Jim Fouts

81-year-old Jim Fouts is running for the 14th District in the state House as a Democrat, after filing several unsuccessful lawsuits to remain mayor of Warren when he was blocked from the ballot due to term limits.

Mayor Jim Fouts plans to appeal decision. Fouts believes he should not be term-limited.

The Michigan Supreme Court said it would not take up a case involving Warren's term limits ordinance. That means a Court of Appeals ruling upholding the four-term limit for elected city officials stands.

Two months after Warren's outgoing city council members quietly voted to give themselves and their spouses lifetime health insurance, members of the new…