Deadline Detroit | Rev. Kinloch: “Mayor Mike Duggan Doesn't Get the Right to Decide his Successor'

Mayor Mike Duggan’s Wednesday endorsement of City Council President Mary Sheffield for mayor drew a pointed response from her opponent in the race.

“Mayor Mike Duggan doesn't get the right to decide his successor," Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. posted on Facebook on Wednesday. "The voters in Detroit will determine the next Mayor in November. "

Kinloch went on to take a shot at Sheffield's accomplishments.

"We don’t have coronations. A mayoral endorsement won’t stop the violence in our streets. It won’t ensure a better education or create more opportunities for our children. After 12 years on the Detroit City Council—and 4 more as Council President—if you haven’t fixed it by now, you’re not going to. Detroit doesn’t need recycled ideas or the same politics that have left too many neighborhoo