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Poll: Detroit voters ready to toss incumbents

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Published Oct. 29, 2009 at 6:27 p.m.

Detroit --The final poll on Tuesday's City Council election indicates that all but two incumbents could be in trouble and Kenneth Cockrel Jr.'s presidency could be in jeopardy ...

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Pay cuts inevitable for Detroit workers

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Published Aug. 10, 2009 at 3:43 p.m.

In less than a year, Detroit has had two mayors and both have proposed unpopular pay cuts when they are months away from seeking reelection.Both former Interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. and current mayor Dave Bing have warned in their first months in office that unless they impose 10-20 percent pay cuts to unionized and [ ... ] ...

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Cockrel seeks police probe of items missing from Conyers' office

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Published Aug. 7, 2009 at 7:47 p.m.
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Detroit -- Detroit City Council President Kenneth Cockrel Jr. formally asked the Detroit Police Department on Friday to investigate thousands of dollars in equipment missing from the council office of Monica Conyers ...

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Council candidates Pugh, Cockrel lead Detroit polls

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Published July 31, 2009 at 9:40 a.m.

Days before Detroit’s general election primary, some candidates are pulling ahead in the polls. Former journalist Charles Pugh leads the pack of 167 candidates with 65 percent voter support, according to a poll conducted by political consultant Mark Grebner. Coming in at a close second is current City Council President Kenneth Cockrel Jr.At the bottom [ ... ] ...

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Pugh, Cockrel lead poll of favored Detroit council candidates

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Published July 24, 2009 at 12:32 p.m.

Detroit -- A poll by an East Lansing political consultant puts former Fox 2 reporter Charles Pugh and Council President Kenneth Cockrel Jr. on top of the 167-person city council race, with a little more than a week to go before the Aug. 4 primary ...

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Monica Conyers’ political career likely finished following guilty plea

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Published June 26, 2009 at 11:07 a.m.

In a still developing story, the career of Detroit City Council member Monica Conyers, wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers, is essentially done. After pleading guilty to bribery charges Friday morning, members of the city council have called on their colleague, who could face five years in prison, to resign.The council’s president, Kenneth Cockrel Jr., [ ... ] ...

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Cockrel out of the Detroit mayor race

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Published May 12, 2009 at 4:57 p.m.

DETROIT — City Council President and former interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. isn’t ready to gamble his council career on another mayoral run ... Cockrel entered the Detroit Department of Elections Tuesday afternoon around 3:15 p.m. before the 4 p.m. deadline to file petitions for Detroit City Council.Last week businessman Dave Bing unseated Cockrel in [ ... ] ...

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Conyers to leave council president role for Cockrel

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Published May 9, 2009 at 7:32 p.m.
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Detroit -- Monica Conyers told The News she will return to the City Council as president pro tem on Monday, stepping aside so Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. can return as council president ...

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Cockrel to resume Detroit Council presidency

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Published May 8, 2009 at 5:47 p.m.
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Kenneth Cockrel Jr. will return to his post as City Council president, the council's research director said in a two-page memo issued Friday saying the city charter allows Cockrel to resume the post after serving as interim mayor ...

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Will Monica Conyers take Cockrel to court again?

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Published May 8, 2009 at 2:04 p.m.

When Dave Bing won Tuesday’s special mayoral election in Detroit, city council leaders had to go back to their original posts to allow interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. to return to his job on city council president. But Monica Conyers, who served as president in Cockrel’s absence, isn’t ready to give up her post as [ ... ] ...

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