OCTOBER 30, 2024 Vol. 22, No. 23
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Kamala Harris visits Royal Oak Oct. 21 BY TAYLOR CHRISTENSEN tchristensen@candgnews.com
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Ferndale City Manager Joe Gacioch has been hired by Royal Oak to be its city manager. His last day in Ferndale will be Dec. 6.
Commission chooses new Royal Oak city manager BY TAYLOR CHRISTENSEN
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ROYAL OAK — The Royal Oak City Commission on Oct. 15 chose Joe Gacioch to be the next city manager of Royal Oak. Prior to getting this job, Gacioch worked as the Ferndale city manager. He is a credentialed manager with the International City/County Management Association and is active with
Michigan Municipal Executives, where he serves on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. In Gacioch’s public interview that took place Oct. 12, he said he applied for the job because he feels like Royal Oak is a similar community to Ferndale, but he also believes he can expand his skills as a city manager in Royal Oak’s bigger community. “Growth opportunities are tremendous for me, and I alSee CITY MANAGER on page 16A
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ROYAL OAK — Kamala Harris spoke Oct. 21 at the Royal Oak Music Theatre, touching on reaching swing voters, gun violence, national security and the political divide. Harris was accompanied by Liz Cheney, former Republican United States representative, who is now campaigning for the Harris Walz campaign. Cheney was asked if she is surprised to be campaigning for Harris. Cheney said that former President Donald Trump’s actions in the past in regard to Jan. 6, 2021, played into her decision to support the Democratic Party. “He lost the election, he tried to overturn it and seize power, and then he sat in his dining room and he watched the attack (Jan. 6) on television. He watched it,” she said. “People pleaded with him to tell the mob to leave, and he wouldn’t. He watched law enforcement officers be brutally beaten.” Cheney said that these actions make “someone never fit to be president again.” Harris spoke to the crowd expressing her thoughts on how the past few years have been in terms of leadership. “There is so much about this last era — when I talk about ‘turn the page,’ that’s what I am referring to, like the last decade — that has been about some pow-