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Michael Sareini was elected to his first term on the Dearborn City Council in November 2013.

 

Sareini is a life long resident of Dearborn.  He is the son of the late Tom Sareini, owner of the Village Café previously located for over 25 years on Greenfield Rd at Rotunda Drive, and Suzanne Sareini, retired Dearborn City Council President Pro-Tem who served on the Council for 24 years.

 

Sareini and his wife Dalal have five children – Toufic, Houssain, Aliah, Suzanne and Hassan.

 

Sareini graduated from Fordson High School in 1990 and earned his Associate’s Degree from Henry Ford Community College in 1993. Sareini began a career in automotive sales in 1995. Sareini has won countless sales awards, and in 2011 was recognized by Ford Motor Company as Michigan’s #1 ranked volume salesman and #3 ranked salesman in the country.

 

Sareini was appointed as the sole representative of the state of Michigan in a national Ford Sales Advisory Panel that consisted of only 13 nationally renowned salesmen. Sareini’s recommendation resulted in a direct policy change within Ford Credit, the company’s financing arm.

 

In 2006, after 14 years out of the classroom, and while working full-time and raising his family, Sareini returned to school to complete his education at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Sareini graduated in 2009 “With High Distinction,” earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree majoring in Political Science and minoring in Psychology.

 

Sareini continued pursuing higher education, graduated from Thomas M. Cooley School of Law and has been a general practicing Attorney for 8 years.

 

Sareini was chosen by the Michigan Attorney General as a transition team guidance member of experts comprising extremely-revered individuals from the government, legal, indigenous, and corporate sectors.  This team was formed to guide a smooth and seamless transition between administrations as the Attorney General-Elect took office, effective January 1, 2019.

 

Sareini has a long history of participating in Dearborn youth recreation programs, sitting on boards and coaching. Sareini is a supporter of many local charities.

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 Troubled Dearborn Nightclub Facing Serious Penalties

This article was originally published at The Fox 2 Detroit website by Hannah Saunders and can be found on their website here.

DEARBORN, Mich. (WJBK) – Some Dearborn residents are calling a local nightclub a nuisance. They say it brings everything from loud noise to gang violence.

Dearborn City council members say something has to be done about LIV lounge, a Michigan Avenue nightclub attracting so much crime and gun violence, police are having to call for outside help.

Now the LIV lounge nightclub is at risk of losing its liquor license, following a series of shootings and fights.

“When you get to that level it takes concern,” said Mike Sareini, Dearborn councilmember. “Because what happens is the rest of the citizens because the resources are not there at that time.”

At least two of the incidents under review are cases of shots fired. One person was shot last month during a crowded night on the dance floor.

“LIV lounge wants to do whatever is necessary to solve all those particular issues,” said Cyril Hall, attorney for Liv Lounge.

Attorney Cyril Hall who represents Liv Lounge says the club is being unfairly targeted.

“They’re acting like we are utilizing an inordinate amount of resources,” Hall said. “Well Liv Lounge pays probably $40,000 in business taxes, then you have sales taxes. So it’s a lot of money being spent.”

He also says LIV Lounge is now working with the city to make it safer.

“They’ve made policy decisions about it, dress code, age restrictions and the like,” Hall said. “And that will change some of the problems that they’ve had in the past.”

City council members will also consider the loss of a liquor license which could mean, loss of livelihood.

“We’re not trying to hurt business,” Sareini said. “But we have to protect the residents. There has to be a balance. We have to strike a balance between our residents and businesses.”

If you have an opinion on this, there will be a public hearing at Dearborn City Council Chambers Monday night at 6 p.m.

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