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Public-Employee Union Troubles in Detroit

On Tuesday, voters in Detroit trudged to the polls and re-elected 65-year-old Mayor Dave Bing, giving him five new city council members to accomplish a mission impossible: bring Michigan's biggest city back from near death. Full Article at Carpe Diem

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  1. Voting by district is one of the most important issues ... It would be more representative of the city. You will get to see everybody. It would be more inclusive.
    – Bill Paxton SOURCE: Detroit News Online 3 weeks ago
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  3. We voted for those people, but I felt humiliated they would do something like that
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