In the 2013 mayoral election for Detroit, MI, the citizens experienced in a close race {55%-45%} the victorious win of Michael E. Duggan over Benny N. Napoleon, to become the first white mayor to lead the city in four decades. The great city of Detroit has for long experienced much calamity that has in a sense permeated throughout every vein in Detroit, and is responsible for its decrepit semblance. Mayor Michael Edward Duggan has brought to the city an energy that has been much needed and deserved to those residents that dream of the return of the motor city they once knew.
In the run for the mayor of Detroit, MI in 2013, According to the Huffington Post “Detroit Mayor Election 2013 Has 22 Candidates, Though Powers Reduced Under Emergency …show more content…
Both candidates Duggan and Napoleon strongly believed that their first objective was to bring the city back to being under the control of the city council. Due to debt of over 18 billion dollars, according to the Huffington Post “Detroit Bankruptcy Infographic Breaks Down $18 Billion Debt, Key Facts About City’s Decline,” governor Snyder appointed Kevyn Orr, an emergency manager to oversee Detroit’s financial statements. The both candidates argue that the presents of the emergency manager hinders any future mayor from providing Detroit the appropriate measures to stabilizing the economy, because they do not have any say in the matter of Detroit’s finances. In an interview with Crain’s Detroit Business, Napoleon response to a question asked, “ What do you envision as the new mayor’s role and responsibilities while the city is still in bankruptcy?” Napoleon states, “ That will be totally up to Mr. (Kevyn) Orr. Anyone who’s under any illusion that we have any control or influence over that process is not being honest with themselves.” When the question was proposed to Duggan, he states a similar response, which is to reestablish the power of the city council over financial and managerial …show more content…
Referring back to the article “ Where they stand: Mike Duggan Vs. Benny Napoleon on Detroit and regional issues” (Detroit Free Press), Benny Napoleon position on this issue is to focus primarily on the redevelopment of the surrounding neighborhoods rather than the downtown area. His plan is to have the many faculties with the community, such as the churches, businesses, and community group cohesively work to gather to restore the physical deterioration of building that trouble many communities in the city. This is similar to the readings which we discussed in class because this approach appears to build a web of connection among everyone which would create in a sense a wide spread neighborhood watch that is ran by the community to oversee everyone and have eyes on the streets to enhance the level of safety. Michael Duggan’s approach is slightly different because along with create system where the community looks after one another, he looks to “Create incentives for homeowners to move from sparsely populated areas to more stable neighborhoods” (Detroit free
In the run for the mayor of Detroit, MI in 2013, According to the Huffington Post “Detroit Mayor Election 2013 Has 22 Candidates, Though Powers Reduced Under Emergency …show more content…
Both candidates Duggan and Napoleon strongly believed that their first objective was to bring the city back to being under the control of the city council. Due to debt of over 18 billion dollars, according to the Huffington Post “Detroit Bankruptcy Infographic Breaks Down $18 Billion Debt, Key Facts About City’s Decline,” governor Snyder appointed Kevyn Orr, an emergency manager to oversee Detroit’s financial statements. The both candidates argue that the presents of the emergency manager hinders any future mayor from providing Detroit the appropriate measures to stabilizing the economy, because they do not have any say in the matter of Detroit’s finances. In an interview with Crain’s Detroit Business, Napoleon response to a question asked, “ What do you envision as the new mayor’s role and responsibilities while the city is still in bankruptcy?” Napoleon states, “ That will be totally up to Mr. (Kevyn) Orr. Anyone who’s under any illusion that we have any control or influence over that process is not being honest with themselves.” When the question was proposed to Duggan, he states a similar response, which is to reestablish the power of the city council over financial and managerial …show more content…
Referring back to the article “ Where they stand: Mike Duggan Vs. Benny Napoleon on Detroit and regional issues” (Detroit Free Press), Benny Napoleon position on this issue is to focus primarily on the redevelopment of the surrounding neighborhoods rather than the downtown area. His plan is to have the many faculties with the community, such as the churches, businesses, and community group cohesively work to gather to restore the physical deterioration of building that trouble many communities in the city. This is similar to the readings which we discussed in class because this approach appears to build a web of connection among everyone which would create in a sense a wide spread neighborhood watch that is ran by the community to oversee everyone and have eyes on the streets to enhance the level of safety. Michael Duggan’s approach is slightly different because along with create system where the community looks after one another, he looks to “Create incentives for homeowners to move from sparsely populated areas to more stable neighborhoods” (Detroit free