Aug. 4 primary pointed to further change
The Detroit Free Press believes that city council is turning the corner of change as the Aug. 4 primary revealed top vote-getters in Charles Pugh — who, if he is elected in November, will become Detroit’s first openly-gay councilmember — The editorial also says voters cast aside two of council’s worst in Monica Conyers and Martha Reeves.Excerpt:Together, those five could make up the most exciting council
majority in decades. And they would be key to the success of Mayor Dave
Bing, who trounced his primary opposition Tuesday and appears headed
for easy re-election this fall.Voters
also appeared to cast aside two of the old council’s worst actors,
President Pro Tem Monica Conyers, who awaits sentencing for a federal
plea to conspiracy to commit bribery, and Martha Reeves, whose bizarre
antics and ramblings are an embarrassment to the whole city.This morning in Detroit is a new, and hopeful one, indeed.Read the entire article here.
The Detroit Free Press
believes that city council is turning the corner of change as the Aug.
4 primary revealed top vote-getters in Charles Pugh — who, if he is
elected in November, will become Detroit’s first openly-gay
councilmember — The editorial also says voters cast aside two of
council’s worst in Monica Conyers and Martha Reeves.
Excerpt:
Together, those five could make up the most exciting council
majority in decades. And they would be key to the success of Mayor Dave
Bing, who trounced his primary opposition Tuesday and appears headed
for easy re-election this fall.
Voters
also appeared to cast aside two of the old council’s worst actors,
President Pro Tem Monica Conyers, who awaits sentencing for a federal
plea to conspiracy to commit bribery, and Martha Reeves, whose bizarre
antics and ramblings are an embarrassment to the whole city.
This morning in Detroit is a new, and hopeful one, indeed.
Read the entire article here.
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