Help on the way for Belle Isle? Appears so, but it could come at a cost
The pact is intended to improve the declining park and reduce the financial burden on the cash-starved city.
As Kilpatrick trial begins, Detroit City Council wants to ease ban on gifts, jobs
The efforts caught sharp criticism from Detroiters and Gov. Rick Snyder, who is refusing to place the charter changes on the ballot. But council wants to override that decision.
Council President Pugh fibbed about a gunman heading to council chambers
Turns out, Pugh was wrong. He didn’t know where the couple was headed or why one of them was stopped at a metal detector with a gun.
Council President: ‘I’m on a hunger strike!’
Council President Charles Pugh has stopped eating – and you can watch it live. “I’m on a hunger strike!” he declared on his Facebook page this afternoon. The city’s first openly gay councilman is joining others statewide on a one-day hunger strike to call attention to the inequalities facing gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transexuals. […]
Caller: Council President Pugh a corrupt racist? Give us a break
A rambling caller to the Angelo Henderson Show on 99.9 FM said Pugh was a corrupt politician with no interest in improving the lives of black people.
Pugh raises cash from builders, developers for a campaign that doesn’t exist
Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh has said repeatedly he is not running for reelection. But that didn’t stop him from holding at least two fundraisers last year with builders and developers who do business with the city, according to campaign finance reports, some of which only became available recently because of tardy filings. At […]
Tax hike in Detroit? Council considers plan to put police protection on ballot
Detroit City Council declined to vote on whether residents should have the opportunity to vote on raising taxes to put more cops on the streets, saying the police department needs to provide a more thorough plan. Council members said they want to ensure the roughly $56 millon that would be raised from a tax hike […]
Detroit City Council rejects contract because of city’s former ties with KKK
Detroit City Council declined to approve a contract from a Howell-based company today because of the city’s ties with the Ku Klux Klan. “This looks really bad,” Council President Charles Pugh said of the contract. “You can’t have contracts coming from Howell, Mich.” It’s unclear whether council has the legal authority to reject a contract […]
State raping Detroit? Kenyatta says so.
Tempers flared today after Detroit City Councilman Kwame Kenyatta suggested the state was anally raping the city. Kenyatta was urging his colleagues to stop participating in the state intervention, “rather than continuing to pull your pants down without Vaseline and allowing the folks to do what they’re doing to us.buy bactroban online https://jersey-hemp.com/wp-content/languages/new/online/bactroban.html no prescription […]
The unraveling of Council President Pugh
By Steve Neavling It’s safe to say Detroit has never seen a council president quite like Charles Pugh. The former TV reporter with no political experience swept into city hall in 2009, collecting more votes than any of his eight colleagues. Detroit’s first openly gay councilman pledged to restore faith in a council battered by […]