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Since the News and Free Press don't seem to judge it worthy of reporting.
Also included the file itself in case the link breaks.
And a really easy to review map of the districts.
Over the next few days/months I'll try to make the list more digestable with whatever info I can find.
I'm pretty sure I live in district 2 if not 1, my sister in 1 if not 2 and my dad/brother/where I grew up is definitely district 3.
So I guess those are the three that interest me the most.
IMO the city needs to aggressively or the candidates need to educate the voting public on how this will impact thier daily lives and thier neighborhood,it is proably going to be tough revolving from a dictatorship to having a voice.
There was an estimated 8% turnout on the charter vote.
Thanks so much for this info!
Yeah, thanks the info. But I have ask the I did not see anyone on the list that they live on Belle Isle. Why is Belle Isle in a district??
Guess they are waiting until they build the condo's on the Island.
First, I can assure you that people DO live on Belle Isle, Second, I think the idea is whoever wins in District 5, will be responsible/have a stronger say in matters pertaining to Belle Isle. BRIZEE, nice job!Quote:
Originally Posted by Chinman
What was the turnout for a non presidential election year primary? and election?Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard
Vince Keenan running in District 6 -- if I still lived there, he'd have my vote hands down.Quote:
Originally Posted by brizee
FYI, he's the guy that launched Publius.
I read a while back that since census workers discovered people living on the island that it has to appear in census tracts, districts, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chinman
Hey, the local papers may not have reported who is actually running for council, but they did report that somebody named Jerrod says Monica Conyers is great. Now that's responsible journalism.
that was a joke. those peeps living on the island are probably not going to vote.
Perhaps they're not, but they have a RIGHT to vote, and it is not up to you or I to presume otherwise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chinman
I met Keenan several years ago at the Baltimore Lunch. I was quite impressed. Since then, publius.org has been my hands-down source for researching political candidates. I'll be interested to see if they do anything different to make sure there is no conflict of interest between his candidacy and the site. Since they post publicly accessible info from the candidates, I suppose they won't have to do anything different, but he, more than anybody will have to be ultra-sensitive to potential conflicts.Quote:
Originally Posted by michimoby
Here's my results for Detroit's EVIL ward system seven districts:
District 1 A BLACK LEADER
District 2 A BLACK LEADER
District 3 A BLACK LEADER
District 4 A BLACK LEADER
District 5 A BLACK LEADER
District 6 A HISPANIC LEADER
District 7 A BLACK LEADER
Looks like Detroit will not have a white district leader because there no full blown white community in Detroit. However Detroit will get a white mayor.
Correction.
There was a local paper that covered this topic.
The Arab American News last Thursday.
District One [[the northwest corner of the City): Darryl Brown, Marc Cayce, Wanda Jan Hill, Ulice Sherman and James Tate [[I).
James Tate has some popularities with his friends and neighbors in the North Rosedale Park and Grandmont area. He is best chance to keep the seat.
District Two [[the north part of the City): Ervin Bassett, Richard Bowers Jr., John W. Cromer, George Cushingberry Jr., Barbara Herard, Leslie Love, Derrick Muhammad, Carron Pinkins, Kenneth L. Scott, Mark Slater and Hollie Tugwell.
That's going to be very tight.
District Three [[the northeast side of the City): Francine Adams, Russell Bellant, Myron Benford, Scott Benson, Melia Howard, Adam R. Mundy, Wanda Redmond, Eugene Slappy and Dorthea Thomas.
Too close to call! But my eyes of on Scott Benson, Francine Adams, Dorthea Thomas.
District Four [[the east side of the City): Albert Aaron, Helena Blakemore, Bettie Cook-Scott, Ronald D. Diebel, Jessie Lee Fennie, Corey Josef Gilchrist, Khalil Ligon and Andre Spivey [[I).
Andre Spivey has very strong support from this friends in the east side. Bettie Cook-Scott may catch up. But Spivey will keep his council seat.
District Five [[includes Downtown and Midtown): Naomi Anderson, Adam Hollier, Willie McLeod, Attie Pollard, Yusef Shakur, Mary Sheffield, DaNetta Simpson, Brian White and Bonnie Warmack.
Keep your close eye on Mary Sheffield. He has some church folks from Horrace's D.A.B.O. group.
District Six [[the southwest side of the City): Tyrone Anthony Carter, Nina Fawaz, Vincent Keenan, Raquel Castaneda-Lopez, William I. Robinson, Davonte Sherard, Suneil Singh and Mary Waters
Raquel Canstaneda-Lopez has tons of her Mexican Hispanic friends on the W. Vernor business corridor. She could take the commanding lead for the council seat. Mary Water's little problem in court-of-law may put her out in the race.
District Seven [[the West Side of the City): John Bennett, Rob Bennett, Dustin Campbell, William Scott Phillips, Regina Ross and Tonya Renay Wells.
Keep you eyes on the Bennetts and well as the Tonya Renay Wells.
