The
Detroit Free Press
believes that Detroit 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 the city's first openly-gay
councilmember -- Gary Brown,
Saunteel Jenkins, current
Council President Ken Cockrel Jr.
and Councilwoman Brenda Jones.
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.
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