In an economy as tough as Michigan's, where job losses have been increasing, the conventional narrative is that it is difficult to do business here because people are struggling to make ends meet.But that is not what one Detroit entrepreneur believes. Hot Sams is a men's clothing store housed at the Compuware building in downtown Detroit.

Detroit City Council President Kenneth Cockrel Jr., incoming Detroit mayor, sat down with senior editor Bankole Thompson for an exclusive interview on the day that outgoing mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pled guilty to felony charges and announced his resignation. In the interview the former Detroit City Council president said his first task would be getting a handle on the city’s finances.