Category: Charter Commission

Charter Commission, Detroit Charter, DRACO

Barbara Anne Wynder ( Raw Questionnaire Responses )

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Q1
How will your name appear on the ballot?

BARBARA ANNE WYNDER
Q2
What do you believe qualifies you to be on the Detroit Charter Commission?

education, experience, interest in serving, passion for good government, time and ability

Q3
Why do you want to be on the Detroit Charter Commission?

the charter, like the constitution is the guiding document for government. as a student of government, I would like to make a contribution to the document that does that and to offer input for what i think and the people think will benefit the people.
Page 2: Specific Provisions.

Q4
Would you support keeping a Board of Police Commissioners in the revised charter?

Definitely would

Q5
Would you support keeping a system whereby the majority of the Police Commissioners are elected?

Definitely would

Q6
Would you support the election of some of the Commissioners by district?

Probably would not

Q7
Would you support the requirement that Commissioners be civilians at the time they are elected?

Probably would

Page 3: Police Commissioner Authority

Q8
Check powers or responsibilities you would like Police Commissioners to retain:

Review and approve the departmental budget before its submission to the Mayor.
Receive and resolve, as provided in this chapter, any complaint concerning the operation of the Police Department and forward all allegations of criminality to the appropriate internal or external law enforcement agency for further investigation.
Act as final authority in imposing or reviewing discipline of employees of the department.
Make an annual report to the Mayor, the City Council, and the public of the department’s activities during the previous year, including the handling of crime and complaints, and of future plans.
The Board may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, take testimony, and require the production of evidence.
The Board shall also appoint a Chief Investigator and such additional staff of investigators as it deems necessary.

Q9
Do you think it is a conflict of interest for former Detroit Police Officers to serve on the BOPC?

Usually

Q10
I affirm the above statement.

No.

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Quincy Jones ( Raw Questionnaire Responses )

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Q1
How will your name appear on the ballot?

Quincy Jones

Q2
What do you believe qualifies you to be on the Detroit Charter Commission?

Currently, I am the Executive Director for the Osborn Neighborhood Alliance. We are an advocacy and planning organization. Our goal is to ensure are children are safe, healthy education and prepared for adulthood.

The Osborn community of 30,000 residents with the highest youth population in the nation. I have been in this position for 13 years and the Osborn community has made great changes.

Under my leaderships we have created community newsletters, ton of afterschool programs, block clubs, community arts, renovated parks and homes, removed blighted structures and community clean-ups. Also stakeholders and residents are working together to solve problems. I help guide and shape ideas for the community never taking the position “I have all the answers”

I ran for State Representative position in District 4 in 2016. Although, I did not win, it gave me a deeper of understand of the important of Law and policy. How good policy/Law can improve the quality of life.

I am graduated from Lawrence Tech University with a Master’s in Business Administrative and a graduated Certificate in Nonprofit Management.

Q3
Why do you want to be on the Detroit Charter Commission?

The Detroit Charter Commission is a great opportunity to revised to meet the need of the Detroit. Also, this will give people the opportunity to get involved to understand how the city functions.

Q4
Would you support keeping a Board of Police Commissioners in the revised charter?

Definitely would

Q5
Would you support keeping a system whereby the majority of the Police Commissioners are elected?

Definitely would

Q6
Would you support the election of some of the Commissioners by district?

Definitely would not

Q7
Would you support the requirement that Commissioners be civilians at the time they are elected?

Definitely would

Q8
Check powers or responsibilities you would like Police Commissioners to retain:

In consultation with the Chief of Police, and with the approval of the Mayor establish policies, rules and regulations.
Receive and resolve, as provided in this chapter, any complaint concerning the operation of the Police Department and forward all allegations of criminality to the appropriate internal or external law enforcement agency for further investigation.
Make an annual report to the Mayor, the City Council, and the public of the department’s activities during the previous year, including the handling of crime and complaints, and of future plans.

Q9
Do you think it is a conflict of interest for former Detroit Police Officers to serve on the BOPC?

