Mark Steenbergh (born January 12, 1955) is an American politician from

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. He was Mayor of

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over three terms from November 7, 1995, to November 9, 2007. He first ran for Mayor while still

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Commissioner. He had been on the

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since before 1993. He was elected to his second and third term after being charged with a single count of racial intimidation and another count of misdemeanor assault in 1996. The charges result from an altercation with an African American named John Harris. Steenbergh was released on $25,000 personal bond. Steenbergh was recognized for his service in an addition to the Congressional record in 2000 by Representative

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. In 2005, a former firefighter sued Steenbergh and his Deputy Mayor, Mike Greiner, for defamation. The firefighter stipulated that he had been falsely accused of collecting pay while out of state. During his final term as Warren mayor his daughter was arrested in a traffic stop. Shortly before leaving office in 2007 he spoke out against Iraqi immigrants moving to Warren. In 2007 Warren still limited Mayors to three terms. He was a

public works official until he was fired by

Candice Miller Candice Sue Miller (née McDonald; born May 7, 1954) is an American politician serving as the Public Works Commissioner of Macomb County, Michigan since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Miller previously served as the U.S. representative ...

in 2017.

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Living people 1955 births People from Hazel Park, Michigan Mayors of Warren, Michigan County commissioners in Michigan Michigan Democrats 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American politicians {{Michigan-mayor-stub