Detroit's political atmosphere is on a shift.
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There is a different atmosphere in Detroit these days, a city that
not long ago seemed to be on another planet. Four years ago, the city
was led by a "hip-hop" mayor famous for extravagant living, wild
parties, and behaviour so outrageous that one out-of-town police force
said it would no longer take responsibility for protecting him.
Today,
there is a new spirit of something like sobriety. After Kwame
Kilpatrick went off to prison in October, there seemed to be a
collective sign of relief. Suddenly, Detroiters seemed to want sane,
competent, grown-up leadership. Dave Bing, a sports hero turned
successful businessman, was elected to replace Kilpatrick.
When
he won a special election in May, most of the other major candidates
bowed out of challenging the new mayor for the full four-year term that
will be decided this November.
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