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Kwame Kilpatrick On Myspace
Detroit's Ghetto | November 5th 2009 by metal man
Wednesday, November 5th, 2009 Kwame Kilpatrick on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/mayorkwame My first thought was, "this is obviously a joke". But then I realized that real or not, neither would surprise me. Regardless, it's still pretty funny. read more
Republicans Win New Jersey, Virginia Races
Politics 2000: How to Understand Politics in the Third Mille… | November 4th 2009 by Tyson Chaney
Change was the prevailing theme of Election Day this year. The governorships of New Jersey and Virginia switched parties to Republican. The hotly-contested 23rd New York Congressional District elected a Democrat for the first time since the 19th ce read more
Mayor Bing wins 4-year term in Detroit
Pixie Spot | November 4th 2009
DETROIT, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Former Detroit Pistons star Dave Bing, who became mayor of Detroit in a special election last year, won a four-year term Tuesday.With all votes counted, Bing led with 58 percent to 42 percent for the runner-up, Tom Barrow, t read more
Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
Detroit's Ghetto | November 3rd 2009 by metal man
Tuesday, Novermeber 3rd, 2009 Where do I start? I guess I could start by saying that Kwame Kilpatrick is the sorriest excuse for a Mayor the city has seen yet. Scandals in politics are not new or uncommon. In fact, I almost except them. But this guy read more
Kwame Kilpatrick, the stench Detroit can’t seem to wash out
The "D" Spot | November 2nd 2009 by Keith
So just as Detroit is gearing up to wash off the stench of the past and vote in a better (hopefully) future tomorrow on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, who is it comes to town? Kwame. Naturally. Here we are doing our level best to forget one of the w read more
The other reason Detroit gets a bad rap:
vaporlife | October 30th 2009
Yesterday, ex-mayor Kuame Kilpatrick was in town testifying, trying to lower his restitution payments to to city of Detroit. That alone, my friends takes ALOT of balls. But check out this testimony (courtesy of clickondetroit.com):Judge Groner asks q read more
Kwame and Barack
The Sublime to the Ridiculous | October 30th 2009 by Charles Martin Cosgriff
Well, it seems that former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick knows nothing about his wife. That's not too surprising, seeing as he apparently was too busy with too many other women in his life to bother about the one he married.What is truly unintelligi read more
Kwame Kilpatrick Still Rolling In The Money!
Ebony Report | October 30th 2009
It's amazing what power and influence can get you even when you've served time in jail for committing a felony offense while being the mayor of a major city. Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was in a Detroit courtroom yesterday testifying regar read more
Former Detroit mayor files lawsuit over racy texts
Ebony Inspired | October 28th 2009
DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a lawyer who leaked racy text messages to the Detroit Free Press and kicked off a scandal that brought down Kilpatrick’s administration and sent him to jail. Th read more
Smoke Filled Rooms!
The Sublime to the Ridiculous | October 28th 2009 by Charles Martin Cosgriff
We certainly do not lack for democracy in our country these days. In Detroit, for example, we are about to have our fourth mayoral election in the last year. But that itself is a sidebar, an aberration caused by the Kwame Kilpatrick scandal. What is read more
Wait, what? Marathon Deaths Reflect Poorly on Detroit? Huh?
Detroit4lyfe | October 19th 2009 by Bob Biscigliano
People not from the state of Michigan sure do LOVE to rag on it. I don't know what the state, or the city of Detroit in particular, ever did to those people, aside from birthing the automotive industry amongst other things, but it has never reall read more
Murder of Tamara Greene in the Spotlight Again
on the black hand side | October 3rd 2009 by Vanessa
It seems that former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's connection to murdered stripper Tamara Greene will not go away. A task force has been formed to investigate Greene's murder. The sordid details of the involvement of Mayor Kilpatrick's security a read more
Murder of Tamara Greene in the Spotlight Again
on the black hand side | October 3rd 2009 by Vanessa
It seems that former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's connection to murdered stripper Tamara Greene will not go away. A task force has been formed to investigate Greene's murder. The sordid details of the involvement of Mayor Kilpatrick� read more
Kwame Kilpatrick probation terms questioned- back to court
Don'tColorMe | September 25th 2009 by Dee
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy forced the issue,filing a motion accusing Kilpatrick of violating his probation by cutting his restitution payment in half and ignoring a court order requiring him to disclose information about his personal finances read more
Poor Kwame!
