[kabar]

1. The deterioration and downfall of an obviously talented man who once seemed to hold great promise.

He was the Hope and Change candidate. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

2. The accelerated decline of the city he was supposed to manage.

I have the same sympathy towards Melton and the residents of Jackson as I do for Kwame Kilpatrick and the voters of Detroit. You reap what you sow. When you elect corrupt, incompetent politicians, you shouldn't be surprised at the results.

[Hawthorn]

>> When you elect corrupt, incompetent politicians, you shouldn’t be surprised at the results. <<

I think you’re missing the point entirely. When Frank was elected — and I imagine that every Jackson FReeper who voted in the dhimmi primary four years ago voted for Frank — we thought we were replacing an incompetent and corrupt mayor with the opposite. We did our best, but we got fooled.

[ejonesie22]

I think it is time for Kenneth I. Stokes to step up to the plate...