Mike Duggan will be Detroit’s next mayor, but will he take on Detroit’s emergency manager? Story Transcript JAISAL NOOR, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Jaisal Noor in Baltimore. The Motor City has a new mayor, and his name is Mike Duggan. He’s Detroit’s first white mayor in decades, and he’ll be […]
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Krystal A. Crittendon was born and raised in the city of Detroit. She was educated in the Detroit Public Schools and graduated from Cass Technical High School in 1981. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Wayne State University and her juris doctor from the Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University) in 1994. Prior to earning her law degree, Ms. Crittendon worked as a Caseworker for the State of Michigan’s Department of Social Services, where she worked while attending law school at night. Upon completion of the bar examination, Ms. Crittendon was hired in 1994 by the City of Detroit Law Department as a staff attorney. She is a former Executive Board Member of UAW PAA Local 2211. Ms. Crittendon held several positions within the department and was appointed Corporation Counsel by then-Interim Mayor Kenneth V. Cockrel, Jr. in January of 2009. Ms. Crittendon was then appointed Corporation Counsel by Mayor Dave Bing in May of 2009 and reappointed by Mayor Bing in January of 2010. Ms. Crittendon served as Corporation Counsel until January of 2013. In January of 2013, Ms. Crittendon announced that she would be a candidate for Mayor of Detroit in the 2013 Detroit Mayoral Primary. She finished third out of thirteen candidates in the August Primary Election.Â