Thursday, August 6, 2009

Congrats, Charles Pugh!


City council candidate, Charles Pugh just became a top contender for the nine at-large city council seats in Detroit.

Charles finished first in a Detroit primary, beating out more than 160 candidates. He advances to the November 3 primary, where he and 17 other top primary folks go for the glory.

And he's openly gay, BTW.

I wish him luck.


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4 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 6, 2009 at 11:32 AM

    Great to hear, and best of luck to Mr. Charles Pugh.

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  2. BLKSeaGoatAugust 6, 2009 at 12:19 PM

    I wish I could be happier abut this, but it's wel... Detroit. The city is beyond any help that a full purging of all incumbents can only fix.

    So while I congratulate Mr. Pugh on his victory, I think the lss than 16% total voter turnout is a telling sign that even the people of Detroit have given up on their city.

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  3. BobAugust 6, 2009 at 12:30 PM

    That good news.
    The more we are out and open and in places of power the less we will be ignored or ostracized or treated as second-class citizens.

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  4. Ron BuckmireAugust 6, 2009 at 3:09 PM

    Yeah,I also am loving this...If DETROIT can have an openly gay city councilmember who is Black what up with ATLANTA, DC, CHICAGO, etc etc

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