Records: Mayoral candidate Benny Napoleon bankrolled campaign with big suburban donations
Napoleon has relied on suburban builders, developers, CEOs, lawyers and business owners to bankroll his campaigns.
Detroit mayoral candidate Benny Napoleon: I won’t inject race, division into race
Napoleon set off a firestorm this week after saying affluent Palmer Woods was not a true Detroit neighborhood and suggested he’ll defend the city against outsiders.
Mayoral candidate Benny Napoleon tries to clarify divisive words about Palmer Woods
Napoleon has been trying to distinguish himself from his most viable candidate, former Wayne County Prosecutor Mike Duggan, who is white and recently moved back to his childhood city.
Mayoral candidate Benny Napoleon: “Palmer Woods is not Detroit”
In a mayoral contest that could flare racial and class tensions, Napoleon took jabs at former Wayne County Prosecutor Mike Duggan.
Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon will announce candidacy for mayor next week
Napoleon, a former Detroit Police chief, is considered a frontrunner who could match the fundraising prowess of Mike Duggan, the Detroit Medical Center chief.
State lawmaker to join growing list of Detroit mayoral candidates
Today, state Rep. Fred Durhal is expected to announce he’ll throw his hat in the ring, and Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon likely will follow within the next two weeks.
Is racism or bias leading local coverage of Detroit’s mayoral campaign?
Duggan is being trumpeted by the media as the most electable white mayoral candidate since the early 1970s. The story is leading most local news sites, and he hasn’t officially decided whether he’s running.
Sources: Mayor Dave Bing poised to run for re-election, transform city
After much consideration, embattled Mayor Dave Bing plans to run for re-election in an effort to solve the budget crisis, friends and political allies of the mayor told Motor City Muckraker. Michigan officials also have been pressing the mayor privately to run for re-election because he has been relatively supportive of state intervention, according to […]
Duggan lies about secret mayoral bid
By Steve Neavling Let’s hope Mike Duggan is more truthful than he has been about his secret bid to become Detroit’s next mayor. In interview after interview, the Detroit Medical Center CEO and former Wayne County prosecutor has denied plans to run since moving from the suburbs to Palmer Woods in Detroit earlier this year. […]
New Mayor Must End City’s Legacy of Bad Leadership
If Detroit is consistent about anything, it’s the city’s failure to find good leadership. From the segregationist mayors and city councils of the first half of the 20th century to the ineffective leaders of today, Detroit is a stark example of a city damaged by its own leadership. So as the 2013 mayoral election nears […]