Community fumes after author names Duggan a Black Bottom Saint in project to honor historic Detroit By Randy Wimbley and FOX 2 Staff Published Detroiters fuming over Mayor Duggan considered a Black Bottom Saint by author The author is accused of stepping out of bounds by offering to portray Mayor Mike Duggan - a white man - as a Black Bottom Saint. The author is accused of stepping out of bounds by offering to portray Mayor Mike Duggan - a white man - as a "Black Bottom Saint." "We’re not coming in asking to be saints of the Irish, or anything like that, so don’t come over here and try to be a saint of Black Bottom," said Nicole Small.