residence predecessor successor religion birth_place party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title name
mount clemens , mi quinnie cody incumbent catholic -lsb- germany -rrb- independent mayor of mount clemens , michigan 13 january 1948 november 2 , 2005 neil dempsey barb dempsey
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barb dempsey

barbel `` barb '' dempsey -lrb- january 13 , 1948 , -rrb- the current mayor of mount clemens , michigan , the county seat of macomb county .
an independent , she is the city 's third female mayor .
as mayor , she initiated the mount clemens downtown program .
via this program , the city 's downtown saw massive redevelopment , including repair of the county building , the tallest structure in the county .
she ran unopposed in the 2007 election and won by a massive landslide in the 2009 mayoral election against opponent steve ferdig .
dempsey and mayor karen majewski of hamtramck have been compared , as they are both female mayors of smaller michigan cities with aging infrastructure and large amounts of urban decay .
she also initiated a cctv camera program .
