2025 Michigan General Election

Ethel Clark-Griffin

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Ethel is a business owner. She previously worked in industrial settings, where she was exposed to conditions that led to her developing asthma later in life.

Paid parking proposal approved in downtown Benton Harbor

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Ethel is currently the 4th Ward City Commissioner for Benton Harbor. She was elected in 2023 and is serving her first term. 

Opposes paid parking, believing it will hinder small businesses and create financial hardships.

Opposes paid parking, believing it will hinder small businesses, customers, and residents due to unclear resident charges and existing parking struggles.

As of August 14, 2025, Ethel Clark-Griffin did not have a website or any information online.

Organized community resource fairs and created platforms for the A 4 Asthma Program to educate others.

Opposes paid parking in downtown Benton Harbor, believing it will hinder small businesses, customers, and residents.

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Ethel is a business owner and the Benton Harbor 4th Ward City Commissioner. She has organized numerous community resource fairs and created platforms for the A 4 Asthma Program to educate others. After developing asthma later in life due to years of exposure in industrial settings, she now uses her voice and experience to educate others as a proud walking asthma advocate.

Ethel is currently the 4th Ward City Commissioner for Benton Harbor. She was elected in 2023 and is serving her first term.

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Organizes community resource fairs and provides platforms for A 4 Asthma to educate others.

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Energy & the Environment

Opposes paid parking in downtown Benton Harbor, saying it will create "a barrier to the business owners and customers, even the residents."

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- City commissioners in Michigan help make city-level laws, approve budgets, and oversee city services to serve the community’s needs. 
- Commissioners attend regular meetings, listen to public concerns, and vote on city issues like zoning, public safety, and spending. They also appoint and direct officials, like the city manager.
- City commissioners may be elected in partisan elections or nonpartisan elections, depending on the city. They may represent either the whole city or residents of a specific district. 
- Terms for city council members often last two or four years, depending on the city.

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