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			<title><![CDATA[Conyers wants to sign-off on future security OT]]></title>
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			<author>(Christine MacDonald)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Council President Monica Conyers sent a memo to her colleagues today saying she now will approve all overtime for council security.
The move comes a day after news broke that police protection overtime for the panel has soared more than 100 percent since council Conyers took over in September.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:57 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hot water deepens for pal of ex-mayor]]></title>
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			<author>(David Josar)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Bobby Ferguson, a city contractor and a crony of former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, is continuing to get into hot water as he faces two court dates this month in 36th District Court stemming from an alleged speeding incident on his 1991 Harley-Davidson.
At around 9 p.m. on Sept. 6, Ferguson was stopped]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:43 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Campaign pamphlets run from slick to Xeroxed]]></title>
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			<author>(David Josar)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[There is a difference between high-profile and low-profile when it comes to candidates running to fill the rest of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's term in office this year.
Just compare a piece of campaign literature put out by state Rep. Coleman A. Young II, running for his father's old job, and one put]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 9:32 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Help with taxes for Annivory Calvert?]]></title>
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			<author>(Leonard N. Fleming)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[The City Hall Insider was watching when viewers of Annivory Calvert's TV and radio show on WHPR-TV (Channel 33) and 88.1 FM offered some holiday largess to the tax-strapped mother of state Rep. Coleman Young II. Both mother and son have vowed to eventually pay the bill.

Several callers to the]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 2:34 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Year means tough cuts for Cockrel]]></title>
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			<author>(Christine MacDonald)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[All appears quiet at City Hall today as most wait to say goodbye to 2008.
But Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. spent the last morning of the year in his office with staffers reworking his plan to attack a potential $300 million deficit.
Chief Financial Officer Joe Harris and adviser Victor Marsh arrived]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:57 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Second televised mayoral debate is set]]></title>
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			<author>(Leonard N. Fleming)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Stanley M. Christmas, D. Etta Wilcoxon, state Rep. Coleman Young II and the Rev. Nicholas Hood III will debate on Jan. 7 in the second of four mayoral debates on WADL-TV Channel 38, the City Hall Insider has learned.

The event, which was originally scheduled for Jan. 6 but delayed for one day]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 3:15 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ficano surveys Detroit mayoral candidates]]></title>
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			<author>(David Josar)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano this week has sent out a three-page questionnaire to all the candidates for Detroit mayor.
He is seeking their written responses detailing their views on public safety, finances, schools and public trust.
"We want to get something on the record," he told the]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 3:00 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Conyers with the candidates]]></title>
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			<author>(Leonard N. Fleming)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Some of the mayoral candidates have been summoned in secret to meet with U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, to talk to them about their candidacies and plans for Detroit, the City Hall Insider has learned.
 
A representative for Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr., former City Councilman Nicholas Hood III]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 7:08 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hood, Hendrix tackle education]]></title>
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			<author>(Darren Nichols)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[The Detroit Public Schools has gotten a lot of attention lately, and it's generating a buzz on the campaign trail.

The Rev. Nicholas Hood III rolled out his vision for the district  while handing out 50 turkeys at Barbour Magnet Middle School on the city's east side.

His plan calls for]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:18 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fix Detroit: Get the Olympics]]></title>
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			<author>(Darren Nichols)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Tons of ideas are floating around on how to fix Detroit, but lesser-known candidate Joe Holt thinks he has the answer: Dust off 40-year-old plans from the Jerry Cavanaugh administration for Detroit to host an Olympics.

The former mayor made a pitch to host the 1968 games, a bid that was]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 1:21 PM</pubDate>
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