Tom P. Tafelski has finally made it official, announcing he indeed would be seeking a third term as a Dearborn city councilman.

Currently council president, a position that goes to the highest vote getter, Tafelski is one of the last of Dearborn’s seven member council to officially declare he would seek reelection. (Doug Thomas hasn’t said whether he will seek reelection for his council seat or a run for mayor, yet. He has pulled petitions for both.) The final day to file petitions to run is Tuesday, May 12.

There had been chatter around town that Tafelski might try a run against sitting Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Jr., but at the end of the day that proved to be just that – talk.

On Tuesday we will learn just how many of the candidates who pulled petitions to run for city council will actually remain in the race.

Nancy Siwik, who unsuccessfully ran for council in the last election, appears to be throwing her hat in the ring again. Siwik, an owner of Jedtco Corporation in Westland, is a member of the Dearborn Plan Commission and owns a bed and breakfast at 22331 Morley.

Also said to be gathering the needed 100 signatures to appear on the ballot in November is Joey Agius, owner of the Double Olive bar on Michigan Avenue.

Michael Berry, who ran a solid race for council in 2005 and had pulled a petition to run this time around, is unfortunately said to be reconsidering a run because of job and family commitments. That’s too bad because we think he would have been a strong candidate.

In addition to Siwik, Agius, Berry and the seven council members seeking reelection, the others again include:

1. David W. Bazzy (former Charter Commission member)
2. Khalil Dakhlallah
3. Mark J. Dawdy
4. Stephen S. Dobkowski Jr. (former Charter Commissioner later removed from office because of unpaid property taxes)
5. Sharon Dulmage (former school board member)
6. Andrew Giordano
7. Bradley Hajec
8. Rabih Hammoud
9. George Hart (a former state senator who long ago retired from politics. He turns 82 in May)
10. Trinette L. Jordan
11. Vincent Laing
12. Scott J. Marquette
13. Maureen A. McIlrad-Noland
14. Brian C. O’Donnell
15. Mark. A Otlewski
16. Ali Sayed (runs Hype Athletics in conjunction with Dearborn Rec. Dept.)
17. Kristyn Taylor
18. Raymond T. Trudeau (former Charter Commissioner)
19. Adrenne M. Wygonik (wife of 19th District Judge Richard Wygonick)

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