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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 was the Commander and is lifetime member, gathered at the site to prepare our veterans for the honors they deserve.
(see email at right)
 
 
 
Campaign Mailing Address:
3 Parkside Drive, Kincheloe, MI  49788
email: joe@pacz.org

 

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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/

 

 

My wife Pauline and I live in Kincheloe where I own and operate Patch's Resal & Pawn, a computer repair, pawn shop, and resale store.

Joe 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.


I Pledge:

  • That I will do everything I can to make sure that the Kinross Recreation center never closes. It is too important to the community!

    Dear Friends,

    It was a pleasure to serve the residents of Kinross Township as the Deputy Supervisor in 2005/2006. 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 as they have been in the past on the Kinross Business Association website www.kinross.biz. We need to modernize our Clerk office and adapt. I am proud of my work on the Kinross Business Association as the reorganizer 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. 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 into 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! I know how we can do better!

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

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

    ·       I believe in a transparent Township Board.

    ·       I will work in a bipartisan fashion that benefits all of Kinross 

    Sincerely, Joe Paczkowski
 

I am not your typical candidate. I am not afraid to speak out and I have on many issues in this community. Issues come first in my campaign and they will come first when I am elected. Your will hear it straight from me. I have been involved in many struggles in my lifetime and I have always stuck to my core beliefs throughout.

Regardless of weather I win or not, I intend on pushing for change in this Township and that's what I believe public service should be about. With me you know what you are getting up front and you know you are getting someone that will bring your voice to the Board!

 


MY PLAN FOR CHANGE 

The following is my plan for the people of Kinross Township for CHANGE in our community. Unlike other community planning efforts, my plan will encompass the idea that we can’t continue doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. It is time to change the attitude of Township officials who think that change and growth will magically come to us if we just wait long enough. I know how the "official" Kinross Township Plan came about. The Township paid thousands of dollars to a planning company to come in, look at our old plan and reword it. Word games are not going to benefit Kinross Township. We need to realistically review the old plan and responsibly make effective changes that benefit Kinross Township and her taxpayers. It simply amazes me that if you ask the current Board members about the Township plan, they know very little about it. After spending thousands of your tax dollars to re-develop this same largely in-effective plan, you would think they would be familiar with it. All it is to them is a bunch of words that meets a specific deadline. As unfamiliar as they are, the recreation plan they paid for was ignored and they were ready to toss it out the window when they were going to close down the recreation center. It is time the taxpayers stopped paying for deliberant indifference and outright deception in this township. It is time for Kinross to make some tough changes and to grow into the community that we have the potential to be.

A Plan for Kinross / Kincheloe by someone who cares.

The Growth and Economic Vitality Vision theme is a strong initiative for business diversification, including tourism, and creating job growth.

The Community Vision theme recognizes that economic opportunities for business are the foundation to build the financial stability that is sustaining families in our area.

The Unique Character Vision theme views the qualities found in Kinross Township as major opportunities for tourism and business opportunities.

ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION

Goal 1: Attract, retain, and expand business and industry as a priority for diversifying the local tax base and providing local employment opportunities once those businesses have been established. I believe we should offer a grace period of one year to new businesses before we start increasing their property taxes. We are giving Mascoma a fifteen year tax waiver why can't we offer that for new small businesses. I was open four months and the Township increased my property tax by $500. Does that make sense for new small business? We have a new TAX ZAR, Dave Kauer, in Kinross who wants to raise everyone's property taxes even those who are considered non-profit. This TAX ZAR needs new tax dollars to keep up with the extraordinary high Township administration salaries being paid to the accountant - $67,000 annually plus benefits and the deputy clerk Sheila Gaines who gets $57,000 annually plus benefits. When I get elected I will try to put a stop to taxing non-profit organizations. I believe that this is wrong. I will not ever tolerate unreasonable policies or expenditures that hamper the effort to move our township from moving forward. 

Policies

1.   Further identify specific planned areas with appropriate standards for infrastructure and aesthetics where business and industry can locate within the Township.

2.   Allow commercial and industrial uses only where they will be compatible with existing and planned use.

3.   Continue to facilitate the retention and in-place expansion of commercial businesses and industry in a safe and orderly way.

4.   Encourage commercial and industrial development where city services such as sewer and water are available or can be feasibly extended.

5.   Locate business and industry in areas within the Township where the use would require spacious land area and isolated location. The site for these uses should place a minimum demand on Township roadway systems and service capabilities and not adversely affect nearby housing areas.

6.   Establish a Township regulatory committee to monitor Frontier (Mascoma) ensuring public safety standards are met or exceeded. 

Goal 2: Utilize tourism as a significant community development tool centered on the natural amenities, park facilities, industry, and historical assets of the Township.

