Duehay explains his various commitments are in line because government is a "seamless web" with interrelated issues.
For example, "the defense budget is very, very important," Duehay says. "The more that's spent on the military budget, the less that's spent on urban programs."
Duehay at Work
Ackermann says the development of community schools in the late 1960s and the expansion of the Red Line are two places where Duehay's approach was key.
"He would identify a goal, and realize that it would take time [to develop the backing and resources necessary to achieve that goal," she says. "He was not a talker, he was a doer, and he was a doer who realized he could not do anything overnight."
Looking back, Duehay says his biggest achievements were the roles he played in stabilizing the city's management and in affordable housing.
When he first arrived on the council, the city had had five or six city managers within a six-year period.
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