By Steve Neavling on
2013 Mayoral Election, Government, Headline, Politics, posts
Candidate Tom Barrow, who got 4% of the vote, is demanding a recount.
By Steve Neavling on
City Government, Emergency Manager, Featured Stories, Government, posts, State of Michigan
![Treasurer Dillon: ‘I guess I need to leave town like Pugh’ Treasurer Dillon: ‘I guess I need to leave town like Pugh’](https://motorcitymuckraker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Dillon-36-701x472.jpg)
Dillon’s wife was threatening to expose the Democrat for sending her racially charged text messages.
By Steve Neavling on
Crime & Fire, Fire, Government, Headline, Mayor's Office, posts
![Hiring of 100 Detroit firefighters stalled by outsourcing plan Hiring of 100 Detroit firefighters stalled by outsourcing plan](https://motorcitymuckraker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/fire_20130426_4729-701x467.jpg)
Moving fire training to Livonia also is expected to make it more difficult for Detroiters to participate.
By Steve Neavling on
City Government, Emergency Manager, Government, Headline, posts, State of Michigan
![Prosecutor mulls charges against Treasurer Dillon Prosecutor mulls charges against Treasurer Dillon](https://motorcitymuckraker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DillonAndy_341615_7-e1388112887462.jpg)
The Democrat is accused of assaulting his wife in a furious effort to hide racially charged text messages.
By Steve Neavling on
City Government, Emergency Manager, Government, Headline, posts, State of Michigan
![Exclusive: Treasurer Dillon accused of abusing ex-wife to hide racist texts Exclusive: Treasurer Dillon accused of abusing ex-wife to hide racist texts](https://motorcitymuckraker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Dillon_19508-701x579.jpg)
“One night my dad came into my room and told me I would have a new black dad,” his daughter said. “From there, things escalated.”
By Steve Neavling on
Crime & Fire, Headline, Police, posts
The discovery may help solve a missing persons case.
By Steve Neavling on
Crime & Fire, Fire, Headline, posts
Firefighters were shocked to find two men asleep in a car outside of the burning building.
By Steve Neavling on
Crime & Fire, Featured Stories, Police, posts
A bullet pierced the window of soon-to-open Snack in a Box.
By Steve Neavling on
City Government, Emergency Manager, Government, Headline, Lens On Detroit, posts, Video
![EM Kevyn Orr: Sorry for calling Detroiters ‘dumb, lazy’ EM Kevyn Orr: Sorry for calling Detroiters ‘dumb, lazy’](https://motorcitymuckraker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Orr-Kevyn.jpeg)
“I was being dumb,” Orr said in a TV interview today.
By Steve Neavling on
Art & Entertainment, City Government, Culture, Emergency Manager, Government, Headline, posts
Provocateur also slipped oversized, neon green sales tags around the necks of downtown statues.