Michael D Polensek was born on November 16,1949 and is a City Council member in Cleveland, Ohio, representing Ward 8.
10 Facts About Michael Polensek
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Michael Polensek has served in Cleveland City Council since 1977.
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Michael Polensek served as Council President from 1999 to 2002.
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Michael Polensek is an Executive Board member of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, and the founder of the Collinwood Nottingham Villages and the Northeast Shores Development Corporations in Ward 11.
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On November 5,2013, Michael Polensek won the election for the newly reconfigured Ward 8, uncontested.
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Michael Polensek is Vice-Chair of the Public Safety Committee and a member of the Health and Human Services, Public Parks, Property and Recreation, Public Service, Public Utilities, and Rules committees.
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Michael Polensek, a Slovene American, grew up in the Slovenian section of Collinwood, attending the Nottingham and Hannah Gibbons Elementary Schools and eventually graduated from Collinwood High School in January 1969, where he is a member of the Collinwood High School Hall of Fame.
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Michael Polensek played freshman, junior and varsity football at Collinwood and played on the 1967 unbeaten East Senate Championship Football Team in the Thanksgiving Day Charity Game at Cleveland Lakefront Stadium.
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Michael Polensek attended Tri-C Community College at their Metro campus through the Cleveland Scholarship Program, where he studied Industrial Management.
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Michael Polensek remains an active member of the congregation member at St Mary of the Assumption Slovenian Catholic Church.