The Sublime to the Ridiculous | September 18th 2009 by Charles Martin Cosgriff
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has tried to get his restitution payments, part of his legal settlement with the City in the aftermath of his scandal while in office, lowered to six bucks a month. Luckily, there is some justice in the world: Ju read more
The perilous perfidy of the Kwame Kilpatrick pecker peccadillo
The "D" Spot | July 29th 2009 by Keith
Sorry. Couldn’t help it. The title, that is. Sometimes the only way to deal with the insane, painful frustration that at times (too damned many times) becomes a fact of everyday life here in Detroit, is to just just say f— it and get sill read more
Another Sexting Scandal in Detroit?
A Political Season | July 28th 2009 by Aaron
I wonder if the extent, scope and breadth of the casual culture of corruption that existed among the black elite during the Kilpatrick years will ever be completely known to the public. Kwame Kilpatrick's text messages appear to be offering another read more
Detroit Corrupt City
Hockeydino | July 28th 2009 by hockeydino
What is worse, city officials in power that are corrupted? Or those that apologize for them and still support them no matter what? I tend to think the supporters are the real problem here. They are the ones that keep re-electing these people. The read more
Why Kwame, Why? - Another affair exposed - Sheryl Robinson Wood
Cosby Kids- The Offspring of Cliff and Claire | July 28th 2009
Dear Kwame - Do you have a cell phone in your possession? If so, please drive to the nearest river (preferably the Mississippi), attach a 30 lb rock to your phone, and then throw it as far as possible into the deep..New text messages reveal that Kwam read more
Text Messages With Kwame Took Down Detroit Police Monitor!
Ebony Report | July 28th 2009
The Detroit Free Press reports that local FBI agents uncovered text messages between former police monitor Sheryl Robinson Wood and former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick that led to her resignation last week. The text messages revealed "meetings of read more
Embattled Detroit Councilwoman Monica Conyers
You Better Recognize | June 30th 2009 by Bria
Monica Conyers' mugshotMonica Conyers and husband, State Rep. John ConyersDetroit Councilwoman Former Councilwoman (as of July 6th) has dug her own grave. From bar fights, to cussing out police officers, to disrespecting her fellow Detroit Council p read more
Paralegal in U.S. Attorney’s Office Suspended
Practical Paralegalism | June 30th 2009 by Lynne DeVenny
Michigan paralegal Wendolyn Greene (formerly Johnson), an employee in the special prosecutions unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Michigan, has been suspended. The Detroit News is reporting that she is suspected of leaking info read more
Black Tax
Expressions of a Buppie | June 23rd 2009 by AsktheBuppie
Some months ago I saw this local story about Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon.Apparently she has , "12 counts of felony theft, perjury, fraud and misconduct in office, becoming the city's first sitting mayor to be criminally indicted." AND "she also is a read more
Exclusive: "Race for Michigan" Blog Get's Dirty - Anonymous Attac…
OutsideLansing.com | June 21st 2009 by Chetly Zarko
Many of you may have noticed the new blog and facebook group "Race for Michigan" that purports to be a new source of information for Michigan political races, particularly at the top of the ticket.OutsideLansing.com research however indicates its an read more
PROSECUTOR WANTS WARRANT FOR RECENT DETROIT MAYOR
Young Nation | June 8th 2009
They will not leave this brother alone. Kwame Kilpatrick has seen his share of drama in the last few years. Being removed from his position of mayor of Detroit over scandal has cause some emotional scars, and now more drama. NewsOne roports that Wayn read more
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