Former Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker said Monday he is not a candidate to become the emergency manager of Detroit, disputing published reports to the contrary.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced March 1 he would name an emergency manager as soon as the end of the month to take control of the financially troubled Motor City, which is teetering on bankruptcy.
Snyder reportedly has a short list of candidates for the job. Published reports beginning in February, including by Reuters, placed Baker on it. A Democrat, Baker spent 13 years as Georgia’s AG until 2010, when he left office after an unsuccessful run for governor.
The reports are not true, Baker told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in an email Monday.
“I am NOT a candidate for the emergency manager job in Detroit,” he wrote, using his own emphasis. “Don’t know how this rumor got started but it is absolutely not true.”
Baker is a partner in powerhouse law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge. He keeps offices in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., with a practice focused on corporate compliance and public policy.
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