13 Detroit mayoral candidates sound off during televised debate ["Conservatives want city jewels"]

FOX2 Detroit ^ | Jul 30, 2013 | Taryn Asher

[kevcol]

Things got heated when they started speaking about the emergency manager and whether they could work with him. Candidate Krystal Crittendon came out and said she would not.

"I am going to say something that you will not hear my running mates say. If elected, I will fire Kevyn Orr," Crittendon said.

"How would you fire him when he doesn't report to you without creating chaos in the city?" she was asked.

"If you don't think that there is chaos now, you haven't been paying attention. The emergency manager right now cannot do anything in city government if the employees who are appointed by the mayor and respond to the mayor do not allow him to do it," Crittendon responded.

"The law is the law, and we are obliged to follow the law. How are you going to fire somebody and you don't have the authority?
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There were a lot of jabs from Tom Barrow, who called himself Mayor Bing 2.0.

"Conservatives want the city's jewels and to bust our unions, privatize city functions and steal our pensions. Resolute I have been strong against them. Before you are the faces of those conservatives masquerading here as objective panelists," he said at one point.

[kevcol]

Detroit mayor candidate Krystal Crittendon

...as for Tom Barrow, another quote: "No my fellow Detroiters, you must never stop resisting for now Detroit, we will be given a Master…makes no difference the color of the face in front of you, for behind that face is the true Master. No my fair minded fellow Detroiters everywhere, while I am saddened, I am also angry for we are being falsely oppressed based upon a phony…faux…non-existent fiscal emergency rooted in an unjust law which is nothing short of a Jim Crowesque abuse of law."

[BerniesFriend]

Future looks bright for Detroit. /sarc

[henkster]

Krystal is most definitely “a woman of substance.”

[chasio649]

What? Where? Huh? I don’t understand.....I’m lost.

[cripplecreek]

Bunch of morons. The GOP has protected those "jewels" from being stolen by you. These idiots are like crack addicts who don't want you to buy them a meal, they want a blank check instead.



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[bassmaner]

Whistling past the graveyard ...

[edcoil]

It is impossible for a thinking person to understand this level of total stupidity. Don’t feel like the Lone Ranger.

[albie]

“LoserPaloozaFest”

[onedoug]

There must still be money in Detroit to be stol...uh, made.

[MeshugeMikey]

she has at least as much substance as revrant sharpton used to carry around wif em!

now THERES the MAYOR for DEETROIT!!!!

[Navy Patriot]

Tom Barrow: "No my fellow Detroiters, you must never stop resisting for now Detroit, we will be given a Master...

Sorry Tom and Krystal, Detroit and all it's occupants have had a Plantation Master for a Century now, it's the DemoKKKrat party plantation with the DemoKKKrat Master de jure that you willingly serve.

You can't fix stupid, Tom and Krystal.

[blueunicorn6]

You have 13 people who want to be mayor of Detroit? Detroit? The bankrupt city? Grave robbers.

[Tupelo]

Detroit and the political establishment reaction has the makings of the best unreality show ever.
I have seen several Detroit city “leaders” on TV and they are funnier than anything Hollywood could ever produce.
Is anyone filming this? Please, please say YES.

[Einherjar]

If elected, I will fire Kevyn Orr,” Crittendon said.

Oh...........now i get it.

[Larry Lucido]

I’m confused. Is this the same Tom Barrow that once sounded quite coherent back when he took on Coleman Young in the mayor’s race? Has he since gone crazy?

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[Vigilanteman]

The only cure for DetROT is to sign a 50 year lease with the Chi-Coms to make it a special administrative region like Hong Kong in return for debt reduction.

As a condition of that lease, they have to keep all the inhabitants who can continue to elect their looting politicians while the ChiComs actually administer the place.

Detroit residents are not allowed to vote in U.S. national or Michigan elections, only local, for the duration of the lease.

[ScottinVA]

I am also angry for we are being falsely oppressed based upon a phony…faux…non-existent fiscal emergency rooted in an unjust law which is nothing short of a Jim Crowesque abuse of law."

In a backhanded way, I agree. Screw it... no bankruptcy action, no bailout, no restructuring of debt, no NOTHING. Let that garish, POS eyesore go to sh*t like it so richly deserves. Just put a big wall around it. Eff 'em all.

[cripplecreek]

If we had a decent US Attorney general we could fix Detroit virtually overnight by locking city hall down and seizing all records. The corruption is incredible and right out in the open.

[ScottinVA]

Detoilet needs to crumble and fail under its own weight, as a stinking, rotting reminder of the “fruits” of liberal governance.