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Mayor Duggan’s administration grows, with more than half making 6-figure salaries

By Steve Neavling on May 20, 2015 City Government, Featured Stories, Government, Headline, Investigations, Mayor's Office, posts

As Mayor Mike Duggan continued to cut city workers over the past year, he increased the size of his administration from 80 appointees to at least 94, with more than half making in excess of $100,000 a year.

Mayor Duggan responds to Detroit News column slamming his appointees as ‘cronies’

By Steve Neavling on February 20, 2014 City Government, Featured Stories, Government, Mayor's Office, posts

Duggan: “I don’t know of a business executive in America who doesn’t try to recruit people they have worked with in the past and know to be honest, hardworking, and competent. That’s not cronyism – it’s sound management.”

Kwame Kenyatta hits road for watchdog job in Mississippi

By Steve Neavling on August 27, 2013 City Council, City Government, Government, Headline, posts

The former Detroit City councilman resigned in protest of the emergency manager in June.