Never

Q10
I affirm the above statement.
Respondent skipped this question

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Detroit Charter Commission Candidate Forum. October 14th

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Meet the people who will re-write Detroit’s government

Detroit Residents Advancing Civilian Oversight Presents a Candidate Forum. The Charter Revision is the equivalent of a Constitutional Convention for Detroit, yet most of us know very little about the candidates. This is a chance to learn about them. The emphasis will be on how they envision the future of the Police Commission (If there is to be one), but questions can be submitted by the audience on any topic related to revising the Charter.

The event will be on Sunday October 14th. It will begin at 6:30 PM and end by 9:00 PM.

It will be in the gymnasium of the Samaritan Center, 5555 Conner St .Detroit, MI 48213.

WMKM 1440 AM “Stand Up Now!” host Cynthia A. Johnson will moderating.

If you are part of a community organization interested in setting up a table or desire additional information, contact Scotty Boman at scottyboman@hotmail.com

or call (Voice only) at (313) 247-2052.

Kinda Makini has been extremely helpful in organizing this event.

Gratitude is also in order to Kiya Krivickas for covering our refreshment costs.

RSVP is optional, but helps with preparation.

You can RSVP and submit questions in advance using out contact form:

https://draco4life.wordpress.com/contact/

If there are more questions than time to ask, preference will be given by questions asked by people in attendance.

Please Share, Forward & Post. If you can print this and post it in public places, please do.
Please Share, Forward & Post. If you can print this and post it in public places, please do.

Feel free to reproduce and share this poster!

A link to the file for this poster is here:

https://draco.life/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/copyofcitycharterinvite.jpg

 

 

 

Ballot boxes were brought into a room at COBO Hall in preparation for the Detroit Proposal R recount.
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D.R.A.C.O. Continues Effort To Preserve Police Commission Amidst Charter Revision

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News Release

Detroit, MI – Scotty Boman, founder of Detroit Residents Advancing Civilian Oversight (D.R.A.C.O.).  Appears to have been unsuccessful in preventing the Charter Revision (Proposal R) from passing, but he hasn’t given up on his mission to preserve the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners (BOPC).

On September 30th he announced that he would be holding a candidate forum for Charter Commission Candidates, with the future of the Board of Police Commissioners being a central topic. The forum will be held on Sunday on October 14th at the Samaritan Center 5555 Conner St, Detroit, MI 48213.

DRACO also sent questionnaires to Detroit Charter Commission (DCC) candidates, with assurances that the results would be well publicized. According to Boman,

“We want the public to make informed decisions. If more people were aware of Proposal R, we wouldn’t be having this conversation, but some DCC candidates have already come out in favor of preserving or even expanding on, the elected BOPC. DRACO is an educational organization, and we want to make sure voters know which DCC candidates support civilian oversight and the right of Detroiters to elect their own Police Commissioners.”

Boman isn’t convinced that the Proposal R (the ballot question that opened the Charter for revision) passed in a fair election. He and two other Detroit residents, Gregg Newsom and Lucinda Darrah, successfully petitioned for a recount of some Detroit precincts.  On September 6th they attempted to recount 65 of Detroit’s 503 precincts, but were only able to recount 61 of them.  The measure had reportedly won by 184 votes, but the challenges were able lower that difference to 173.  However a much larger number of votes could not be recounted. Four precincts were said to be “uncountable.” The number of ballots in those precincts was 520, much larger than the difference between “Yes” and “No” votes.

Michigan election law allows results to stand when discrepancies between log books, machine counts, or the physical number of ballots renders a precinct “uncountable.” In one case, two precincts that were stored in the same “sealed” ballot box were missing 38 of the ballots that were on record as having been placed in the box.

Furthermore a few different voters had reported that they could not find the proposal on their ballots, and one member of the community swore that election officials claimed the proposal would be on the General Election ballot. As a result Boman filed a request on September 26th that Attorney General Bill Schuette seek a court order nullifying the results of the election (as pertains to Proposal R). In the filing Boman stated,

“In spite of irregularities many times as serious as those needed to change the outcome of the election, the Wayne County board of canvassers upheld the results without organizing an investigation into the cause of the irregularities or how those irregularities could affect the outcome of the election. In so doing they have usurped the right of the people to approve or disapprove of the charter since a true and proper result cannot be determined as the number of uncountable ballots will change the outcome and result.”

 

If the Attorney General fails to act within 30 days, the matter will be passed on to the circuit court. Boman is seeking an attorney to take the action to that level.