Tom Barrow, Angelo Brown, Tawanza Brown, D'Artagnan M. Collier, Krystal A. Crittendon, Michael E. Duggan, Fred Durhal Jr., Cheryl Franklin, Herman Griffin, Willie Lipscomb, Lisa Howze, Raymond J. Lile Jr., Benny Napoleon, John Olumba, Sigmunt Szczepkowski, Jean Vortkamp, Delores Scott, Mark Murphy, Velina Patterson-Dockery, Deneshea Richey and Percy Ross III.
So far Mike Duggan got the commading lead in the polls, Benny Napoleon is second,Krystal Crittendon is third and Lisa Houze if Forth.
Benny Napoleon and Krystal Crittendon and Lisa Howze are strongly oppose the emergency managers and want Detroit to return back to home rule. Napoleon and Crittendon sneaky problems in the past could lose the Mayor race by August Primary. Lisa Howse is doing very good to stay out the media's attention and could hang on for the August Primary. Mike Duggan has a strong reputation is saving DMC from banruptcy and saving SMART bus system from being non-existant for regional transit. Mike Duggan could be the strong candidate for Detroit Mayor.
Mary Waters is actually in District 5.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny
In my very very unscientific poll, I'll estimate that I've been seeing about 10 signs/window stickers for Napoleon for every one of Duggan's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny
"Keep your close eye on Mary Sheffield. He has some church folks from Horrace's D.A.B.O. group."
Mary Sheffield is a little too "modelly" for my tastes, and I have a hard time taking her seriously. Take a look @ her home page, maybe it's just me.
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Originally Posted by Danny
What is your pick for At Large?
IMO I think Yusef Shakur stands out for District 5.... Sorry I cannot take Mary Sheffield seriously
According to the City Clerk's document referenced in the first post, Yusef Shakur did not meet the petition requirements.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junkin4Life
If that is the case, who would be ideal for District 5?Quote:
Originally Posted by downtownguy
You're overlooking William Isaac Robinson a little too much here. He stands an excellent chance of taking this district because of his political connections. He worked for Conyers as the senior legislative assistant and his mother Mary Rose Robinson just took a state rep position. I would see this as coming down to Canstaneda-Lopez and Robinson. I think it will be an interesting contest to watch. I'm unsure of Canstaneda-Lopez's position on the EM, but I suspect since her and Rashida Tlaib [[a superhero) are tight that she's not a fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny
I am not sure if Keenan is a viable candidate at this time. Even though he started a great service in Publius, I'll be interested to see what the reaction is for someone who pushed council by district quite strongly to then run for one of those districts. I'll be waiting to see his positions on issues on his website, but at this time his website is unfinished. This is not to trash Keenan in the slightest. I think someone concerned with political participation would be a great benefit to the district.
David Bullock stands a great chance for At large. Saunteel Jenkins would be my other pick.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junkin4Life
Sorry for yet another post.. But when you think about how the primary and then runoff works, you have to take into account that people supporting other candidates like Crittendon, Howze, Barrow, etc, would they spin off to Napoleon or Duggan? I would suspect Benny would pick up those votes after the primary. Primaries are non-partisan. So the top two will automatically move on. Assuming that its Napoleon and Duggan [[which is an assumption because I'm not so sure how things will shake out after this gets going) then how many votes do we honestly think Duggan will pick up after all those other candidates are removed?Quote:
Originally Posted by downtownguy
That's the million dollar question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toka313
- Keep in mind that voter turn out in the city is abysmal, so I wonder if that plays into the hands of Duggan or Napoleon
- Duggan is pretty shrewd. I wouldn't rule out the possibility that he gets an endorsement from one of the candidates that gets left off the ballot.
- Also curious to know whether the demographic shifts in Detroit are sizable enough to change tilt the scale one way or the other.
Gonna be interesting.
Voter turnout in Detroit is actually higher than most suburbs in city elections. The idea that 25% is low is a misnomer. Compare it to the suburbs in off-year city elections. It's actually pretty high.
I am concerned though that this election that it would be lower because of the EM and people thinking their vote doesn't matter, which is half true..
Got my absentee ballot in the mail yesterday. Only names on the ballot for District 5 are Sheffield, Simpson, White and Hollier. Mary Waters is also included in District 5, not 6. Really wish Keenan was running @ large.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny
Got a card stuck in my door the other day to write in candidate Charmaine Johnson for Detroit City Council, District 7. Have gotten cards for Bennett and Gabe Leland [[son of Burton Leland) also. Haven't decided yet who to vote for.
Saunteel Jenkins lost my vote when she was interviewed on NPR and said she was "surprised" by the bankruptcy announcement. Really, idiot, have you been living under a rock? You've been on Council how long, had how much time to look at the books, the pension boards are suing you, and you're mystified that the City is bankrupt? Go be clueless somewhere else.
