Who fathered/mothered Detroit's leadership culture?

[mjs]

I don't know if I agree that McNamara's group wasn't in the city proper or didn't have a major influence on it. The Kilpatrick family wouldn't be here if it weren't for McNamara and Kilpatrick involves a former Mayor, a Congressperson, and a non-elected major political mover. The family is closely tied to the Govenor. Wayne County government, putting alot of its resources into Detroit, having alot of its voters in Detroit, being located in Detroit, and attending all the major Detroit events, tends to keep these guys seeing each other day to day. The WC Exec's office is just a few hundred feet from CAYMC where County civil business functions shares a building with the city heads. They even share bars and a parking garage.

McNamara won his first County wide election with money from Livonia developers. He was the Mayor of Livonia for crying out loud. Was it really that hard to see that would create the risk of a pay-to-play attitude?