"Best City Council Member Best Scandal Kwadjo Campbell
Kwadjo Campbell, either you love him or you hate him. And City Paper readers obviously do both. The knock on Kwadjo is that his heart is always in the right place, but it seems his hands sometimes aren’t. Handsome, articulate, charismatic, intelligent, suave, and funny as hell in person, Kwadjo is beloved on the East Side. Gifted with a near-perfect bullsh*t-o-meter when it comes to racial injustices, he is able to strike just the right nerve with his constituents on political issues.
On the other hand, Kwadjo’s obvious talents get overlooked by some because of his run-ins with illegal substances. Arrested and convicted in the past for lesser charges, Kwadjo did little for his cause when a videotape showed him consorting with alleged drug dealers on the stoop of the public housing where he used to live. Housing meant for a larger family, not a lone, unemployed City Councilman. Word has it that City Hall has tired of him, despite his ability to deliver a huge percentage of his district’s vote to the mayor even when Riley faces a black opponent. — BD"