I wrote before that the best candidate of the office of
mayor of Detroit was Mike Duggan who was, in my opinion, the best choice and
last chance for Detroit because the other candidates were more of the same,
incompetent.
Mike Duggan being white was his biggest challenge in a city
85% black but support was growing and he had a great chance but Tom Barrow, a
five-time candidate for mayor (really?) found a tiny legal loophole in Mike’s
registration to run for mayor (Mike lived somewhere else and you need to be a
12 month resident of Detroit to legally declare for city office)…the current
mayor Dave Bing also lived somewhere else before running for mayor but Duggan
was a few days off even though the Detroit official responsible for election
filing told him everything was OK.
Duggan was thrown off the primary ballot and he thought that
was that and went into seclusion to plan what to do next; he said he would not
fight the legal decision even though many thought he could win.
This morning, I saw Duggan in front of microphones and
cameras announcing he would stand as a WRITE-IN CANDIDATE that nearly always
NEVER WORKS….always never?
Anyway the man was as articulate and eloquent as I have seen
in announcing why he was persuaded to run as a write-in and most of all, he
seemed in-control of not only his campaign but in the assurance of what he
would do to bring Detroit back into viability.
It is important that he mentioned that it was his SUPPORT
GROUP that talked him into running as a write-in. These Detroiters knew they
needed to change the culture to bring the city back and Duggan was their only
hope.
He pointed to the total disaster that was the city council
but is as member after member quits, is relieved of duty or retires.
The current candidates for mayor a joke with the leading
candidate now being investigated by the FBI for corruption and he is the county
sheriff.
I can see where the write-in campaign may actually work EVEN
in Detroit. Only a small majority of Detroiters votes in the primary (60,000?).
A candidate needs to come in at least second to get to the regular election
which would mean getting 15,000 – 25,000 write-in votes.
Can he do it?
He has a strong volunteer army that may just convince enough
Detroiters to write his name in MIKE DUGGAN; good thing it isn’t SZYSZKO.
This sounds exiting and historic; let us hope it happens!!!
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