Deadline Detroit | Mayoral Candidate Rev. Solomon Kinloch's Detroit Churches Owe About $30,000 in Water Bills. Should We Care?

Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr.

Detroit mayoral candidate Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. heads Triumph Church, which operates seven churches in Southeast Michigan and boasts 40,000 members. The two churches in Detroit collectively have a past-due water bill of nearly $30,000 from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department and are currently on a payment plan.

Community and political activist Robert Davis, who shared with Deadline Detroit the billing information he obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, insists the past-due payments are relevant to the race.

"Rev. Solomon Kinloch has made the success and growth of his vibrant church the centerpiece of his mayoral campaign," he said. "Triumph Church's apparent inability to pay its utility bills owed to the city of Detroit is a bad reflection on