Paczkowski for Kinross Township Clerk

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May 18, 2008 - Joe Paczkowski puts American Flags on the gravesites of our departed veterans at the Lake View Cemetery. Members of the Kinross AMVETS Post 1899, of which Joe is the Commander and a lifetime member, gathered at the site on May 18th to prepare our veterans for the honors they deserve.

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Introduction Literature

Campaign Mailing Address:

3 Parkside Drive, Kincheloe, MI 49788

Phone: 906-440-5297

Web Design:

Patch Productions

As your Township Clerk I pledge:

I will not accept perk's from insurance companies like our current Township Clerk does
I will be in the Township office doing the peoples work at least 20 hours per week
I will not accept taxpayer paid health insurance furthermore I challenge all Township candidates to sigh a pledge to eliminate taxpayer paid Board Health insurance. Even though they passed a motion to eliminate the health insurance and give themselves a raise they can just as quickly reinstate it and get the raise plus the insurance. We must take the additional steps to monitor their actions.
I will dramatically improve the Townships website and make more services available online as well as in print
I will do everything I can to fix the Townships storm sewer system
the policy for Freedom of information (FOIA) requests will be to charge only minimum fees
I will continue to have the Board meetings video recorded and provided online and archived
I will immediately upon being elected at our first meeting introduce a resolution expressing the disappointment of the residents of the Township that R.J. Wallis was closed and pledge to work with the school system to reopen the school
I will work to insure that current business have everything they need to be successful and keep them in Kinross and to seek other viable businesses to open in Kinross.

From left to right: Pat Gagliardi, Liquor Control Commissioner Joe Paczkowski, Gary McDowell, State Representative

"Joe Paczkowski has been involved in State and Local government for almost 30 years. He started out working for me as a volunteer for my State Senate Campaign in 1978. Joe is a hard worker with impeccable honesty and dedication. I support and endorse Joe in his bid for Kinross Township Clerk" Mitch Irwin

	My fiancée and I live in Kincheloe. I an engaged to marry Pauline McClendon. I own and operate Patch Productions, a computer repair and website design company. I also own and operate The Shoe Guy discount shoe store. Both of my businesses are located at 4901 W Davis Ct., Kincheloe.
Joe's receives state wide award for Constituent Communications from the Michigan Township Association. Right: Joe Paczkowski State Senator Allen, State Representative McDowell congratulate Joe upon receiving his award.

Lake Besteman

The Kinross Township Board spent $50,000 to fix Strawberry Lane in North Rudyard this month. It just so happens that Marvin Besteman's son lives on Strawberry Lane. I wish one of Marvin relatives lived on Parkside Drive so we could get the storm sewers fixed. Full Download

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Above: Joe was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal and the National Defense Medal for “superb performance of duty” in support of Operation Desert Shield.

Military Service

U.S. Navy; 1986 -1991 / Reserve 1991- 1994/

Dear Friends,

It was a pleasure to serve the residents of Kinross Township as the Deputy Supervisor. I look forward to serving the public as Clerk. Much needs to be done at the Township level to increase the communications to the public. Currently, the Township does not post the regular meeting minutes in the local newspaper and the website has been neglected. “When I am elected Clerk I pledge to continue my work on video recording the Board minutes and will make the recordings available online as they are now currently on the Kinross Business Association website www.kinross.biz . The current Township Clerk has been there too long. A total of 33 years taking over $500,000.00 from this Township. Is he worth it? We need to modernize our Clerk office and adapt. I am proud of my work on the Kinross Business Association as the founder and President. I am committed to continuing my efforts to energetically promote Kinross as a great place to do Business and a great place to live.

I am extremely excited about this campaign, and I hope this energy will be felt by all we come in contact with over the next several months. Serving as your Township Clerk would be an honor and a privilege. I look forward to personally meeting you as I go door to door, neighborhood to neighborhood, listening to folk's views and suggestions. We face big issues - requiring fresh solutions - working together. Please consider my background as a citizen volunteer, public leader and businessman. Tools I hope to put to work for you and our Township's future. I pledge to place the public's interest first - never caving-in to selfish, special interests. My primary goal is to return Honesty, respect and responsive representation back to the Clerk position. With your help, I will be an advocate and positive voice for our community.

Give me your vote! We can do better!

Above: Joe Paczkowski, Emergency Services Director Tim McKee, and Kinross Police Chief Joe Micolo inspect the new Tucker trail Groomer that Joe helped get.

I will fight to get our fair share of economic development opportunities and help create new jobs in our area

I will fight to cut costs and create a more efficient government

I will go the extra mile to promote Snowmobiling tourism and safety

I believe in a transparent Township Board.

I will work with both Republicans and Democrats

For more specifics how I stand on the issues, please visit the "Issues" page on my website. This page goes into more detail on how I plan to get these and other things accomplished as your Township Clerk.

I hope that each of you will help our campaign by either signing up to volunteer or by donating to our campaign fund. Your support is critical to our success in the Kinross Township Clerk election.

Sincerely, Joe Paczkowski

Paid for by The Committee to elect Paczkowski Commissioner