Well, I have to hand it to Detroit voters; there weren’t many of them (17%) but they did their duty and voted for change and a better Detroit.
Was I surprised? Well, I was pleasantly surprised and buoyed by their choices in the primary even though they had hundreds to choose from and little information about each candidate.
More importantly, they did not bring back the scoundrels of the city council like Monica Conyers who plead guilty to bribery but was still on the ballot. It was disturbing to see that she came in 62nd out of 167 candidates on the ballot which means there were still twits voting for her – why?
Also Martha Reeves (yes the singer) did not make it hopefully because she said that her job on the city council was her second, part-time job while her primary job was as a performer.
The person that garnered the most votes was a locally known man named Charles Pugh (TV reporter, etc.) who is also “openly gay”. This is a surprise because the black community usually does not like gays (that’s what I have been told) so I must assume that voters either did not know he was gay or that they voted for the man and not against his sexual orientation. I hope that Detroit voters saw him as a good candidate for Detroit City Council – period!
The voters who researched the many candidates on the ballot, expressed surprise at how many of those candidates were derelict in paying their taxes; IRS, state, local and property. I have found this to be a very common trait among Detroiters even those in office so I will have to check into that a little further. The negative of that is that those candidates obviously need money which makes them prime targets for bribery.
All in all, I am satisfied with the outcome of this primary and understand that primaries in general draw a much smaller voting crowd than regular elections so 17% is probably a good turnout.
Lets see what happens next…
Was I surprised? Well, I was pleasantly surprised and buoyed by their choices in the primary even though they had hundreds to choose from and little information about each candidate.
More importantly, they did not bring back the scoundrels of the city council like Monica Conyers who plead guilty to bribery but was still on the ballot. It was disturbing to see that she came in 62nd out of 167 candidates on the ballot which means there were still twits voting for her – why?
Also Martha Reeves (yes the singer) did not make it hopefully because she said that her job on the city council was her second, part-time job while her primary job was as a performer.
The person that garnered the most votes was a locally known man named Charles Pugh (TV reporter, etc.) who is also “openly gay”. This is a surprise because the black community usually does not like gays (that’s what I have been told) so I must assume that voters either did not know he was gay or that they voted for the man and not against his sexual orientation. I hope that Detroit voters saw him as a good candidate for Detroit City Council – period!
The voters who researched the many candidates on the ballot, expressed surprise at how many of those candidates were derelict in paying their taxes; IRS, state, local and property. I have found this to be a very common trait among Detroiters even those in office so I will have to check into that a little further. The negative of that is that those candidates obviously need money which makes them prime targets for bribery.
All in all, I am satisfied with the outcome of this primary and understand that primaries in general draw a much smaller voting crowd than regular elections so 17% is probably a good turnout.
Lets see what happens next…
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