Terry Bankert

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Terry Bankert
3rd Ombudsman of Flint
In office
July 22, 1987 –July 21, 1994
Preceded byJames Ananich
Succeeded by Darryl Buchanan [1]
City Clerk of Flint, Michigan
In office
1983 –July 22, 1987
Personal details
Born
Terry Ray Bankert

1951 (age 69–70)
Political party Democratic
Education University of Michigan - Flint (BA, MPA)
Western Michigan University (JD)
Military service
Branch/service United States Army Reserve
Years of service1971-1976
Rank Staff Sergeant

Terry Ray Bankert (born 1951) [2] is an American lawyer and former politician from Michigan.

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Early life, education, & military service

He graduated from the University of Michigan - Flint with a Bachelor of Arts in 1982 and a Master of Public Administration in 2005. [3] He earned a Juris Doctor from the Western Michigan University Cooley Law School in 1992. [3]

From 1971 to 1976 he served in the United States Army Reserve where he served as a drill instructor and reached the rank of Staff Sergeant. [3]

Political career

From 1975 to 1982 he served as the executive director of the Genesee County Democratic Party. [3] From 1982 to 1983 he served as division director of the United Way of Genesee & Lapeer Counties. [3] Bankert was appointed in 1983 Flint City Clerk and served until being appointed Flint City Ombudsman in 1987. [1] He ran for Flint 7th Ward City Council seat in 2005 losing in the nonpartisan primary to Jim Ananich and Clyde D. Edwards. [4] In 2009, Bankert was a number of lawyers under consideration to be appointed by Governor Grandholm for the vacancy in the position of Probate Judge for Genesee County caused by the death of the judge. [5]

Flint reorganized its governance structure, after the flint water crisis. The new governance structure required City Council to appoint an ombudsman, and the East Village Magazine quoted Bankert, a former ombudsman himself, pointing out that after more than a year and a half Council hadn't yet appointed one. [6]

He has practiced law in Flint since 1994. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "2006-2007 Ombudsman Report" (PDF). ci.flint.mi.us. City of Flint. Retrieved 2009-05-18.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (Michigan, 1989-2008)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Personal Website Bio
  4. ↑ "August Election Official Results". 2005-08-08. Archived from the original on 2009-08-10. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  5. ↑ Mickle, Bryn (March 30, 2009). "Attorneys line up for probate opening". The Flint Journal. Mlive Media Group. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  6. ↑ Paul Rozycki (2019-07-02). "Commentary: A funny thing happened on the way to the election". East Village magazine . Retrieved 2021-01-23. As Flint’s past ombudsman Terry Bankert frequently reminds us, it’s been 537 days (as of 6/20/19) since the charter began, and there is still no ombudsperson. Where do the candidates stand on appointing the ombudsperson, as required by the new city charter?


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