Duggan Fires DDOT Chief - Declares Population Will Be Growing By Next Election 2017

**Wesley Mouch** · January-11-14, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by Gistok

No, one of the Cushenberry news articles mentions that Orr cannot remove a council member... only stop paying them....

He did that with Pugh last summer, when he wasn't showing up for council meetings before he resigned.

Really -- so it just like the mayor's office. The council still has all its powers -- except those it forfeited by the results of their malfeasance.

Thanks.

**Gistok** · January-11-14, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Wesley Mouch

Really -- so it just like the mayor's office. The council still has all its powers -- except those it forfeited by the results of their malfeasance.

Thanks.

Wesley Mouch... not really sure about their powers... they may still get to exercise their duty... but as we saw with Belle Isle... they can be overriden...

That Great Guy · January-11-14, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by hortonz

With the announcement of Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis' decision to leave the mayor's office after 11 years at the helm, the entire Detroit-Windsor area faces the prospect that when the mayors of Detroit and Windsor meet later this year, both will be fresh faces with new ideas, something that hasn't happened in a long while. This is truly a wonderful time to be living in this region.

Why?

Why are people who invent new ways to raise taxes considered visionaries and good leaders by you DetroitYES posters?

**stasu1213** · January-13-14, 07:49 PM

First day on the job and tje busses were runnung slow under the new director of DDot. THE GRATIOT bus was overflowing with passengers due to delay in service. Is this a joke

**Wesley Mouch** · January-14-14, 01:48 AM

Originally Posted by Gistok

Wesley Mouch... not really sure about their powers... they may still get to exercise their duty... but as we saw with Belle Isle... they can be overriden...

Why focus on the small things. There are so many issues in Detroit to which energy, intelligence, and creativity can be put. Why some people worry so much about little things like who runs a park? So long as its run, move on. Do something useful.

I choose to focus on what can be done -- not what others are doing or saying.

**Hypestyles** · January-14-14, 12:57 PM

is there a standing proposal to move up the next mayoral election to coincide with the next Presidential election, 2016?

**rb336** · January-14-14, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by stasu1213

First day on the job and tje busses were runnung slow under the new director of DDot. THE GRATIOT bus was overflowing with passengers due to delay in service. Is this a joke

you expect someone who has been on the job 0 days to instantly change a system that has more problems than a rabbit cornered in a wolf's den?

**downtownguy** · January-14-14, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by stasu1213

First day on the job and tje busses were runnung slow under the new director of DDot. THE GRATIOT bus was overflowing with passengers due to delay in service. Is this a joke

You can't be serious, are you? Besides, the Crain's article I read said he would start by Jan. 15. Give him at least until Friday before you start critiquing his progress.

**toddperk** · January-14-14, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by Cincinnati_Kid

That's how it use to be in Detroit when I was growing up in the 60's and early to mid 70's. The snow was always plowed, until the crooks slowly started emptying the cookie jar.

to be fair, the crooks started way before that. there was just so much money left we didn't notice until then :-)