Victory...How Sweet It Is!

Election 2008 in Shelby Township will always be remembered as the year when ordinary people rallied together and worked tirelessly to topple a township tyrant.

Fed up with arrogant indifference to our concerns and opinions, the people soundly rejected Skip Maccarone. Poor Skip got a smaller percentage of the votes than he did when he first got elected. Not THAT is a defeat!

The huge landslide victory for newcomer Richard Stathakis is a breath of fresh air for our township. No longer we will have to live our lives by Skip's Law. The Maccarone era is over (although not officially until November) and we can clearly say: "Mission Accomplished."

Ironically tonight (one day after the primary election) is the annual Shelby Township fireworks. It is almost like our own "Independence Day" from Skip Maccarone.

You gotta love it!

We were also gratified to see Treasurer Paul Viar, Clerk Terri Kowal, and Trustees Paula Filar and Trustee-elect Mike Flynn win. This team will now, after eight long years, get back to business of doing the work of township taxpayers, instead of being forced to accept Maccarone's big-spending agenda.

So now what? Although our blog posts may slow down somewhat, our words and viewpoints will linger in cyberspace for everyone to see. And if, by chance, Skip has some grand plan to run for higher office (County Executive, Sheriff, Governor?) we hope that our blog will serve as a source of opposition research into the Maccarone mindset (as crazy and out of touch as it may be).

We did what some Maccaronites said was impossible: We STOPPED SKIP in 2008.

One final note...just because we are not publishing doesn't mean we are done observing and taking notes. Shelby Township politicians beware!

Thanks for reading and for sharing in this experience with us.

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