Luke Londo Appointed to Hazel Park City Council
(Crystal A. Proxmire, Jan. 28, 2021)
Hazel Park, MI- Hazel Park City Council voted Tuesday to appoint Luke L0ndo to fill the vacancy left by Amy Aubry who resigned due to relocating outside the city. The term runs through the Nov. 2 election, and L0ndo says he is planning to run to retain the seat.
The four year resident is currently working towards his Masters in Public Administration and has previous experience as Director of Constituent Services for Congressperson Daniel Benishek of Iron River. He also worked as Constituent Relations Representative in the Attorney General’s office.
“My experience collaborating with local, county, state and federal government will allow me to effectively advocate for the City of Hazel Park and its people, and my experience and passion for constituent relations will ensure that the residents of Hazel Park have a councilperson that advocates for their needs. I have served in leadership positions all my life – from Middle School Student Council, to Class President in High School, to student government at my first collegiate institution, to elected party office – and I am hopeful to use the knowledge obtained from those endeavors to serve as a City Councilperson,” Londo said in the cover letter of his application.
Following the approval, Londo told Oakland County Times, “My goals are to spend a lot of time listening and learning, and developing my relationships with my fellow Council members as well as the residents of this city.”
He also hopes to keep Hazel Park on a welcoming path. The City has declared June to be Pride Month, and flown the rainbow flag. But they’ve not yet codified nondiscrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
“Over the coming months, I plan on introducing an Equal Rights Ordinance because it’s an issue I’m passionate about as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, and in anticipation of the near-certain adoption of the ballot question to expand the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include protections for sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.”
He added that “On a long-term basis, I hope to aid in the implementation of the new Hazel Park Master Plan, as well as address our long-term pension and debt obligations without sacrificing City programs and services. ”
Councilperson Andy LeCrueaux said it was “a very tough decision.”
“It came down to one of the things about the top candidates were a demographic I felt was not represented, the newer, younger professionals. There are a lot of people like that moving into our city,” he said.
Mayor Mike Webb was impressed with the responses to the call for applications. “It makes me proud we had that participation in our community that wants to step up and move forward with the City of Hazel Park,” he said. “Things are looking forward, optimistic, in our community and I want to say we have a good council of people, and our staff is wonderful.”
Learn more about the City of Hazel park at www.hazelpark.org. For more Hazel Park news visit our Oakland County Times Hazel Park Page.
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