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2008-03-20 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Stalemate in Detroit: City Council Asks Mayor to Resign, but He Refuses to Go

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Posted by Fred 2008-03-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 What's Obama's view of this? According to Black Liberation theology, the mayor is the aggrieved party.

Posted by gromky 2008-03-20 01:29|| 2008-03-20 01:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Everybody in Detroit is aggrieved.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-03-20 01:49|| 2008-03-20 01:49|| Front Page Top

#3 From the Detroit News:

A higher percentage of people left Wayne County than any other large county in the nation last year, according to Census Bureau estimates released today...Experts say that if it wasn't for the sluggish housing market tying many would-be-sellers to their homes, the outward tide might have been greater.
"A lot of people are stuck to some extent," Metzger said.

The Mayor may be the last one to leave.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-03-20 02:18|| 2008-03-20 02:18|| Front Page Top

#4 A higher percentage of people left Wayne County than any other large county in the nation last year,

The similarities between Detroit and Harare are indeed striking. Must be something in the Western designed water treatment system.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-03-20 04:16|| 2008-03-20 04:16|| Front Page Top

#5 I shall name my first born son Kwame M. Kilpatrick. It is a name to inspire trust.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-03-20 09:02|| 2008-03-20 09:02|| Front Page Top

#6 I shall name my first born son Kwame M. Kilpatrick

If you want to really inspire, name him Mayor Coleman Young. He made a fine 20 year career playing racial identity politics pitting Detroit against the rest of the state with the predictable results you see there today.

Reading about Kwame's shenanigans the last week, I found myself thinking that one day, perhaps, Detroit will get the mayor it deserves. But then again, maybe it already has.

Posted by SteveS 2008-03-20 12:45|| 2008-03-20 12:45|| Front Page Top

#7 "...he angrily blamed racism for his troubles and accused the news media of having a lynch-mob mentality against him."

Well...Kwame...if the indignant plantation schtik doesn't work you can always remorsefully announce your entering into ReHab. Remember, you may be separated from your wife and mistress for awhile so find a facility that has some hot looking biyatches on the staff.

Posted by DepotGuy 2008-03-20 13:04|| 2008-03-20 13:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Truly a sad day when rascist, hate-mongering blacks get called out on their crimes. And not all blacks are like that, but this guy should be going to Rev Writghts Church.

Posted by Charles 2008-03-20 13:21|| 2008-03-20 13:21|| Front Page Top

#9 While certain members have been playing judge and jury in the court of public opinion, Mayor Kilpatrick has continued to stay focused on advancing bold initiatives, such as his economic stimulus package, she said in a statement. As Mayor Kilpatrick has said before, he will stay in office, he will stay focused on city business, and he will continue to lead our city forward.

Detroit. Where you can get more money for your car then your house. Ya got a "bold initiative" to solve that one, Kwame?
Sounds like these people are trying to do you a favor.

Posted by tu3031 2008-03-20 13:51|| 2008-03-20 13:51|| Front Page Top

#10 Is it merely coincidence that the the writer managed to work "Democrat," "extramarital affair," and "blow" into the same story?

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-03-20 14:53|| 2008-03-20 14:53|| Front Page Top

#11 also "straw"
and "binding"
and "stimulus"
and "package"

Posted by mhw">mhw 2008-03-20 15:07|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2008-03-20 15:07|| Front Page Top

#12 Okay, honest question, no snark intended. It SEEMS like every place on earth, whether town, city or country, that is run by blacks flat-out sucks from mismanagement.

Despite that perception, given that there are really sharp blacks like Condi, Clarence and Tom Sowell, isn't there SOMEPLACE where blacks of that calibre are in charge? If so, where is it?

Posted by Pancho Elmeck8414 2008-03-20 15:51|| 2008-03-20 15:51|| Front Page Top

#13 Thank you Panxho, I wanted to say that but thought it was just me.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-03-20 18:56|| 2008-03-20 18:56|| Front Page Top

#14 ...Well, Mike White in Cleveland was a very good administrator, and and African American, on balance did okay - I'm a registered Republican, and I voted for him (Donk) twice. He was as corrupt as the rest of the Cleveland political machine, but he had the smarts not to get greedy about it. The real problem was the Cleveland School Board, which made Detroit look as if it was run by Jesuits.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2008-03-20 19:33|| 2008-03-20 19:33|| Front Page Top

#15 Pancho & Jim, the culture of inner city detroit is certainly one variable...the other being that 30 yrs of dem rule in just about every major big city in this country has brought nothing but more drugs, poverty and out of wedlock kids. A vicious cycle that is repeated ad nauseum.

Posted by Broadhead6 2008-03-20 21:23|| 2008-03-20 21:23|| Front Page Top

#16 Mayor Bradley in LA.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-03-20 21:41|| 2008-03-20 21:41|| Front Page Top

#17 Detroit had Dennis Archer who was okay (from what I'm told by my relatives who still live there), though apparently he wasn't dirty enough for the city council.

Posted by Broadhead6 2008-03-20 21:43|| 2008-03-20 21:43|| Front Page Top

#18 HMMMMMM, Detroit, then NEW YORK ala SPITZER, now back to Detroit ....

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-03-20 22:56|| 2008-03-20 22:56|| Front Page Top

#19 Dennis Archer seemed like a decent guy. I wasn't living in Michigan at the time, but got that impression from reading the papers while visiting the folks. That decency and his attempts to reunite the city and the suburbs set him against the Mayor Young crowd who had thrived on racial polarization. Pity he didn't last longer.

Posted by SteveS 2008-03-20 23:56|| 2008-03-20 23:56|| Front Page Top

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