Posted on 07/01/2008 10:48:30 AM PDT by Abathar
The mayor today denied any involvement in the Detroit City Council scandal involving a multimillion dollar waste contract before he has been accused of anything.
Kilpatrick, through one of his lawyers, sent a letter to WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) Monday threatening to sue if the station aired reports saying the mayor was a proponent of a sludge recycling contract with Synagro Technologies Inc.
"Mayor Kilpatrick had no involvement whatsoever in this contract,” Attorney Jim Parkman III wrote in the letter to WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) that was obtained today by the Free Press. “Mayor Kilpatrick has never been questioned by the FBI regarding this investigation, and is not a target of this investigation.”
Parkman wrote that he would consider suing the station if it ran a news clip quoting John Riehl, president of AFSCME Local 207, saying that Kilpatrick pushed for the contract.
Kilpatrick, speaking to reporters after today’s vote on moving toward the sale of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, denied any link to the probe and urged news organizations not to put him “in that false light.”
“This has nothing to do with me,” he said.
Kilpatrick was asked as he began walking away from reporters about reports saying his father, Bernard Kilpatrick, is under scrutiny in the probe, but he continued to walk without answering.
Riehl today said: “We’re gonna tell the truth and the mayor’s lawyers be damned.”
PING!
The one who yells the loudest got stuck the hardest...............
Break out the popcorn :-)
Old enough to remember a lot of good things about that city at one time.
Damned if I can think of one now...
"Mayor Mugabe had no involvement whatsoever in this contract,” Attorney Jim Parkman III wrote in the letter to WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) that was obtained today by the Free Press. “Mayor Mugabe has never been questioned by the FBI regarding this investigation, and is not a target of this investigation.”
The guilty dog barks first.
Sounds like crappy politics.
“Mayor Kilpatrick has never been questioned by the FBI regarding this investigation, and is not a target of this investigation.” WELL THERE IS STILL TIME!
He and his paramour LIED UNDER OATH....WHY IS HE STILL IN OFFICE??? Oh...because he’s a DEMOCRAT!
Unfortunately he's the wrong color for L.A. Otherwise he could get a big Rap contract with Bust-A-Cap records. /s
and, from the Michigan board, thanks to RckyRaCoCo and Westlander:
RckyRaCoCo 07/01/2008 8:51:43 AM PDT
Fanchon Stinger caught up in Detroit City Council scandal.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080701/NEWS01/80701034
She’ll probably be the only one to get burned...why you ask?
http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/fanchon-stinger.asp?cycle=04
Westlander 06/21/2008 10:50:25 PM PDT
AFSCME Heads Line Up Against Mayor
http://www.wxyz.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=58c4bbd9-21ce-4245-aa44-bb508c12dd55
Westlander 06/20/2008 2:59:23 PM PDT
(WXYZ) Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick suffered two defeats before City Council today when a committee rejected his plan to sell the Detroit Windsor tunnel and Members indicated they would fight using city money to pay the mayor’s lawyers.
http://www.wxyz.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=14263cc6-8667-4ed8-8550-6c780b9264db
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Special thanks to SunkenCiv et al for the links on post #12.
I hope everyone has a fun and safe Independence Day--we'll be the family with the decorated bikes on Ottawa Street (north side of Capitol building) for the parade!
Can't see him being involved in anything underhanded. /SARC
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