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GROSSE POINTES A hotly contested race for the Grosse Pointe Board of Education that saw 10 candidates vying for three seats resulted in the defeat of two incumbents in favor of three newcomers, all of whom will serve four-year terms. ....
GROSSE POINTES Although voters can now cast absentee ballots without needing to provide an excuse, that didn’t keep scores of voters from showing up on Election Day Nov. 8 in the Grosse Pointes. ....
GROSSE POINTES In the Grosse Pointe Times’ coverage area, voters will elect members to the Grosse Pointe Board of Education, along with a representative in Congress, state Senate and House officials, and a Wayne County commissioner in newly redrawn districts in Michigan. ....
JeDonna Dinges. (Photo: Facebook) The media and activist attention have faded, but a Black woman in Grosse Pointe whose neighbor displayed a KKK flag in February is still grappling with the reality of living beside an open racist. The man next door to JeDonna Dinges was not charged because the flag was on private property, and authorities have said there s little that can be done. And so, according to the Detroit Free Press, her neighbor is considering doubling down, even after facing significant public backlash. On April 20, Dinges got a scary text from her attorney, Todd Perkins, who had gotten a call from Grosse Pointe Park s interim public safety chief James Bostick. Her neighbor was threatening to put the KKK flag back up. ....
by Greg Bowens Greg Bowens, a Deadline Detroit contributing columnist, is a civil rights activist, public relations professional and former Detroit News reporter. He is co-founder and past president of the Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods NAACP Branch. In case you forgot, the events of the last few weeks should serve as a reminder: Black is Black. Black is Black in London: Prince Harry and his biracial African-American wife Meghan Markle had to flee England to get away from a racist press and an indifferent monarchy. Black is Black in Detroit: Mike Duggan, the white mayor of a Black city, had to walk back remarks he made that reflect the distrust African Americans have towards the medical establishment, about not giving people what some consider a second-class vaccine. ....