My Mayor FINALLY get charged with a felony

[stevento]

I am from Detroit and our mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is quite possibly America's worst mayor
he made time's list of worst mayors

Our city has been losing population due to heavy crime and poor schools and no jobs. we used to be over a million, now we're at 750-800 k people
so what he did was
1 cut fire and police to save money in the budget, now crime is rediculous :mad::mad:

2. cut funding for Detroit Public Schools (the city's largest employer) to give money to charter schools (which are private schools who get public $$$)

i defy anyone to show me a worse mayor than this
not to mention misusing tax payer $$ to buy new trucks for his wife, "business trips" to vegas, stipper parties at his lavish mansion etc...
and appointing his unqualified friends to fail at important jobs or sit on the payroll to do nothing
not to mention the sex scandals that have just come up (but i dont really care about that )

anyways if you combine all the failed policies, incompetence, corruption and poor leadership of bush/cheney and all the hilarious sex scandals of clinton/spitzer you get get kwame kilpatrick
he truly is the worst of both worlds
-for people who watch the simpsons think of mayor kwimbe -now he's finally heading to jail!!!!

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/24/kilpatrick.investigation/index.html

[TEG]

Yet he still gets reelected. Kind of like Marion Berry.

I live in Flint part-time and they had a mayor when I first moved there that lasted only like 8 months, then they recalled him, now there is a guy who has balanced the budget without cutting police patrols, but reducing the extravagant benefits that they had been given, and consolidating duplicated police and fire stations. All they need now is for US companies to start manufacturing there (ARE YOU LISTENING APPLE???) or data centers to start up in the abandoned warehouses.

TEG

[Zwhaler]

Dang, that is one corrupt dude.

Cutting BOTH education funds and police/fire funds... is just R-Tarded on his part. (not to mention the other ways in which he completely fails)

[mactastic]

i defy anyone to show me a worse mayor than this
I'm always up for a challenge...
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/L/e/1/giuliani_in_drag2.jpghttp://

But yeah, I am surprised this guy is still in office. Seems like he should be out faster than you can say "David Vitter".

[Mike Teezie]

I'm always up for a challenge...
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/L/e/1/giuliani_in_drag2.jpghttp://

But yeah, I am surprised this guy is still in office. Seems like he should be out faster than you can say "David Vitter".

Are you kidding me? We've got Vitter and Ray Nagin down here in Lousiana.

We sure can pick em!

[stevento]

crap, i cant see that pic but the reason he gets reelected is people in detroit dont know their own good
things constantly go wrong and they head to the polls and vote for the same people.

[paleck]

Is this the same mayor that was camping out for iPhone until the reporters/citizens called him on it?

[mkrishnan]

Is this the same mayor that was camping out for iPhone until the reporters/citizens called him on it?

No (http://www.nbc10.com/news/13592982/detail.html).

I think blaming the stalled progress of Detroit's renovation on Kilpatrick solely is a bit ignorant of history... but then the image that is damning Kilpatrick now is pretty much the same image that helped him take out Archer.....

I have to be honest, though... if you're going to post a detailed character assault on a politician, that would be a good time to at least fake an attempt at proper grammar. ;)

[obeygiant]

Kwame Kilpatrick is some piece of work. Any normal person would have resigned by now. I guess he likes the idea of going down in flames.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_ZevFbcIIo

[stevento]

its not a character assualt. i'm just saying that he's not in the least bit qualified to the job he does.
the only thing that speaks to his character is the sex scandals and honestly i dont care about that because its betwixt him and his family.

[paleck]

No (http://www.nbc10.com/news/13592982/detail.html).
Thanks mkrishan! Me and google weren't getting along on trying to remember who it was.

[Full of Win]

I think its telling that the elections in your city are between two democratic candidates.

[dopey220]

Yup, I'm from Ann Arbor (currently living in Grand Rapids), so I've been following this pretty closely. It's quite the debacle.

[mactastic]

Thankfully for Kilpatrick, the GOP has announced loud and clear to everyone that perjury is no big deal, something overzealous partisan prosecutors charge you with when they have no proof of any REAL crime having occured.

I'm sure all the people who were defending Scooter Libby on perjury charges will be out in force to defend this injustice perpetrated for partisan gain.

Right?

[nickster9224]

well our old mayor charged 20,000 to the town at a strip club.

[Jschultz]

well our old mayor charged 20,000 to the town at a strip club.

lol, are you from bolingbrook? Roger Claar? They ran an article in Chicago magazine about his shady practices. not to mention, i see him at the bars all the time buying the local PD/FD drinks.

[nickster9224]

no i live in new lenox. it was mike smith. but now we have a new mayor.

[solvs]

I think its telling that the elections in your city are between two democratic candidates.
Yeah, because Republicans never do this type of thing. :rolleyes:

Also, for those who may think we only criticize the GOP, I'd also like to note that no one defended William Jennings Jefferson either. Nor Spitzer, especially with his prostitutes. Vitter should go too though.

