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Becoming mayor of a bankrupt city

As if one of the toughest jobs in politics wasn't hard enough.
Liz Farmer
May 19, 2023
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Bankrupt Chester’s beleaguered mayor is overwhelmingly defeated [Philadelphia Inquirer]

When Mike Duggan was elected mayor of Detroit in 2013, he and emergency manager Kevyn Orr ironed out a…

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