2017 Candidate Interview: Pleasant Ridge Mayor Kurt Metzger (Crystal A. Proxmire, Oct. 8, 2017) Pleasant Ridge, MI – Pleasant Ridge Mayor Kurt Metzger is running unopposed for reelection on the Nov. 7, 2017 ballot. There is contention in the Commissioner’s race and there is a ballot initiative for police pension funding. Mayor Metzger was…
Ferndale Past & Present Talk by Kurt Metzger Dec. 9 (EVENT page) Ferndale Past & Present Talk by Kurt Metzger Dec. 9 Ferndale City Hall Wed., Dec. 9 from 6:45pm to 9pm. Join us for a fascinating look at Ferndale’s racial roots. Renowned demographer and Mayor of Pleasant Ridge Kurt Metzger leads us through…
WA3 Welcomes Mayors Metzger and Waterman to Board (Adapted from WA3 Press Release, March 12, 2014) 2014 and the recent mayoral elections bring three new leaders to the Board of the Woodward Avenue Action Association (WA3), a collaborative effort to promote the 11 communities along M1. From the far north is Pontiac’s mayor Deidre Waterman. …
WA3 Welcomes Mayors Metzger and Waterman to Board (Adapted from WA3 Press Release, March 12, 2014) 2014 and the recent mayoral elections bring three new leaders to the Board of the Woodward Avenue Action Association (WA3), a collaborative effort to promote the 11 communities along M1. From the far north is Pontiac’s mayor Deidre Waterman. …
Meet the Mayor: Kurt Metzger of Pleasant Ridge (video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, Nov. 29, 2013) With less than a month on the job, Pleasant Ridge Mayor Kurt Metzger has one main goal on his mind – how to get people more involved in a more transparent government. The 66-year-old data specialist is part of a…
I wanted to take a look at Oakland County voter performance in Presidential contests over time, and then take a quick look at who voted in the recently completed 2024 primary.
This trend accelerated in 2023 as estimates show 8,944 more residents leaving for other counties in the U.S. than arriving in Oakland.
While politicians are obviously interested in past turnout and party preferences at the community level, their campaign folks will use demographics to identify where they will get the most payoff and need to concentrate their efforts.
Twelve Oakland County communities will share more than $42 million…
The voter apathy in the primary is palpable. The election season is really just beginning. Many twists and turns will follow.
The Michigan Secretary of State’s Office has provided data files on both methods, in order to provide absentee ballot comparisons between the Presidential Primary turnouts in 2020 and 2024, and to gauge the popularity of first-time early voting.
Following a discussion of regional trends between 2020 and 2050, the presentation moved to Oakland County’s future.
I wanted to look at two topic areas of importance – educational attainment and median household income.
Across Oakland County, M-STEP test scores are increasing, but minority and low-income students are not progressing as quickly as others.
Sheriff’s detectives believe the shooting was random as the gunman has no known connection to the victim.
A total of 14 mayoral races took place across Oakland County on November 7, 2023.
The results are in from The City of Pleasant Ridge’s latest community survey.
The graph below ranks the 31 communities on voter turnout percentages.
Voters in three school districts and one city had the opportunity to vote in the Aug. 8, 2023 Primary election. Not many of them did.
The 1,384 registered dogs equate to one dog per ten households.