While some siblings desire space as they age, the Gordon sisters have only become closer.
Born and raised in East Lansing, Emily, 30, and Amy Gordon, 28, now team up to run a critical city department. Officially, Emily is East Lansing’s city clerk and Amy is the chief deputy city clerk, but each considers the other equal.
Their jobs require them to be jacks of all trades, serving as election administrators, record holders, and Freedom of Information Act coordinators, while facilitating city council meetings and overseeing city boards and commissions. Because there’s no traditional path to becoming a clerk, the Gordons learned from city clerks they worked under…