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2017-08-04 Home Front: Politix

Half of Detroit’s 8 mayoral candidates are felons

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Posted by Fred 2017-08-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Half are convicted felons. The other half have not yet gone to trial.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-08-04 04:11|| 2017-08-04 04:11|| Front Page Top

#2 One token white dude

Posted by Frank G 2017-08-04 07:42|| 2017-08-04 07:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Under state election law, convicted felons can vote and run for office as long as they are not incarcerated or guilty of certain fraud-related offenses, or crimes involving a breach of the public trust.

Damn, that is a low standard. I guess they had to lower the bar so they would have anyone running in Detroit. Please don't tell me all these candidates are Democrats.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-08-04 07:53|| 2017-08-04 07:53|| Front Page Top

#4 (they) have been convicted of felony crimes involving drugs, assault or weapons, a Detroit News analysis shows. Three were charged with gun crimes and two for assault with intent to commit murder. Some of the offenses date back decades, the earliest to 1977. The most recent was in 2008

Turning their lives around - on taxpayer dollars

Posted by Frank G 2017-08-04 08:52|| 2017-08-04 08:52|| Front Page Top

#5 One-quarter of Detroit's voters are dead.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2017-08-04 09:35|| 2017-08-04 09:35|| Front Page Top

#6 One-quarter of Detroit's voters are dead.
Only one quarter? Then at least another quarter are brain-dead.

Posted by Glenmore 2017-08-04 15:23|| 2017-08-04 15:23|| Front Page Top

#7 So, the candidates look like the town...

Posted by ed in texas 2017-08-04 18:29|| 2017-08-04 18:29|| Front Page Top

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