Policies

1.   Develop tourism and industry in sustaining and enhancing the Township as a whole.

2.   Develop facilities and infrastructure to support tourism activities in Township parks and historical sites. Encourage development of recreational, entertainment, and support services such as restaurants and lodging in the Township as a whole.

3.   Assist groups in the Township with development of tourism activities related to historically significant resources.

4.   Utilize the Township parks and historic sites as the centerpiece of tourism promotion and development.

5.   Create year-round opportunities for recreation within the Township to include winter activities such as cross-country skiing/snowmobile and summer activities such as bicycling, camping, horseback riding, canoeing, and fishing. Emphasize the areas vast trail system which has been left out of the Townships recreation plan.

6.   Develop a tourism plan with the involvement of the Kinross Business Association, the Kinross Historical Society, and the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians. The plan should have the following priorities:

      a. Market to County residents.
b. Market to state residents and visitors through the “Pure Michigan” campaign.
c. Build/restore resources for tourism.

7.    Implement policies that improve the water quality of Kinross Township Lakes as a way of enhancing the natural environment for tourism and quality of life of Township residents. 

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY


Goal 1: Promote the continued development of high quality, high value industry with living wage jobs such as encouraging the continued operation of State Correctional Facilities in Kinross


Policies

1.   Promote high quality commercial and industrial construction to insure building durability and an aesthetically attractive appearance.

2.   Require industrial development in Kinross Township to meet site and building performance standards and Michigan State Building Codes.

3.   The Township shall encourage site upkeep and maintenance through code enforcement to promote a positive commercial and industrial image.


Goal 2: Work to balance Township regulations with the needs of business and industry to preserve the natural environment in Kinross while encouraging an environment that fosters long term business operations right here in Kinross Township thus stabilizing our job market


Policies

1.   Develop and initiate a plan to make this area economically desirable to companies looking to locate here. This plan should embrace the idea of offering the many vacant lots to potential businesses with a viable plan for development (not based on political favors as it has been in the past). These potential businesses would have a certain time period to develop and start their business. If the progress has not been made in a timely manor, the property would revert to the Township.

2.   Locate commercial business and industry with consideration to environmental issues and compatibility with neighboring land uses.

 

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4/12/12
I am supporting the Michigan Corrections Officers in Kinross in their fight to protect our community and in doing so to protect their jobs. I stood with them on April 5 2012 as they picketed in protest of the loss of PSV Perimeter security vehicle (see video link below). I do not feel as safe in our community without this important service. If you are not aware of this issue you should do your homework because it may affect you very soon. I feel like the Corrections Department is taking a huge hit is the battle of the budget and these men and woman deserve our community support for the outstanding job they do. I was embarrassed when I realized that none of our community elected Township officials were there today to show support even though these men and woman put their lives on the line to keep our Township safe every day.
 http://youtu.be/VGwyElxi05I

3/21/12
Lies, Lies, and more Lies! How much longer will the citizens of Kinross Township put up with the outright lies being told by their elected officials? If you are thinking of running for office let me know. All seven Board seats are up for reelection this November. I have decided to run for Township Clerk. If you know me you know that I will be a voice for the people in our community and that I have support from both Republicans and Democrats.

10/18/11

I got in a heated discussion last night at the Kinross Township Board meeting. I know Surprise! Surprise! I can't help it when Board members say things like "That's why we are not going to hire Veteran's anymore" it makes me very upset and stirs up my activist spirit. He said this in response to a Disabled Veteran asking for a Veteran preference hearing before termination. He was denied the hearing. This is the third time the Township has done this to three different employees. This is a law. Townships cannot wave the right to a final hearing. After all, it's just a hearing. They can still fire the employee. He/She just has the right to be heard.

The argument was with a local who defended the Board member saying Veterans should be treated like everyone else. I'm sorry sir your wrong. We earned preferential treatment in service to our country and I will defend any veterans rights to have that final hearing to hear their case.

My campaign is about issues and about rights. I will stand with any employee that is mistreated. The campaign is important to me but not so important that I loose sight of the issues. Significant issues that need to be addressed in this community to bring it into the 21st century

Sincerely,

Joe Paczkowski


From: Donna Lockhart
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 9:28 AM
To: joe@pacz.org
Subject: gravesite
 

I was very touch by you kneeling by a grave site that is my husband James Lockhart thank you for that.

Donna

Good luck

I am hoping we can get more business in Kinross like a home depot or some big business  

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From: Joe Paczkowski [mailto:joe@pacz.org]
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 10:03 AM
To: 'Donna Lockhart'
Subject: RE: gravesite
 

Mrs. Lockhart, 

It was an honor for me to place a veteran flag next to the resting place of your husband that day Mrs. Lockhart. 

I will do everything I can to bring new business to Kinross and protect the businesses that are here now.  

Thank you very much for contacting me! I look forward to meeting you in person. 

Joe Paczkowski

Past Commander Post 1899 AMVETS


 

 

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