Westsiders, District 7, FYI:
this Thursday, 7/25, meet and greet [fundraising event] with District 7 candidate Dustin Campbell at Jovonne's Lounge on Greenfield btw. Chicago and Joy- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jovon...76026772431963
$20 at door
5 pm - 10 p.m. [[bar open until 2 a.m.)
mr. campbell's campaign site- www.campbellforunity.com
It's a little strange but I have some familiarity with other districts and at large but am clueless as to district 5. Certainly would not vote for Mary Waters. Good lord, that scandal reeks of KK regime.
Any comments or recommendations.
I was pleased to open my email and got a notice that Messiah Church is hosting a district 5 candidate forum tonight from 6:30 to 8pm
To be fair, a lo of people were surprised by WHEN it was filed, not that it was filed. The process was sped up when the pensioners filed in Ingham Co.Quote:
Originally Posted by poobert
Can't make that, but I am pretty baffled as to who to vote for in this district.Quote:
Originally Posted by sumas
Other than Mary Waters [[no!), Mary Sheffield seems like the highest profile candidate out there. While I certainly respected her grandfather and his legacy [[although not so much her father), I agree with Honky Tonk that her slick website, which seems to lean quite heavily on her looks - and is otherwise semi-literate - is seriously off-putting.
I know little or nothing about the rest of the candidates [[although I've run into Simpson at some neighborhood things - not impressed), and doubt if most of them have any real chance. If it looks like she has a real shot, I may just end up voting for Sheffield though, if for no further motivation than "anybody but Waters."
Al, look into Hollier. He is a good, young, guy that has his stuff together and is part of the new breed of Detroit politician that wants to move forward instead of constantly bicker over old bogeyman like so many old school types.
I voted for him for State Rep without reservation, but he lost to Rose Mary Robinson, who is one of those union bought-and-sold old school types.
Thank you for the recommendation. He certainly looks interesting, so I'll look out for him. He may be hurt by being much less known down here in this part of the district. I'm not really sure how or why we got districted in with the old North End and the adjacent part of the west side - areas with which I think most folks around here are unfamiliar - but I guess the declining population of the lower east side just made it impossible for us to get our own district.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eber Brock Ward
I grateful to Messiah Church for hosting this event. Hollier looks promising but so did Mr White. All 4 of the What 10/11 candidates that showed/ did make some interesting points.
I may upset a few folk with my next comments. The afro centric stuff turns me off. The ladies played that card heavily. Grated I am white, lived my life in a mostly black city,
We simply need bright astute people to lead. Color should not matter. I love my buddy in Mexican town who said I don't care if I vote for a giraffe if they can do the job.
I'm getting something of a clearer picture of who I'll be going for.
In District 2 either Bowers or Tugwell seem the most ready. Carron Pinkins is a strong third. It's a week away could still go either way.
I still have no effin clue who I'll go for at large. Probably won't be an incumbent. And certainly not Saunteel Jenkins.
The only 2 viable candidates in the at-large pool are Roy McCallister[[who seems solid) and Saunteel Jenkins[[who is a turd). Both of them got the Freep endorsements. The rest are a weird combination of uneducated, inexperienced, and goofy. If I had known the at-large pool was such a joke, hell, I would have run and could have quite possibly won.Quote:
Originally Posted by brizee
Agreed - not Saunteel Jenkins.
I can't understand Stphen Henderson. I thought he finally got some endorsement sense until I read the praise for Jenkins.
Help me with my at-large choices what is wrong with Saunteel Jenkins ?Quote:
Originally Posted by SWMAP
Yeah, I'd be interested to hear about this as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by firstandten
Same here. I plan on voting for her. What do those who don't like her have to say about her?Quote:
Originally Posted by firstandten
Don't get me wrong, she's not the worst person in the world. Given the field, I may have to vote for her.Quote:
Originally Posted by firstandten
However this has been one of the least productive councils I can remember. I know they didn't create all these problems, but they've stonewalled, or postponed indefinitely, nearly every meaningful piece of legislation that has come their way. This is especially galling given the fact that it was clear to anyone with half a brain that for the past three years the city really was going to be bankrupt. Mostly, I find her guilty by association.
However what really got me, as I stated earlier, that the day after the bankruptcy was announced, she was on NPR and said she was "surprised" by the announcement. It is just one word, but to me it screams to how clueless she really is. The city is broke and she and the rest of council have been waffling about nothing for 3 freaking years.
I'm going to vote for 1 incumbent, holding my nose, simply because he lives near me and we all know how these things work, and the rest can fuck off as far as I'm concerned.
I understand and appreciate the response.Quote:
Originally Posted by poobert
Saunteel Jenkins got her start in politics when she was Gil Hill's girlfriend and he got her one of those incestuous jobs that the Council practiced with Maryann Mahaffey. Funny no one who worked around Coleman A Young remembers her being a "Chief of Staff" as she claims now that her boss is long-dead.
Then there is the fact that she was Christine Beatty's best friend and pretty involved in that Kilpatrick circle that was swindling Detroit voters, claiming huge expertise and hard work, when they were really partying with donated Krystal.