Councilman Higgins,

When you voted to hire Steve Duchane as Lincoln Park's first City Manager, did you know that he had lied about his education as recently as 2000 when he applied for an ethics instructor position at Oakland University?

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Yes- I think we all did . That being said I think we all make mistakes and he has made a few. Belive me when I say I will keep an eye on everything he is doing at city hall. if I feel anything is not above board I will not be afraid to let evryone know.

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This is Councilman Higgin's thread, but since he answered the question, I feel I must comment.

I believe we use the term "mistake" way too liberally in this day and age. It has become an excuse for deliberate acts. To me a "mistake" is when you are filling out a form and accidently check the wrong box. A "lie" is when you purposely give incorrect information on that form.

Not only did Mr Duchane claim in his interview with Sterling Heights that he had a degree, he repeated it for years. It even got to the point where he claimed to have a PhD. It was an out and out lie.

He has a history of directly lying regarding information about his background. He claimed to have played football at EMU when he never even when to the school.

There is more to this than "making a mistake" There is a deep psychological problem here. It is as if he is compelled to be untruthful. To constantly say things to make him appear better than he is. I am not a psychologist, but I have to believe he is suffering from an inferiority complex. With all that he has accomplished with his life he still has the need to make himself appear to be more than he is.

If I were on the council, everytime I had a conversation with this man, I would have to wonder if he was completely honest with me. This is not good when dealing with someone in a position of trust.

From the different psychology courses I have taken and the books I have read, I do not believe Mr Duchane can help himself when it comes to being untruthful. Especially when it comes to information regarding himself.

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Sometimes a simple lie becomes a truth in the liers mind.

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Mr. Higgins, I beleive you when you say you will look out for the City first and if you see any wrong doing on Mr. Duchanes part. however please don't take this the wrong way, but quite frankly you are out of your league!! You are new to politics, and I think you are getting better, but have a lot to learn yet, a few more terms on coucil and you'll be an old pro, but Mr. Duchane is a real pro, and knows all the ins and outs and can turn things around on you rather quickly, especially when working in conjuction with his 3 amiegos Brown, Vaslo, Kandes, so my recomendation to you would be to watch your back!!! Keep notes dates and times anytime you have dealings any of them, even keeping a small tape recorder in your pocket for your own protection might be wise.

I hope that Mr. Duchane has learned his lesson, and maybe he will turn LP around, reguardless of his antics in SH, you have to be blind to not see that he left that City in far better shape than LP is, which is why I still have some hope he will do it here, but until then if I were you I would watch my back.

Rocky

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There are clincial words for that and it's called Pathological Liars or pseudologia fantastica.

Here are some links about Pathological Liars:

http://www.healthyplace.com/Radio/a...gical_liars.htm

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_094b.html

http://www.osric.com/university/pathlying.html


Here are some links about Pseudologia Fantastica:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...9&dopt=Abstract


http://www.aapel.org/bdp/BLlieUS.html

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Thanks for responding, Councilman Higgins.

I have to agree with DonDiego that a mistake is something done unintentionally. I realize you may see it as an unintential lapse in judgement, but Duchane's history and demonstrated pattern shows that this lie was one in a long list.

Perhaps you could explain a bit further how you saw that lie as a mistake.

And then maybe you could explain the other lies as mistakes as well. Of course, I'm assuming that 1) you were aware of the other lies as well and that 2) you considered those lies "mistakes" also.

Thanks in advance.

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Councilman Higgins beware! once Duchane has no use for you. You will become a target. Councilman Higgins do you realize that his lies cost Sterling Heights taxpayers 31 million dollars? More than your city's entire budget? Also we are just now finding out by independent audits that Duchane has performed Enron tactics with our budget. Anyways you should know that Duchane runs his mouth down here that Lincoln Parkers are nothing more than a bunch of dumb hicks! he will also be taking the stand in the insurance trial of the damages and the insurance lawyers are licking their chops to do so.

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Also Councilman Higgins, were you aware of findings of the court in the Freedomhill/Sterling Hieghts case when you voted yes to hire Duchane? Findings like these:


And:
And:

These findings by the court show some very disturbing actions involving Duchane, wouldn't you agree?

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Precisely why it angers me that people are afraid to stand up against the "machine".

The "machine" can do it's darndest to put you in a headlock...but they only wind up being sued for millions of dollars.

I can only hope that people wake up and smell the coffee: Nobody can strongarm you into being silent but yourself.

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