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Detroit News Endorses Mayor Mike Duggan, Who 'Has Done a Solid Job'

July 20, 2017, 8:55 AM

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Mayor Mike Duggan and state Sen. Coleman A. Young II

With the Aug. 8 primary less than three weeks away, The Detroit News editorial page endorses Mayor Mike Duggan's re-election, saying:

Instead of setting himself up as an adversary to the emergency manager and the restructuring Gov. Rick Snyder was orchestrating, Duggan joined the process of helping speed the return to local control.

After his authority was restored, Duggan used the clean slate provided by the bankruptcy to begin improving the quality of life in Detroit and reforming government operations.

Mike Duggan has done a solid job under very challenging circumstances, and should be rewarded by voters with the chance to compete for a second term in November. The top two finishers will advance to the fall runoff, regardless if the primary winner tops 50 percent of the vote.

The paper writes that while leading opponent Coleman A. Young II has rightfully focused on neighborhoods, the state senator is "light on ideas. His primary plan for fixing Detroit is to file a series of lawsuits against the state and other parties."

The editorial acknowledges that Duggan needs to do more to improve neighborhoods.


Read more:  The Detroit News


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