Department of Elections Holds NeighborHOOD Forum in New Center Area
On Friday, May 7,2013 the Department of Elections held an event at the New Center Park amphitheater. This evening candidates were able to talk and mingle casually with prospective voters within the city of Detroit. This forum much like many taking place around the area are placing candidates in front of the citizens. However, this particular evening their focus weren’t the seasoned citizens but the growing and vibrant voters ages 18-35, also known as Generation Y.
Detroit is currently under the control of an emergency financial manager. In an article written up on Bloomberg, it stated that “Detroit is caught in a downward spiral of revenue from shrinking tax base–it has lost two-thirds of its postwar peak population—while unemployment at 18 percent is twice the state level”.
The primary election is coming up in August. Where candidates hope to win and bring forth a change and relieve the financial manager of his duties. Mayoral hopeful Lisa L. Howze is one of them along with Mike Duggan which both were present during this event along with a few other mayoral candidates.
The event was not just for those running for the mayor’s office, but all branches of the Detroit government.
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