Page 7 - Fred Durhal News Today

by  Allan Lengel Left: Duggan and his fiance at a Tuesday victory party at Good Vibes Lounge, on the east side. Right: An anti Prop P ad. (Photos: Allan Lengel, Violet Ikonomova) In a somewhat predictable municipal primary with just 14-percent turnout, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan scored an easy victory, with Anthony Adams, the former deputy mayor under Kwame Kilpatrick, coming in second. Tom Barrow, who ran for mayor for the fifth time, came in third, solidifying ...

Some of the candidates in Detroits highly competitive City Council race. Nearly half of Detroit City Councils members are not running for reelection, including President Brenda Jones, André Spivey, Raquel Castañeda-López, and Gabe Leland, who resigned after pleading guilty of accepting a cash bribe, creating a competitive race with more than 40 candidates. Candidates who did not respond to Metro Times questionnaire include at-large candidate N...

Detroit Free Press Editorial Board View Comments In many respects, Detroit is a dramatically different city than the one convulsed by a state takeover just eight years ago. The city emerged from its historic municipal bankruptcy in 2014, having wiped out its overwhelming debt largely by slashing the pensions and health care of its retirees.( A balloon pension payment comes due in 2023, something city officials are quietly worried about). Downtown has been transformed, thanks to investmen...

View Comments Detroit — The City Council on Tuesday decided it wont fill the seat vacated by indicted member Gabe Leland. Detroits now eight-member council unanimously agreed it will leave Lelands District 7 seat open until city voters cast ballots in November.  The decision caps a two-week debate over how and when to proceed with appointing a new member to finish out Lelands unexpired term. The councilman resigned earlier this month after pleading guilty in state court to misconduct in...

Detroit campaign field comes into focus: Castañeda-López, Spivey wont run, Tom Barrow joins mayor race Detroit City Council members Raquel Castañeda-López and André Spivey do not plan to seek re-election. A host of candidates are coming to the fore while some well-known names are backing down from the spotlight in Detroits 2021 mayoral and City Council elections. Tuesday was the deadline for candidates to file to run after collecting nominating petition signatures. A lot is up for grabs as...

Statutory revenue sharing, which in the case of the city of detroit, will cost it $179 million, and when you add that to its present $150 million deficit, you get $320 million, which sets it up for the emergency financial manager. >> fred durhal, democratic state representative and chairman of michigans legislative black caucus, thank for your time tonight, sir. good to have you help us understand this story. really appreciate it. >> thank you so much, we appreciate you. keep fighting. >> im try...

Tax credit, which is federal in nature and also allows poor people to be able to receive some benefit. there have been taxes upon education, reducing the pupil allowance by $470. he has also gone and eliminated statutory revenue sharing, which in the case of the city of detroit, will cost it $179 million, and when you add that to its present $150 million deficit, you get $320 million, which sets it up for the emergency financial manager. >> fred durhal, democratic state representative and chairm...