Back in October, a 65-year-old voter and lifetime Detroiter who participated in a Deadline Detroit poll on the mayoral race said he would leave the city if Mike Duggan was not elected.
“I think at this time, Detroit is ready for a change, someone who can push that through,” said Oliver Sanders Jr. “We need a change in a different direction, someone who can really inspire.”
"If things don’t change I have to leave.”
Now, several weeks later, Duggan, who promoted himself as the "turn around" guy is poised to take office, and Detroit News editorial page editor Nolan Finley has noticed that Duggan is trying to temper expectations:
Mike Duggan got voters excited about his turnaround wizardry during the mayoral campaign. Now he’s working to make sure that excitement doesn’t turn into unrealistic expectations.
Finley writes that Duggan has found it difficult to contain his excitement about the job, and mentioned his recent appearance at The Detroit News Forum on Public Policy at Wayne State University.
Still, he noted that Duggan mentioned Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr will decide how much power he has, what he gets to do, and when.
“The reality I’m facing is I don’t have any authority to do it,” Duggan said. “Whether I like it or not, the emergency manager law has vested in the governor and the emergency manager the right to run the city of Detroit.” -- Allan Lengel
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