Welcome to the launching of the re-election campaign of Kareemah Fowler for South Bend City Clerk! This May, you will be asked to vote for a candidate in the Office of which I currently hold, and I humbly ask for your vote and support. Under my servant leadership as your City Clerk, I have been…
Chief deputy city clerk Kareemah Fowler won a decisive victory in the South Bend city clerk race on Tuesday. The lopsided results, which saw Fowler receive three times as many votes as long-time Common Councilman Derek Dieter, came after the race took an unexpectedly negative turn in recent weeks. Both sides lobbed accusations of law-breaking…
The South Bend Voice is publishing a series of articles on local candidates running for city offices. We believe that it is vitally important for voters to be informed before they head to the ballot box on May 5. While we do not endorse individual candidates, we are providing an equal opportunity for candidates to…
As we approach the May 5 Primary Election, it is my hope that I have made a positive impression. My name is Kareemah Fowler and I am running for South Bend City Clerk. I am a proud mother of two children, a graduate of Riley High School and also Bethel College with a B.A. in…
Indiana University South Bend will be hosting a primary election debate between the Democratic candidates for South Bend city clerk next week. The candidates that will be on the May 5th ballot are at-large city councilman Derek Dieter and chief deputy city clerk Kareemah Fowler. Both will be at the debate. Organizers say that the…
A candidate for South Bend city clerk just landed a major endorsement. South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who will himself face voters next month, lent his official support to Kareemah Fowler at a press conference this morning. “Kareemah and I share a unified vision of our community and its progress,” Mayor Buttigieg told the assembled…
An ongoing reliability issue with the South Bend Common Council’s aging recording system appears to have been resolved. The audio recording system is used by the city clerk’s office to transcribe Council minutes. The city had what the clerk’s office describes as a “technologically obsolete recording system” that failed throughout 2014. As a result of…
And then there were three. The race for city clerk among South Bend Democrats just got a little bit more crowded with the entry of Sharon Banicki. Banicki, who works in the Voter Registration office, says that she has over 17 years’ worth of experience working as an office manager at a locally-owned company, Hobbyland,…
John Voorde made his run for South Bend Common Council official Tuesday night. The current city clerk will be running in the May 5, 2015 primary as an at-large candidate in the Democratic primary. “I hope to continue to build upon my record of public service based upon pragmatic common sense,” Voorde said. Voorde is…
South Bend’s deputy city clerk is throwing her hat into the ring to become the next city clerk. Kareemah Fowler announced her candidacy on Tuesday night. Fowler’s declaration came one day after Common Councilman Derek Dieter announced his own bid on Facebook. Fowler has worked in the city clerk’s office for the past four years….
