Mayoral candidate Duggan not out yet
With Duggan out, at least temporarily, the face of the mayoral race has changed dramatically.
With Duggan out, at least temporarily, the face of the mayoral race has changed dramatically.
Although Orr and his advisers were warned that as many as 1,000 Detroiters may show up, they held the event in a cramped, 250-seat venue at Wayne State University.
“They are trying to do gotcha journalism,” Pugh, who raked in a six-figure salary doing similar stories for TV, said. “They make money embarrassing people, and it’s a shame.”
What was supposed to be a debate among Detroit’s mayoral candidates devolved into name-calling, shouting and some good-old fashioned racism.
A five-member review team reported that the city has run four consecutive budget deficits and began ignoring its long-term obligations, such as pension payments.
Farrakhan reiterated his belief that Jews operate the entertainment industry and churn out negative portrayals of black people in an evil plot to control the world.
Former Wayne County Prosecutor Mike Duggan did not violate minimum residency requirements to become an official candidate in the race to replace outgoing Mayor Dave Bing, the Detroit Election Commission ruled Thursday.
The Detroit Elections Commission will meet this afternoon to decide whether Detroit mayoral candidate Mike Duggan should be removed from the primary ballot for violating the city’s charter for running for office.
State Rep. Lisa Howze also alleges mayoral candidate Tom Barrow should be removed from the ballot for similar violations.
Mayoral candidate Mike Duggan, who assembled a strong campaign team, committed a foolish error that could force him off the ballot.