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Thadius -> Eek, Poor Kwame... (8/7/2008 8:00:30 AM)
This just in, at least on a sort of local front. Kwame Kilpatrick was just ordered to jail, I guess he decided to go to Canada without informing the courts... http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2008/08/detroit_mayor_kwame_kilpatrick_3.html This comes after he had another incident with assaulting a law enforcement officer. Edited: to fix the spelling, of the Mayor's name.

DarkSteven -> RE: Eek, Poor Kwame... (8/7/2008 6:41:20 PM)
I can't believe this clown. Adultery, inappropriate relations eith subordinates, lying under oath, and now this.

LadyHibiscus -> RE: Eek, Poor Kwame... (8/7/2008 7:53:47 PM)
See, THIS is why I don't watch the local news. Can you believe that this nimrod is serving his SECOND term in office?

ItzKat -> RE: Eek, Poor Kwame... (8/7/2008 8:04:37 PM)
How do these guys get into office?!

Irishknight -> RE: Eek, Poor Kwame... (8/8/2008 10:44:52 AM)
I thought he was just practicing for a term in the whitehouse.

camille65 -> RE: Eek, Poor Kwame... (8/8/2008 11:02:54 AM)
Shocking thing (at least to me) is that he still has supporters in Detroit. Some of the comments I read after reading articles about this just blew me away, poor Kwame being abused by Da Man.

Thadius -> RE: Eek, Poor Kwame... (8/8/2008 11:13:36 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: camille65 Shocking thing (at least to me) is that he still has supporters in Detroit. Some of the comments I read after reading articles about this just blew me away, poor Kwame being abused by Da Man. That is what my thoughts were when I read his lawyer's description of the newest charges..."he gently escorted him off the property"

westlandJeff -> RE: Eek, Poor Kwame... (8/8/2008 12:18:17 PM)
So if i confess to being Kwame supporter will anyone beat the senses into me?:)

Thadius -> RE: Eek, Poor Kwame... (8/8/2008 12:21:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: westlandJeff So if i confess to being Kwame supporter will anyone beat the senses into me?:) Not I, but I am sure we could arrange something. How do you feel about the cass corridor? [8D]

camille65 -> RE: Eek, Poor Kwame... (8/8/2008 12:43:04 PM)
I used to work at Woodward and Adelaide, about a block north of Fisher back in 1985. Not a great area. There was a stabbing in the lobby in front of my desk and one time I had to get gas on the way home. The guy charged me 50.00, I was too scared to say otherwise back when gas was probably about a buck a gallon. Looking back I'm just floored that my father had me working in a Section 8 housing building! The architecture was beautiful on those old buildings but there was such a pervasive feeling of unhappiness and anger. I'd always hoped Detroit would come back but I don't think it can. Its an odd city IMO.

slaveboyforyou -> RE: Eek, Poor Kwame... (8/8/2008 12:48:33 PM)
I've always believed that the Mayor-council form of municipal government is the worst, possible system. Examples like Detroit just prove me right. Almost any city in this country that is decaying, crime-ridden, and rife with corruption has this form of government.

LadyHibiscus -> RE: Eek, Poor Kwame... (8/8/2008 12:58:02 PM)
I was born in Detroit, and have watched the place go from a beautiful, vibrant city to a pit of decay with little islands of redevelopment. I do indeed blame the government--I was a city employee for awhile, and got to see it firsthand.

Thadius -> RE: Eek, Poor Kwame... (8/8/2008 12:58:42 PM)
Well the good news for Kwame is that Granholm is the one that gets to decide if the ousting proceedings even go forward, then she is the one that presides over that hearing. She needs him in office, he helps keep some of the pressure off of her.

LadyHibiscus -> RE: Eek, Poor Kwame... (8/8/2008 1:01:11 PM)
I am very disappointed in Jennifer. Very. Still, I think that even she sees that ousting Kwame would deflect some of her bad press in the rest of the state.

Thadius -> RE: Eek, Poor Kwame... (8/8/2008 1:06:24 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus I am very disappointed in Jennifer. Very. Still, I think that even she sees that ousting Kwame would deflect some of her bad press in the rest of the state. Or she could play both sides of the fence, allow the hearing, but then find that there isn't enough evidence to oust him, or some technicality.

LadyHibiscus -> RE: Eek, Poor Kwame... (8/8/2008 1:15:49 PM)
Look at the stripper murder that was covered up, and the police payoff. He isn't being charged with any of THAT, is he? This will be a circus. Unfortunately, I think it will distract folks in the city from the presidential election.

Thadius -> RE: Eek, Poor Kwame... (8/8/2008 1:22:16 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus Look at the stripper murder that was covered up, and the police payoff. He isn't being charged with any of THAT, is he? This will be a circus. Unfortunately, I think it will distract folks in the city from the presidential election. I think you are right about the distraction. It is a shame, that many were already apathetic, still others are pissed about the whole primary thing, and now this. I would love to see a huge turnout here, even if the votes don't go the way I vote, just to say don't take this state for granted.

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