Hopes of ousting Warren Mayor Fouts may hinge on one man
Hopes of ousting Warren Mayor Jim Fouts in the November election may hinge on one man former state lawmaker Steve Bieda.
As the Tuesday deadline nears for mayoral hopefuls to file for candidacy, opponents of Fouts are encouraging Bieda, a popular Democrat, to run.
No formidable candidates have filed as of Friday afternoon.
In the past two elections, Fouts won with more than 80 percent of the vote the largest margins of victory in the citys history.
But since his last election victory in 2015, Fouts has been plagued with scandals and allegations of cronyism and racism. In a series of damaging recordings released to the media since 2017, Fouts has compared black people to chimps, called older women dried-up c**ts, used a gay slur, and mocked people with disabilities and women who have been abused.
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