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  • Detroit mayor rekindles tensions between city and suburbs

    09/19/2005 12:08:07 AM PDT · by Extremely Extreme Extremist · 28 replies · 1,669+ views
    WFRV.COM ^ | 09-19-2005 | BREE FOWLER, AP
    Monday September 19, 2005 By BREE FOWLER Associated Press Writer DETROIT (AP) At a time when Detroit needs its suburbs more than ever, the long-standing rivalry between the city and its surrounding towns is hitting another rough patch. Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, facing a tough re-election fight, last week caused a controversy when he singled out two school districts in neighboring Oakland County as having higher rates of drug use than Detroit's. ``In Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills and all these places, they do more meth, they do more Ecstasy and they do more acid than all the schools in the city...