Ex-Washington D.C. Mayor Is Frontrunner To Become Detroit's Emergency Manager

Guess Who Might Be Detroit Emergency Manager
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 11: Former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams attends BET Honors 2013: Debra Lee Pre-Dinner at The Library of Congress on January 11, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for BET)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 11: Former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams attends BET Honors 2013: Debra Lee Pre-Dinner at The Library of Congress on January 11, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for BET)

Former Washington D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, widely credited as the architect of his city’s improbable financial turnaround in the 1990s, is the favored candidate to become emergency manager of Detroit in what would be one of the largest-ever municipal takeovers, the Motor City Muckraker has learned in interviews with city and state officials.

Gov. Rick Snyder plans to appoint an emergency manager, ideally within two months because he and other state officials say Mayor Dave Bing and City Council have failed for a year to make significant cuts in the wake of a fiscal crisis, we revealed Wednesday.

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