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Many City Council candidates have blemished records The Detroit News

22.07.09

"One thing it says is that democracy is at work where anyone can run for offices," said Dale Thomson, director of the Institute for Local Government at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, which teamed with Detroit Public TV to put candidate interviews on the Internet and on the air.

"But when you have 167 candidates you can't screen them out. I think everyone is pretty passionate, but I also think you have some folks who are just looking for a job."

The majority of the candidates don't have such blemished backgrounds. The records of those who do, however, raise questions about whether they can oversee Detroit's troubled finances if they couldn't successfully manage their lives. The candidates say their experiences give them unique perspective on the city's problems.

Topping the list of those with financial problems is Donald C. Goodson, who, according to liens on file in Wayne and Oakland counties and Arizona, owes $1.44 million in unpaid income tax and unemployment insurance taxes. Goodson also filed for bankruptcy in 1994.

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