Triumph Church pastor Rev. Solomon Kinloch said he wouldn’t run a negative campaign, but his statements about his opponent in the last few weeks have been anything but positive.

On Monday, in response to reporting from the Detroit Free Press that questions whether city council president Mary Sheffield broke city ethics rules by requesting and accepting six Jeezy tickets from Comerica Bank. The city charter strictly prohibits elected officials from taking gifts.

Detroit Corporation Counsel Conrad Mallet said Monday there was no ethics violation. Mallet is a longtime ally of Mayor Mike Duggan, who has endorsed Sheffield.

“Detroiters still carry the scars of systemic corruption,” Kinloch said in a press release Monday. “That culture of corruption bankrupted our city and destroyed public

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