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| Detroit Apartment Locator Services : Detroit Apartments |  | Contents | |
| Law and Government |
| The city is run by the mayor and a nine member
city council, elected at large on a nonpartisan ballot. Municipal
elections are held every year congruent to 1 modulo 4 (e.g.,
1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, ...). The current mayor is Kwame
Kilpatrick. See also List of mayors of Detroit, Michigan. |
| Politics |
| As with most large urban centers in the United
States, Detroit consistently supports the U.S. Democratic Party.
No Republican has been elected mayor of Detroit in the past
40 years. |
| Widely considered a hot rising political star
when he won election in 2001, Democratic Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
has been dubbed "America's hip-hop mayor" because
of his fond appreciation for black youth culture. Since taking
office, however, the mayor and his administration have found
themselves dogged by ongoing accusations of scandal and impropriety.
Detroit's major media have relentlessly pursued the stories,
including reports of wild parties involving strippers at the
mayoral mansion [3] (http://www.freep.com/news/locway/probe15_20030515.htm),
though the mayor has strongly denied accusations of wrongdoing.
He has also been criticised for his lack in improving the city. |
| In 2004, following numerous scandals and legal
decisions, a court-ordered reorganization of the Detroit Police
Department was underway with supervision of the FBI. |
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