn historical museum and purchase the dearborn best stories i am on page 113 titled complication and my photo is also on page 401 i almost made it to eagle but i turned 18 before my eagle project was finished but i recieved a certificate from the livonia historical museum for painting the dar building. my family some were born here but my complete history genology is in the archives as well. i work cheap 10 bucks a day at teh bp gas station on mason and michigan i strongly believe in god and helping others such as we should all help our neighbors and they will help us and if we do things that are right of us in gods eyes then we will recieve blessings in our favor i will help the city to the best of my knowledgfe even if i have to attend school but i am trying to learn things on my own everyday is a different lesson learned like i learned today that mayor hubbards middle name was elbert. so maybe i will be the talk of the town and people will start respect people here in this great city all it takes is to say hello to that stranger walking down the street.you might get suprise they might say hello back and this is how you build a city respect other people and there property...

Fred, I know you would support O'Reilly. You are a liberal Democrat that served under the original Mayor O'Reilly. O'Reilly is an arrogant thug and panders to the lowest denominator. He is allowing parts of this city to fall apart and instructs his people in Residential Services to overlook serious property violations and will not back up those trying to enforce our codes. He is the problem here in Dearborn, NOT the solution.

my vote will go to TOM......O'Reilly has ruined this city ......and so did his dad.....in just the short term they both have been in office what a shame to do what they have done ........get him out and No to Gary ....what he has allowed in the County do not let him come here and bring the trash with him...enough said

Gary has been a part of cleaning up the mess in the county, not part of the problem. Blaming Gary as commission chairman for Ficano's problems is like saying Tom as council president is responsible for the mistakes of the current mayor. You can't blame Gary without blaming the Tom.

Another thing... Gary became Chair of the Commission in January of 2011. Early in his term, Ficano's "issues" came to light. Anything that happened with the scandals happened BEFORE he became chair and isn't it interesting that it all came to light when Gary became Chair!!

Right,,,Gary became chair in 2011, but he's been there a lot longer than that. Gary is not to be blamed entirely and solely for what the commission has allowed Ficano to get away with, but he must share the blame with the rest of them, and more so since he became chairman. Are you trying to tell me that the commission has no responsibilities at all for the operation of Wayne County government?. And as for Tom, he has repeatedly voted against many of the O'Reilly sponsored issues in Dearborn, including the latest O'Reilly fiasco to buy a new city hall. It has only been recently since the Mullin issues that anyone on that commission has spoken out, and only then to sound as if they are truly concerned and are going to, from now on , be diligent. It's all a sideshow.

John"Remax"O'Reilly never saw a horrible real estate deal he didnt like. His real estate skills are as good as his lawyer skills, both always end up costing the tax payers millions.
O'Reilly propaganda minister Fred Hoffman said that "we are fortunate to have someone of his street smart and book smarts" REALLY?
Lets look at the "O'rielly Doctorine":
1.Cut or reduce city services or quality.
2.Approve pay raises for all cronies.
3.Run to tax payers and deceive them for more money.
O'Rielly is a politcal dinosaur, he is payphone in a world of wifi and ipads and gary woronchak isnt any better. The only place a fraud like gary could exist this long is in Wayne County which is one of the most corrupt counties in the country.
The only answer is Council President Tom Tafelski.He voted against many of the bad decisions the mayor made and is young enough to take dearborn in a new more modern direction that can rejuvenate this city.
I think Tafelski will flush the toilet in this city and down the drain will go all the left overs of current and previous administrations that have kept dearborn mired in red tape,cronyism and wasted money.
Lets hope next november we all hear that flushing sound.

John...wow---there is nothing you said that I don't wholeheartedly agree with and support. Tom could turn this city's direction around in a heartbeat, like getting rid of some of the corrupt do-notheing departments heads...I can name several. I can't believe some of the people here supporting Gary W as mayor. That's like asking Kwami Kilpatrick to move to Dearborn and running for mayor. God forbid!!!!!!!!!!

yeah but tom supported the decision to buy the stupid golf course, how many thousands did that cost he could of supported the re-opening of the snow library so your children didnt have to travel across the busy roads and intersections to get to the bryant branch the library system can be run on a volunteer program like the museum is doing here now were saving more money people that the city have layed of and getting high rate unemployement can do this volunteer work in order toi get there check have no more pay raises in the city until we the people in the city approve of them that way our taxes will stay the same and what was wrong with the old city hall nothing just had to spend some of that federal money! why give the Henry ford 500,000.00 they were part of the project to begin with but our historical museum is in the neighborhood can't help fix it up or even give a budget and we offer it offer our children some history of the pioneer life to the modern day life through it school program can our children learn about our history as a town from a golf course i say no way! so yes i live very frugal and im not saying everyone has to live frugal but we as a city in whole have to help run the city let our officials know what we want attend all council meeting so that everything is addressed and we dont become address.why wait for a 22million dollar lawsuit just don't hired that company any more and remove the parking meters I have 60 of the 100 signitures needed and have 3 month

Ed, what golf course are you referring to, Herndon or Camp Dearborn?

what do you think of the city wanting to give up a judges seat what was the purpose of that election a big waste of money how much did that cost the tax payers? if i had my way I would like to see Mark Guido run for mayor and i believe he has the book smarts and the street smarts to do it cause he helps his neighbors and people that are in need and can get the business back here to dearborn and then our property rates will go back up but as soon as people see that we have many abandoned buildings and apartments that are not taken care of then our property values will still go down and the parking meters are costing the business industry plenty money everyday and week trash them go back to the old school people how did dearborn do it before get out of debt. i think the council and o rielly should hit the history books and the archives of the past to figure it out. this is the only way..

