Recent Examples on the WebHe was arrested in March 2022 and was charged in connection with an ongoing corruption investigation involving the towing industry, the Detroit Police Department and a former Detroit councilman.—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2024 The councilman used this time in the public hearing to discuss strategies to better address concerns.—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2024 There are four viable candidates competing for the post — California Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, former state Sen. Dr. Richard Pan, former councilman Steve Hansen, and epidemiologist Flojaune Cofer.—David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2024 Dave Slater, a Republican from Bellevue, won the position 21- 8 against vice chairman Dave Fischer.
Slater, 63, was a Bellevue city councilman for two terms from 2014 to 2018.—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2024 Since the state’s 2011 top-two primary system, Feinstein faced her first significant intra-party threat in 2018 from Democrat Kevin de León, then the state Senate president and now a Los Angeles city councilman.—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2024 For local voters, the councilman said, easy access to marijuana conjures up associations with elevated crime and vagrancy.—John Aguilar, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024 Brooklyn’s borough president and a Manhattan councilman are forming a club of politicians who embrace using development to ease New York City’s housing crisis.—Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024 Mosby is facing a challenge for his seat from Zeke Cohen, a sophomore councilman who has represented Canton, Fells Point and Highlandtown since 2016, and Shannon Sneed, a former councilwoman who previously ran for council president in 2020.—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2024
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