Mayors of Lansing, Michigan - Virgil Bernero, List of Mayors of Lansing, Michigan, George Washington Peck, David Hollister (Paperback)

Chapters: Virgil Bernero, List of Mayors of Lansing, Michigan, George Washington Peck, David Hollister. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Virgil Bernero is the current mayor of Lansing, Michigan, elected on November 8, 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to serving as mayor, Bernero served as a legislative aide, an Ingham County Commissioner and as a legislator in the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate. He is a candidate for Governor of Michigan in 2010. Virg Bernero was born March 31, 1964 in Pontiac, Michigan in the Metro Detroit area. He was the youngest of five children born to Giulio, an Italian immigrant, and Virginia, a first generation Italian-American. Bernero has said that the diagnosis of schizophrenia of one of his brothers, and the death of another brother to AIDS in 1990 (on the same day he was elected to the Ingham County Commission) have helped to shape his life and politics. Bernero graduated from Waterford Mott High School in 1982, and from Adrian College in 1986, with a B.A. in political science. He is married to Teri Johnston, with whom he has two daughters, Kelly and Virginia. In 2007, Bernero appeared in the documentary Fired by Annabelle Gurwitch, who became famous after being fired from by Woody Allen under controversial circumstances. The film chronicles the experiences of individuals who have been fired from their jobs. In it, Bernero was interviewed about his efforts to pass a law that would make it illegal for Michigan employers to fire their workers at will or for "moral or ethical reasons." Bernero began his involvement in government in 1986, running unsuccessfully for county commissioner in Oakland County. In 1987, he became a legislative analyst to House Speakers Gary Owen ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1202739