Ed...I have never seen such a long, continuous, sentence. It's a paragraph with no chance to take a breath. Whew!

sorry didn't not that good in writing. is this better! just have to take your time don't worry i talk fast too! but trusting in me and my word is like trusting in GOD. I don't flip flop I'M not book smart I am street smart.but Abraham Lincoln didn't have a formal education either he taught himself like myself.. And was the best President we had here in the United States.. So if you see Abe Lincoln walking to the museum on tuesday feb 12th then stop him and ask if you may sign his petition!! remember it is only a signature.. I had people tell me i should be a teacher i know alot about history of this soon to be broken down penniless city if you don't make a change for the better!!

Tom

Here are some uf my paltforms> A) clean up east dearborn especially warren raod of the trash and debris matter of fact the whole city and the blight in the whole city along with the abondoned homes,get rid of the parking meters so that the bussiness in west dearborn would thrive again,re-open snow library so that the children did not have to cross the busy streets to get to bryant and be as frugal as possible and hopefully our houses will come back up to there values and also work for very cheap rate actually put cash back in to the system and ask employees to dothe same such as a matching program

Just give it up Ed...You have no chance . You work for coffee and cigarettes at BP. You go every morning hoping to get something for picking up trash. In the job of mayor you can't get mad and stomp off to smoke a cigarette every minute. I think you need to dress as Lincoln every day at BP. I would like to see that.

I'd support a candidate whose philosophy was: "Keep most of the people happy most of the time" instead of a guy who wastes half of the available resources trying, and failing, to keep all of the people happy all of the time. So far I haven't seen a candidate like that in Dearborn. Not a single one.

Ed. What would be your opinion on these topics?...#1 Dearborn CERT team taking over Police/Fire services #2. The purchasing of Belle Ile park from Detroit. #3 Erecting a statue of Colonel Sanders at Ford field park. #4 The consolidation of city of Fordson with the city of Dearborn. #5 City paying for women to have hair cuts.

Tom Tafalski or Mark Guido are the two logical candidates for Mayor. They know the ins and outs of City government, and would make the necessary changes to get people to want to move back into Dearborn. Ed whoever you are, you are simply a joke, sorry to say just like Bluto O'Reilly.

Vincent couldn't agree with you more. The two people mentioned are good solid candidates for the top job, now lets work on new council-people.

I was a strong supporter of anywone willing to run against O'Reilly but after attempting to read Mr. Binkley's rants, I am going to have to re-think this. What I do know is that we cannot continue to live in a city under O'Reilly's thumb. He spends money without any forethought about the citizens. It is time that someone be willing to stand up to him and his thoughless politics.

Mayor McCheese is against the 2nd amendment that should be reason alone for him not to be reelected.

Mr. Binkley. With all due respect. We have someone in DH who writes a blog and, too, ran for a council seat. I "believe" that one of the biggest reasons she didn't win is because when you read her blog, she also has run-on sentences, misspellings, incorrect word usage, etc. which gives the IMPRESSION that she's not very smart. So, too, with you. I also believe that if you want to run for a very important position, you need to make sure that anything you put out there is of the highest quality. People form impressions on what is written. You may very well be a good candidate. It's not proven by your writing.

Thanks bitsy08, i tend to speak to fast also. But this is for dearbornwho if you want to know me then come do some volunteer work for the dearborn historical museum, this is what I do 20-25 hours a week and I know that if Tom won the mayor race the museum would be gone cause he doesn't care about the history of dearborn. And I accept challenges everyday and learn from my mistakes so I am not a joke I am on a mission, I may lose but not really because I'm gonna win a personal challenge and that is gain knowledge of how the system works. So this proves I am not a joke,coward or any other names you people would like to call me.

Ed, God bless you for doing the volunteer work you apparently love so much. I wish many more citizens of Dearborn would become as unselfishly involved as you are. However, I know Tom Tafelski. I have known him and his family for decades. He has always lived in Dearborn and has a lot invested here as well. He has a true love for the city and its history. He wants this city to be what it once was. His integrity cannot be questioned. His experience and leadership on the City Council, his knowledge, balance and insights are what we need most. Ed, you sound like a great person. Even though you provide a challenge to most of us out here in the way you write, I know there is a good heart behind it. I just think Tom is the man for the job. But, please keep up all the good work you do for Dearborn. I am sure it does not go un-noticed or unappreciated.

A crook by any other name is a crook.

see I am glad that the commission said no raises because i would not take a raise i would take a reduction if anything. I would accept 31,133.00 and break up the 100,000 as follows 50,000.00 to re-open the Snow Library, and 25,000 to the museum,and the other 25,000 to the recreation department for the maintenance on the pools. And the first 6 months would be free of charge to the citizens to see if I am do a good job or not. If they say no then I would step down and let the council president have the job..