Michigan
Politically speaking
July 10, 2006
Vaughn also got to ring
the closing bell at the Nasdaq
this week. (2003 photo by RICH KARECKAS/Associated Press)
LANSING: Democratic challenger
shows
Wall Street pull
Democrat Alison Vaughn is attempting the
difficult task of ousting an incumbent member of the Legislature in the Aug. 8
primary. She will try to beat Sen. Irma Clark-Coleman in a district that
includes parts of the west side of Detroit and
all of Dearborn.
This week, the Detroiter showed that if she can
pull off
the upset, then maybe she can push the right
buttons to become
influential in Lansing.
After all,
Vaughn, the founder and chief executive officer of the
nonprofit Jackets for Jobs, which provides interview
and work clothing for low-income job
seekers, got to ring the Nasdaq's
closing bell in New York.
How did she pull that off? "I guess I just
have connections in all the right places," she said.
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Editorials
Michigan Senate
July 10, 2006
State representatives wanting to make the leap into the state Senate -- even
if
that means going after an incumbent -- have created some competitive races in
Wayne County districts Aug. 8. In the Democratic primaries, the winner is likely
to
prevail in November, so voters need to do their homework and get to the polls
this
summer.
Terms are for four years. Senators receive an annual salary of $79,650.
District 3 (Inkster, Dearborn, and an adjacent section of west-central
Detroit)
Democratic incumbent IRMA CLARK-COLEMAN, 69, of Detroit puts her
emphasis
on education, including passage of the core high school curriculum this
spring and the
continual push to increase preschool opportunities. But her
experience gives her only
a small edge over one of her challengers, ALISON VAUGHN, 40, of Detroit, who
founded Jackets for Jobs Inc. and brings high energy
and a solid background in
human services.
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