Duggan’s administration understated the level of abandonment in Detroit; Ben Carson’s name likely to be removed from public school; Gilbert sells Greektown Casino.
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Respected in the boardroom and on the boulevard, businessman Don Hamilton Barden was born on this day in 1943.
On this day in 1997, Mayor Dennis Archer announces future developers of 3 casinos. His omission of local business owner Don Barden would spawn off a recall attempt.