[Full of Win]

Yeah, because Republicans never do this type of thing. :rolleyes:

Also, for those who may think we only criticize the GOP, I'd also like to note that no one defended William Jennings Jefferson either. Nor Spitzer, especially with his prostitutes. Vitter should go too though.


Competition is a GOOD thing! Regions where one party has a lock, be it Republican or democrat, do not have to compete to keep the publics favor. Often times, not always, this forms a complacency that can be very damaging.

[stevegmu]

Kwame Kilpatrick is some piece of work. Any normal person would have resigned by now. I guess he likes the idea of going down in flames.



He's probably waiting for a deal. If he resigns, he can avoid jail-time.
Besides, I heard he's only being prosecuted because of 'racism.'

[Lord Blackadder]

I think blaming the stalled progress of Detroit's renovation on Kilpatrick solely is a bit ignorant of history...

You can say that again. I have a colleague who has written some scholarly articles about the de-industrialization of Detroit, and however bad the current mayor may be he is not the primary cause of Detroit's current plight. Which isn't to say he shouldn't be given the boot pronto.

I have to be honest, though... if you're going to post a detailed character assault on a politician, that would be a good time to at least fake an attempt at proper grammar. ;)

Maybe he was trying to bring attention to the education problems the city is facing. :D

[A bit low, but if you pitch softballs someone is going to take a swing...]

[Full of Win]

No (http://www.nbc10.com/news/13592982/detail.html).

I think blaming the stalled progress of Detroit's renovation on Kilpatrick solely is a bit ignorant of history... but then the image that is damning Kilpatrick now is pretty much the same image that helped him take out Archer.....


Yep - Omni Consumer is having trouble getting crime under control before they start Delta City next to old Detroit. If they could make some type of robot that would help - then I think that might help in getting Detroits renovation back on track.

[Dmac77]

Sorry for bringing the thread back from the dead, but I thought I should update everyone on our lovely Mayor.

He's back in court today for violating his bond... again, he already has violated it three times, and was thrown in jail last Thursday for violating it now he might get thrown in again, this man truly thinks that he is God or something.

@ mkrishnan: I have met Dennis Archer (My mom is his secretary at the law firm he is chairman of the board of) he is a very nice and caring person, and I honestly think that he has and had the best interest of Detroit in his mind. But I agree with you, that Kilpatrick is not the sole reason that Detroit has sunk to the level of a third world city. He can share the blame with Jennifer Granholm!

Here is a link about Kilpatrick violating his bond again.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/17152216/detail.html

Don

[stevento]

He needs to resign. I think any mayor who is assaulting cops needs to be impeached.
But he's holding on for the pension. if he stays in his job for the next 6 months, he'll get a pension for the rest of his life equal to his salary on the job.
obviously detroit tax payers dont want to pony up for that.

[stevento]

UPDATE: Kwame Kilpatrick now must wear a leg tether and he is restricted to three counties!
The mayor of the city of Detroit has an ankle bracelet on his leg to make sure he stays in Michigan while awaiting trial for corruption, perjury and misconduct.
Because he was making trips to Canada without talking to the courts first. BUt he is allowed to go to Denver for the convention.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/14/detroit.mayor/index.html

What a Mayor...

[mactastic]

UPDATE: Kwame Kilpatrick now must wear a leg tether and he is restricted to three counties!
The mayor of the city of Detroit has an ankle bracelet on his leg to make sure he stays in Michigan while awaiting trial for corruption, perjury and misconduct.
Because he was making trips to Canada without talking to the courts first. BUt he is allowed to go to Denver for the convention.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/14/detroit.mayor/index.html

What a Mayor...
I saw this morning that the judge has changed his mind about allowing Kilpatrick to attend the Dems convention. He must be an Obama supporter, since Kilpatrick was planning to cast his superdelegate vote for Hillary Clinton...

[obeygiant]

Kwame is now officially out of office. (sept 18)
State News (http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2008/09/kilpatrick_resigns_receives_jail_term_probation)
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has resigned, effective Sept. 18, after pleading guilty to felony charges of perjury, misconduct and obstruction of justice.
Kilpatrick is scheduled to make a televised address tonight at 7 p.m.
As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, the 38-year-old mayor has also been ordered to serve a four-month jail term and five years probation. He cannot run for an elected office for five years and must pay $1 million in restitution before his probation is complete.
“His political career is probably over,” said Michael Craw, an assistant professor in James Madison College specializing in urban politics.
Kilpatrick has been under investigation for the past seven months, since the Detroit Free Press released text message records indicating that he had carried out an affair with top aide Christine Beatty. Kilpatrick had previously denied the affair under oath.
Beatty was also charged in connection with the case. She will appear in court on Sept. 11 and also is expected to make a plea bargain.

its finally over!

[ucfgrad93]

Kwame is now officially out of office. (sept 18)
State News (http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2008/09/kilpatrick_resigns_receives_jail_term_probation)


its finally over!

It took long enough!