Comments on: Nov. 7, 2013 Ann Arbor City Council: Preview http://annarborchronicle.com/2013/11/04/nov-7-2013-ann-arbor-city-council-preview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nov-7-2013-ann-arbor-city-council-preview it's like being there Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Rod Johnson http://annarborchronicle.com/2013/11/04/nov-7-2013-ann-arbor-city-council-preview/comment-page-1/#comment-277421 Rod Johnson Wed, 06 Nov 2013 02:43:05 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=123793#comment-277421 Small correction, Mark: it’s the College of Engineering, not the Engineering Department.

]]> By: Mark Koroi http://annarborchronicle.com/2013/11/04/nov-7-2013-ann-arbor-city-council-preview/comment-page-1/#comment-276993 Mark Koroi Mon, 04 Nov 2013 06:51:22 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=123793#comment-276993 This will be the last meeting with Marcia Higgins as a sitting City Council member. She has sat for 14 years.

She was first elected to City Council as a GOP nominee in 1999 by narrowly edging the Democratic nominee, Larry Kestenbaum, in the Fourth Ward in the general election. Larry later said he was glad he lost that election.

Higgins made a run for mayor as a Republican nominee but was beaten by incumbent John Hieftje in the 2002 election. She first ran as a Democrat in 2005, defeating the GOP nominee Jim Hood, Jr. with 50.7% of the total vote.

She did her best in garnering 62% of the general election vote against independent Hatim Elhady in 2009.

Higgins had held various administrative positions – with Rick Snyder’s Ardesta Corporation, later Borders, U-M Engineering Department, and currently Pet Supplies Plus in Livonia.

The key question is who will replace Marcia as Mayor Pro Tempore? There is a movement among certain City Council members to push for Jane Lumm to assume this position.

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