I found Mayor Duggan's recent State of the City interesting for couple of reasons. First there was an impressive listing of achievements, such as the Jefferson Stellantis [fka Chrysler] plant, where the address was given, and how the hiring of Detroiters there and in other workplaces was achieved. Second was how the speech doubled as a campaign promo for this year's mayoral race.

Along with the many positives, he finessed the negatives, such as 2021 spike in the murder rate, showing it to be a nationwide phenomenon with Detroit's rise being less than many other cities. On the issue of the poverty rate he cited that it had fallen from 40 to 30% with the consequent decline of Detroit in 'worst of' listings.

Would you re-elect him? See for yourselves. Here it is; you'll need to scrub forward 12 minutes to get the start of the speech.