Detroit's Next Mayor, Worried Yet?

[stinkytofu]

He will be the number 1 top pick if he does decide to run. He was instrumental on getting the Meyer to open on Jefferson when the plans was dead in the water after the connected condos debacle

Agreed. If he jumps in, I don't love him - but he'd be my #1. Would feel most comfortable that he could keep the progress going.

[CassTechGrad]

"Boston has more people than Detroit [[quite a change from when I was a kid) and last year had 24 homicides, the lowest number since 1957. Detroit is getting much better, hats off to the DPD and Mayor Duggan, but last year still had 203.[/QUOTE]

Could someone please explain in detail what policy she put in place which led to the decrease in homoicides in Boston....Now with that being said, I believe that every mayor should take credit for the good, the bad, and the ugly that happens on their watch regardless of the cause.

[Henry Whalley]

...Nine and counting now.

A bowtie politician who wants reparations. What could go wrong?

[mwilbert]

"Boston has more people than Detroit [[quite a change from when I was a kid) and last year had 24 homicides, the lowest number since 1957. Detroit is getting much better, hats off to the DPD and Mayor Duggan, but last year still had 203.

Could someone please explain in detail what policy she put in place which led to the decrease in homoicides in Boston....Now with that being said, I believe that every mayor should take credit for the good, the bad, and the ugly that happens on their watch regardless of the cause.

[/QUOTE]

First, she didn't do it by herself. She hasn't been mayor all that long. The basic policies have been in place for decades--it's the usual stuff--targeted policing in areas at high risk of homicide, community outreach to try do de-escalate conflicts before they result in killings. One of the things we've seen in a number of cities, including Detroit I'd say, is that as you keep good policies in place over time, you get continued reductions in homicide.

See https://www.vera.org/news/bostons-ho...a-historic-low

I'm not trying to hold her up as a paragon; I'm more reacting to
the comment that seemed to me to imply that she's one of a group of mayors who are sacrificing public safety in order to make some other political point, perhaps with respect to immigration. That simply isn't true.