Thursday, March 3, 2011

"Never Be Ashamed Of Who You Are..."

Charles Pugh, Detroit City Council President


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Charles Pugh (born August 3, 1971 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American television journalist and politician, who was elected council president of Detroit City Council in Detroit's city elections in 2009. Pugh is best known for his early career as the news anchor on the WJBK, the Fox affiliate from 1999 to 2009.

A former news anchor for WJBK, Pugh resigned from the station in March 2009 to pursue his political campaign. He won the most votes of any council candidate on election day, giving him the title of council president, despite a controversy late in the campaign when he acknowledged that he had been struggling financially and his home had been foreclosed.

Pugh, who came out as gay in 2004, is the city's first openly gay elected official.


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