Glenn's Candidacy has been endorsed by:

Former Westland Mayor and Councilman Charles Pickering

Wayne County Commissioner Kay Beard

Wayne-Westland School Trustee Ed Turner

Former Wayne-Westland School Trustee Teresa Robbins

Livonia School Trustee Larry Naser

Roger Caldwell, Former President U.A.W. Local 845

Charlie Copeland, President U.A.W. Local 735

Bill Johnson, U.A.W. Local 900 Plant Chairman in Wayne Assembly Plant

Former State Representative Eileen DeHart

Westland Councilman Robert Stottlemyer

Westland Councilman Jim Godbout

Westland Councilwoman Cheryl Graunstadt

Former Westland Councilman Richard LeBlanc

Organizations:

UAW

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

SEIU (MI)

SEIU Local 79

Western Wayne Oakland County Assoc. of Realtors

MI Assoc. of Realtors

MI Assoc. of Homebuilders

United Food and Commercial Workers Union

Westland Democratic Club

13th Congressional District Democratic Organization

Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO

Michigan AFL-CIO

Westland Fire Fighters Association

Michigan Professional Fire Fighters Union

Police Officers Association of Michigan

Fraternal Order of Police

NRA

AFSCME Council 25

AFSCME (MI)

Greater Detroit Building and Construction Trades Council

United Steel Workers of America

Michigan Doctors Political Action Committee

Michigan Credit Union League

Michigan Farm Bureau

Michigan Federation of Teachers

Sierra Club Mackinac Chapter

County Road Association of Michigan

United Transportation Union

School Administrators Political Action Committee

Michigan Townships Association

ABATE

Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners

Michigan Road Builders Association

Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce PAC

Newspapers:

Westland Observer 2002  

The Detroit News 2000 (see editorial below)

The Detroit Free Press 2002  

Michigan Community Newspapers 2000 (see editorial below)

Citizens:

Keith Demolay  

Mark Rodriguez                                              

Bud Somerville

Ernie & Jo Johnson

Mary Rose Cartwright

Glenn & Linda Tolliver

Virginia Braun

Ron & Della Sigler

Marian Greenfield

Lida Hartman

Ken Monroe

Mike & Sue Rawson

Pat & Pam Rawson

Scott & Cindy Wirgau

Paul & Laura Bajis

Kris & Renee Simonian

Howard & Georgia Becker

Robert & Betty Stottlemyer

Betty Talmadge

Tom & Nicole Sigler

Ray & Dottie Osecki

Bill & Lorna Lyttle

Michael Troup

Betty Savage

Shirley Bombalski

John & Deborah Dean

Vicky Smith

Gary & Diane Puranen

David & Joan Moranty

Sharon Strebbing

Carl & Martha Simcox

Carl & Alice Jarman

Billy Deeters

Mark & Renee Harris

Marshall & Joan Wright

Frank & Julie Moore

Westland Observer

July 27, 2000

Anderson best for House

They've served together since the early 1990s on the Westland City Council, and now Glenn Anderson and
Sharon Scott are vying on the Democratic side for the 18th District state House seat.

The primary Aug. 8 will end with voters in Westland and a small portion of Canton choosing either
Anderson or Scott to face Republican hopeful Patricia Gibbons, unopposed in her party's primary.

Both Anderson and Scott have extensive experience making decisions on the city council and have served
the city well. Both also boast extensive community involvement going back a number of years.

On reflection, the Observer gives the endorsement nod to Glenn Anderson. The Ford Motor Co. staffer
described himself as a good listener and responsive, and we agree.

Anderson has shown the leadership ability to succeed Eileen DeHart in the Lansing seat. His own
description of himself as a "fighter to get things done" is apt.

Scott, unfortunately, must cope with the baggage of the recall effort directed at her and three council
colleagues, Charles "Trav" Griffin, David Cox and David James. Such baggage is likely to cloud the issues
in the state House race.

The recall is linked to the January firing of Gibbons as Westland city clerk. Although Gibbons lacks
legislative experience, she does know government and is a strong force on the GOP side.

