Council President Mary Sheffield and Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr.

Mary Sheffield's image she's tried to nurture doesn't quite align with her political donations, Detroit Free Press columnist M.L. Elrick writes on Sunday.

Elrick writes:

Sheffield, for example, has spent much of her 12 years on council cultivating an image as a progressive — a champion for The People and a problem for billionaire developers and others seeking tax breaks to build downtown while ignoring the neighborhoods.

Yet her campaign finance report shows she is the establishment's choice.

Elrick notes that some of Sheffield's supporters include mortgage mogul Dan Gilbert and banker/developer Gary Torgow, and that Sheffield has been far more successful at raising funds than her opponent, Rev. Solomon Kinloch with nearly

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