Detroit’s Lighting Mess Convinced Mayor’s Wife to Allow Husband to Run for Office

DETROIT, MI — Mayor Mike Duggan immersed himself in the details of the city’s dysfunctional public lighting system after being elected last fall, and now he’s presenting a plan to bring neighborhoods out of the dark in a series of community meetings.

Angry complaints about broken streetlights and dangerously dark neighborhoods have been a staple of public meetings in Detroit for years. Read more.