The Detroit Free Press reports that 45 percent of Mayor Mike Duggan's high-ranking officials live outside the city.
The Freep notes:
- The leader of Detroit’s public transit system lives in a different time zone, roughly 300 miles away from the city in a Chicago suburb.
- The official overseeing city property assessments resides with his wife more than 100 miles from Detroit, outside of Lansing.
- And the home of Detroit’s second-in-command, the deputy mayor, is in Farmington Hills.
This of course comes at a time the mayor is trying to lure people to live in the city and stabalize its population.
"This administration recruits the finest talent from across Michigan and from across the United States,” Duggan spokesman John Roach said in an email to the Freep. “The talent and commitment to deliver services for Detroiters has always been the single overriding requirement for being part of this team, and we make no apology for that.”
