COMMISSION CHALLENGE

Former 40th District state Rep. Chuck Moss (R-Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Birmingham) has thrown his hat back into the ring to challenge Oakland County Commissioner Shelley Goodman Taub (R-Birmingham, Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills) for her seat in the 12th District. Two years ago, despite loaning his campaign $100,000 and walking the district, he still came up short on votes – most likely because Taub, who was a county commissioner from 1993 to 2002 and again since 2009, does a good job for her constituents. In between, she was Moss’ predecessor in the state House of Representatives. As for Moss, who ran unsuccessfully in 2014 for the state Senate’s 13 District, losing to Marty Knollenberg, and then in 2016, in the primary to Taub, a friend of his said, “What else is he going to do? Just travel?”