Black ex-lawmaker called traitor for endorsing Duggan

Former State Rep. Lisa Howze braced for the inevitable accusations and knee-jerk conspiracy theories.
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The 40-year-old accountant was about to endorse Mike Duggan, who is white, for mayor. Howze had med twice with him and his opponent Benny Napoleon after coming fourth in the Aug. 7 primary election. She wanted to keep alive her platform to clean up blight, create jobs and generate much-needed revenue for the city in which she and her five siblings were raised by a single mother.

“Mike Duggan was very sincere,” Howze told me Tuesday after announcing her endorsement. “He liked my ideas, and he’s supporting them. He has a good vision for Detroit.”

But some Detroiters just couldn’t get why a sister would endorse a carpetbagging white dude. Something more sinister was going on, they insisted.

So the rumors made their rounds on social media. Howze was promised a job or paid off, they said.

• “MY PEOPLE WILL SELL OUT IN A HEARTBEAT, BLACK FOLKS WILL NEVER UNITE!!!!!!!!”
• “She just exposed her real self.”
• “How could a good woman like her succumb to selling out her own people that voted for her?”
• “She sold her soul for a job, to retire campaign debt; I cannot believe that she actually believes in this Carpet-bagging Opportunist.”

For the record, none of the allegations are founded, and Howze denies receiving anything in exchange for supporting Duggan.

“If I went with the vocal minority, then we will never have a higher conversation about what’s next for Detroit,” Howze told me.

She continued: “I know who I am, and they can call me all of the names they want. It’s easier for some people to believe that I was paid off, rather than base my endorsement on the merits of the candidates and their visions for Detroit.”
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Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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