Detroit Free Press

July 24, 2000

State House

Here are best choices in three
Wayne County districts
District 18

The district, which encompasses most of
Westland and a bit of Canton Township, is
served by Westland Democrat Eileen DeHart.
It is one of the few that has a chance to swing
politically in November, so the one Republican
and two Democrats are getting statewide
scrutiny.

All three were involved in a Westland
municipal dust-up: Democrats Glenn Anderson
and Sharon Scott are City Council members
who differed about whether to renew the city
clerk's contract. Scott's side prevailed and the
clerk was released. Now Scott, besides
running for state representative, faces a recall
drive. Meanwhile, the former clerk is the
Republican candidate waiting to see who wins
the Anderson-Scott showdown.

Scott has school board as well as council
experience. But Anderson seems well versed
in his quest to take constituent service to the
next level in Lansing, especially to try to fend
off attacks on local control. To his credit, he
seems not to be making an inordinate fuss
about the council brouhaha. We recommend
GLENN ANDERSON.

Detroit News Endorsement

July 12, 2000

18th District: Democratic Rep. Eileen DeHart is term limited,

spending and taxation with the goal to reduce the burden on our citizens."

Michigan Community Newspapers  July 27,2000

Opinion

Ivan Helfman

Anderson will give ordinary folks a voice

Reactions differed when two politicians announced their campaigns for
different offices.

When Westland Mayor Bob Thomas announced his candidacy for 12
district county commissioner in the Aug. 8 Democratic primary, political
junkies speculated on his motives.

Was he angling for more money? Now paid $90,000 a year, if elected
commissioner he'd pull in a $58,000 salary from the county and a $60,000
Westland pension -- almost a $30,000 raise for a part-time job with no
attached responsibilities.

Was the McNamara machine preparing him to succeed County Executive
Ed McNamara?

A new successor candidate was needed since many strategists feared
that favorite Mike Duggan would be a hard sell, that second choice
Cameron Priebe, while electable, would be too ethical. Wags speculate
that neither drawback applies to Thomas.

Was the McNamara machine running him to settle a score with his
opponent, 22-year incumbent Kay Beard, who votes her principles too
much for the machine's comfort?

Nobody analyzed motives when Glenn Anderson announced his candidacy
for the 18th state representative in the primary. Instead, many Westland
citizens wondered how the city council could survive the loss.

Anderson was not only a perceptive legislator, he was accessible to
everybody, able to master local issues, and willing to go to bat against the
city's entrenched special interests.

The best example would his stance against the Central Western County
Sanitation Authority's incinerator. In the face of pressure from area
construction unions, who saw a couple hundred part-time jobs at stake
retrofitting the old burner, Anderson was one of the few that added up the
numbers and correctly saw that the project would bleed Westland
homeowners four to five times the going rate for garbage disposal.

Or during the summer of 1999, when the incinerator was down and the
city's garbage hauler couldn't find a place to dump 20 truckloads of
household garbage other than the city's department of public services
yard, which backs up to Ravencrest Condominiums, condo owners could
only turn to Anderson (and Councilman Richard LeBlanc) for relief.
Though the trash heap emitted a stomach-turning stench and attracted
about 400 screeching seagulls, DPS would not respond until Anderson
and Leblanc complained.

Same with the Norwegian rat infestation in the Merriman-Cherry Hill
neighborhood. During the weeks when the city administration ignored
pleas from two mothers who demanded protection from the razor-tooth
disease-carrying vermin, only Anderson and LeBlanc responded.
Eventually the pair helped the mothers jolt the administration and council
into action.

Though a minority council member, Anderson drafted Westland's first
drunk driver cost recovery ordinance, Westland's first hazardous spill cost
recovery law, and Westland's first vicious dog law.

He successfully pushed for tougher building standards for developers,
fought against the placement of a halfway house in Westland, pushed for
Westland's library, and supported training paramedics in advanced life
support.

If elected state rep, he promises to legislate for the little guy and gal, not
the corporate suit. He backs strong consumer protection, prescription
drug coverage for low-income seniors, a patient's bill of rights, fair
distribution of school tax dollars, and financial assistance for in-home
nursing care for grandma and grandpa.

Anderson's proven accessibility and his track record as a problem solver
convinces me that he will be that rare legislator who will give ordinary folks
a voice.

Be heard, vote Anderson.