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			<title><![CDATA[Victor Mercado tells new bosses he's glad they're not the Detroit council]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Is Victor Mercado a Phil Collins fan? Because, like the '80s schmaltz-rock king, Mercado has said &quot;Hello, I Must Be Going!&quot; yet again to the D.

The City Hall Insider's big brother, Political Insider, reported Oct. 15 that Mercado was back in town working for the alphabet-soup firm of]]></description>
			<author>(Joel Kurth)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:34</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Detroit police rang her bell]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Residents have long complained that when they call Detroit Police, no one shows up or they're extremely late. So how would you respond if the police called you?

If you're Liz Blondy, owner of Canine to Five Dog Care on Cass Avenue, you might get &quot;very emotional&quot; and think you're]]></description>
			<author>(James Canning)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:58:47</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kilpatrick, Beatty owed money from D.C. hotel]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is having trouble making restitution next month, he might want to check out the Michigan Treasury's Unclaimed Property Division, rather than scouring his sofa for spare change.

The state is holding $375 apiece for Kilpatrick and Christine Beatty from]]></description>
			<author>(Joel Kurth)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:19:16</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jai-Lee Dearing in courtroom crowd during murder case]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Jai-Lee Dearing has been quiet since losing his latest bid for City Council, but the Insider couldn't help but noticing him this week in the courtroom for a Highland Park man accused of killing his 15-year-old son.

Dearing didn't want to discuss his presence at the hearings Tuesday and]]></description>
			<author>(Santiago Esparza)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:25:16</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[First perk for new council members: Free CCW classes]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Attention newly elected City Council members: If you want to pack heat, Rick Ector is your gun guy.

Displaying entrepreneurial and promotional grit that would make Barnum proud, the owner of Rick's Firearm Academy of Detroit is offering all council members free concealed weapons permit training]]></description>
			<author>(Joel Kurth)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:48:58</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sheila Cockrel AWOL for scolding reprise]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Councilman Kwame Kenyatta sounded off again Tuesday at his colleague Sheila Cockrel for bolting from a meeting Friday, preventing a quorum.
In doing so, the council was unable to take up a planned crackdown on strip clubs, which includes an alcohol ban and requirement that topless dancers wear]]></description>
			<author>(Christine MacDonald)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:16:07</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Former mayor name-checks bygone post-punk rockers]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kwame Kilpatrick's interview with The Final Call may be the talk of the town today, but it covered a line of reasoning he's perfected for years: (1) Don't call Christine Beatty a &quot;whore,&quot; you sexist pig. (2) The media are out to get me.(3) People don't like me because I am a strong man]]></description>
			<author>(Joel Kurth)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:15:19</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pugh calls police settlement 'extortion']]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In politics, it's said, there are no permanent friends or enemies, just permanent interest. Last week's election, though, brought the promise of a tight-knit Party of Five incoming council members: Charles Pugh, Gary Brown, Saunteel Jenkins, the Rev. Andre Spivey and James Tate.

The quintet]]></description>
			<author>(Jonathan Kinloch)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:11:05</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Saucy lyrics irk Martha Reeves; JoAnn Watson irked when catch phrase used against her]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As the final days tick by for the '05 council class, things are getting a little punchy on the 13th floor before the planned six-week recess Nov. 20.

Councilwoman Martha Reeves, whose four years on the panel end next month, this week said the city should take a cues from C. Delores Tucker and]]></description>
			<author>(Christine MacDonald)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:56:40</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Martha Reeves sings payday blues]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[At least six of the eight City Council members are feeling the same paycheck pain as many city workers, who have had to endure a 10 percent pay cut.
But Councilwoman Martha Reeves said Tuesday that she has not taken the cut because the Internal Revenue Service already garnishes most of her]]></description>
			<author>(Christine MacDonald)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:37:12</pubDate>
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