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Matthew has previously been elected as a precinct delegate for the Republican Party in 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024. 

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As of August 13, 2025, Matthew Ryan did not have a website or any information online.

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Staff Directory • Michael C. Taylor

Michael Taylor is from Macomb County. He has a bachelor's degree in economics from Kalamazoo College and a law degree from Wayne State University. He lives with his wife, Christina, and their three children in Sterling Heights.

Q&A with Sterling Heights mayor Michael Taylor

Michael is a partner at the law firm of Kirk, Huth, Lange & Badalamenti, PLC, where he has worked since 2017. He represents individuals and families in guardianship and conservator proceedings, probate administration and litigation, and estate planning. He also practices in business planning, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate law. Earlier in his career, he worked at a small firm called Burket Savage.

Michael is currently the mayor of Sterling Heights. He was appointed mayor in 2014. Then, he was first elected in 2015 and has been reelected in 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023. He previously served on the Sterling Heights City Council from 2009 to 2014. 

Supports labor unions and workers rights to organize.

Opposes right-to-work laws, which allow employees to opt out of joining a union or paying union fees.

- Supports labor unions and workers rights to organize.
- Opposes right-to-work laws, which allow employees to opt out of joining a union or paying union fees.

As of August 13, 2025, Michael C. Taylor did not have a website or any information online.

Supports empowering cities to address climate change and clean energy issues.

Believes cities should be able to address climate change and clean energy issues locally.

- Believes cities should be able to address climate change and clean energy issues locally.

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Michael C. Taylor

Michael Taylor is from Macomb County, North Carolina. He has a bachelor's degree in economics from Kalamazoo College and a law degree from Wayne State University. He lives with his wife, Christina, and their three children in Sterling Heights.

Michael is from Macomb County. He has a bachelor of arts in economics from Kalamazoo College and a law degree from Wayne State University Law School. He lives with his wife, Christina, and their three children in Sterling Heights.

Michael is a partner at the law firm of Kirk, Huth, Lange & Badalamenti, PLC, where he has worked since 2017. He represents individuals and families in guardianship and conservator proceedings, probate and trust administration and litigation, fiduciary representation, and estate planning. He also practices in business planning, mergers and acquisitions, succession planning, commercial transactions and litigation, and real estate law. Earlier in his career, he worked at a small firm called Burket Savage, where he was hired right out of law school.

Michael is currently the mayor of Sterling Heights. He was first elected in 2015 and has been reelected in 2017, 2019, 2021, and 2023. He previously served on the Sterling Heights City Council from 2009 to 2014. He was appointed mayor in 2014 to fill the remainder of the term of Richard Notte.

- A mayor’s job can be different in each city, but they usually make sure city laws are followed, help create and manage the city’s budget, appoint people to boards and committees, and oversee city services like police, fire departments, parks, and public transportation.
- The mayor works with the city council and sometimes helps make decisions by voting.
- They may be elected in partisan elections or nonpartisan elections, depending on the city. 
- They are elected to a two- or four-year term, depending on the city.