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Comments about millage lead to call for commissioner to resign UNION LEADERS PEN RELEASE ASKING RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT POLICE AND FIRE MILLAGE RENEWAL ON NOV. 4 BY BRIAN WELLS bwells@candgnews.com
WARREN — A recent live “community town hall” posted on social media led to a Warren City councilman calling for the resignation of a city planning commissioner. Following a livestream hosted Thursday, Aug. 28 by Warren Planning Commissioner Delwar Ansar, Councilman Jonathan Lafferty demanded Ansar resign from his position after Ansar allegedly disseminated misinformation. Through the video, Ansar reportedly told viewers to vote no on a police and fire millage appearing on the Nov. See RESIGN on page 9A
Warren police are asking anyone with information about vandalism at the IONA mosque to contact the detective bureau at (586) 574-4810. The mosque, located on Ryan Road south of 12 Mile Road, was the first one established in the city. Photo by Brian Wells
MOSQUE OFFERS REWARD FOR INFORMATION AFTER VANDALISM BY BRIAN WELLS bwells@candgnews.com
WARREN — A mosque in Warren took to social media to offer a reward for information after being vandalized. In a statement posted on Facebook Sept. 9, the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations posted a reward offer of $1,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction after being vandalized
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over the previous weekend. “An official at the Islamic Organization of North American (IONA) contacted CAIR-MI to report the vandalism of its mosque including its expansion project as well as construction company equipment,” the statement said. “The vandalism included wall damage, broken windows and graffiti on the floor and on construction equipment.” According to the statement, the vandalism occurred See MOSQUE on page 12A
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