Kwame Kilpatrick: Scourge of Detroit

City Journal ^ | 14 September 2008 | Justin Torres

[Lorianne]

The Motor City’s train wreck of a mayor finally steps aside—for now. ___ Kwame Kilpatrick’s resignation as Detroit mayor is effective September 18, but the city will be dealing with the legacy of his administration for years to come. Kilpatrick agreed to resign as part of a plea agreement on charges of perjury, obstruction of justice, and official misconduct, filed after hundreds of sexually explicit text messages, printed in local papers, proved that he had committed perjury when he testified in a civil trial that he had not had an affair with his chief of staff, Christine Beatty. The case involved more than run-of-the-mill lying about adultery, however. In fact, it was consistent with a continuing pattern of Kilpatrick’s abuse of office.

[hsalaw]

The Obambi praised this guy as a great leader and great public figure. Now, Kwame is also under the bus.

[softwarecreator]

and Detroiters will probably re-elect him in 5 years.

Kwami is the scourge of Detroit and Detroit is becoming the scourge of the US.

[BobbyT]

No mention of Kwame's best buddy Obama?

[Mikey_1962]

Soon to be replaced by another as bad or worse who will pander to the teacher’s union, (DPS is the #1 employer in Detroit), AFSCME, and the Democratic party.

[mylife]

"King Kwame"

Enjoy jail a$$hat

[dfwgator]

Kwami is the scourge of Detroit

And the Lions are the scourge of the NFL.

[K-oneTexas]

He’ll be back ... Mayor in 2015. You’re right. History repeats ... again and again ........

[mylife]

The “Nillany” lions?

[Republican Wildcat]

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

[an amused spectator]

Enjoy jail a$$hat

I think he will enjoy "jail". Interestingly, Michigan requires prison for a felony - but I believe that the King is going to mere "jail" - a much comfier venue.

Us peasants would be going to The Big House. "Equal justice", indeed...

[mylife]

Sad but true

[ari-freedom]

because he acted more like a “community organizer” than a small town mayor.

[Mark]

Democrats doing what Democrats do.

[softwarecreator]

And the Lions are the scourge of the NFL.

True, what other teams win all their pre-season games and then lose 90% of the regular season, year after year.

[MovementConservative]

Detroit is truly a third world country.

[martin_fierro]

True, Kilpatrick resisted some of the wilder excrescences of Detroit racial politics, vetoing a council-backed “Africa Town” proposal in 2004 that would have spent $40 million on the creation of an African-American business district.

Great word, that. Excrescences.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"vetoing a council-backed “Africa Town” proposal"

What, no "Honkey Town" ?

[blam]

Noun 1.
excrescence - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"

[VeniVidiVici]

The Obambi praised this guy as a great leader and great public figure

To the Dalibama, Kwame is a great leader.