Next Det mayor faces crisis, public trust issues
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090116/capt.b077e9d658054e9fb4220628002d1c96.detroit_mayors_race_dt201.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=U1YmUl0e_04pYCpf.9vb8Q--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Candidates for the office of Detroit mayor are shown. Top row from left are Freman Hendrix, Dave Bing, and Ken Cockrel Jr. Bottom row from left are Warren Evans, Nicholas Hood III and Sharon McPhail. The city's former mayor is serving a four-month jail sentence. Its deficit could top $200 million. Hundreds of layoffs are planned. And Detroit's municipal bonds are now at junk status. The upcoming special nonpartisan February primary to fill the remainder of Kwame Kilpatrick's second term could well be one of the most pivotal elections in city history. (AP Photo)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090116/ap_on_re_us/detroit_mayor_s_race)AP - The city's former mayor is serving a four-month jail sentence. Its deficit could top $200 million. Hundreds of layoffs are planned. And Detroit's municipal bonds are now at junk status.</p><br clear="all"/>
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