Rare is the person who doesn't have a friend who left behind a mess.

In the case of Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield, that person is Brian McKinney, CEO of Gayanga, the demolition company accused of using polluted dirt to fill holes in Detroit neighborhoods.

It's bad enough Sheffield's votes as City Council president to approve more than $4 million in city contracts for McKinney while they were dating became an issue late in the mayor's race — a controversy that didn't stop Sheffield from winning 77% of the vote.

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