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http://www.wxyz.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=f964d9d1-1d94-450b-a62c-1e9ddfadd666

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has added "talk show host" to his mayoral duties.

WATCH ENTIRE TV SHOW IN VIDEO PLAYER RIGHT - IT FOLLOWS A BRIEF ACTION NEWS UPDATE ON THE PROGRAM

The first installment of his new cable public access television show called "Real Talk" aired Monday evening on a Detroit cable channel.

Kilpatrick's first two guests were city Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings and City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers.
 
http://www.wxyz.com/content/news/de...ntent_id=45034b07-225b-47bc-8ad7-4d7d6e27ee6f

The Detroit City Council has been looking over a report listing options it has to force Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office.

The Council privately went over the 35-page report Tuesday morning and planned an open session at 1 p.m.

The report was prepared and delivered Monday to the Council by its outside attorney, William Goodman.

Council members say they were not aware of a Kilpatrick-signed confidentiality agreement when they approved an $8.4 million whistle-blowers' settlement that kept secret references to sexually explicit text messages between the mayor and former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty.

Kilpatrick and Beatty face perjury and other charges stemming from testimony they gave during a whistle-blowers' trial when they denied having a romantic relationship.

WATCH ACTION NEWS UPDATE IN VIDEO PLAYER

UPDATE - STATEMENT FROM MAYOR'S OFFICE:
(more at link)
 
http://www.wxyz.com/news/story.aspx?content_id=8a6800df-b58d-4d8d-a24f-ca913ec5ac9d

(snips)
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy on Wednesday accused lawyers for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his ex-top aide of attempting to delay their pending criminal case.

Defense attorneys filed a motion in 36th District Court claiming Worthy's office has withheld documents it plans to use in the prosecution of Kilpatrick and former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty on perjury and other charges.

The motion seeks sanctions and asks that those documents not be admissible in court, said Mayer Morganroth, Beatty's attorney.

"To date, they have sent one messenger to obtain the materials without paying the over $6,000 in discovery fees," Worthy said in a statement. "We have written to the attorneys for defendant Beatty on four separate occasions to continue to inform them that the discovery is here for payment and pickup."

Worthy said Kilpatrick attorney James Thomas told her office on April 30 that he would provide a check and pick up the materials but, "We have not heard from Mr. Thomas or his other attorneys at this time."
 
http://www.wxyz.com/content/news/de...ntent_id=fb73e68a-cb7a-46ab-b60a-9b7f0598122b

A Michigan Senate panel has passed legislation requiring legal defense funds set up for politicians to report finances to the state.

The bill on Wednesday was sent to the full Senate for a future vote.

It's aimed at letting the public see who's paying the legal bills for elected officials accused of wrongdoing. (more at link)
 
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080510/NEWS01/805110582/1003

As Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick cut thousands of city jobs, one group has fared well -- the mayor's own friends and family.

A Free Press examination of city records shows that at least 29 people with close connections to the mayor have been appointed by Kilpatrick to city jobs since he took office in 2002. That's a significant departure from Detroit's last three mayors, who appeared to have hired far fewer family members or friends.
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Note: Even Beatty had relatives that were benefiting.
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There is nothing illegal about appointing friends or relatives to city jobs -- politicians from mayors to presidents routinely give government jobs to relatives or trusted friends.

What's notable about Kilpatrick's hires is the sheer volume of such appointments. These appointees do not undergo the same application process as civil service employees.
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Since taking office in 2002, Kilpatrick has cut more than 4,000 workers from the payroll of the financially troubled city -- including firefighters and nearly 1,000 police officers.
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Yet for well-connected appointees who have worked for the mayor since 2002, average salaries jumped 36%. The figure might have been higher, except some Kilpatrick friends -- including Beatty -- were hired near the top salary of $140,000, leaving little room to grow under the city's guidelines.
 
SuziQ said:
The Detroit City Council has voted 5-4 to ask its attorney to draft resolution language on forfeiture of office proceedings against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

Council members debated Monday morning on three recommendations made by lawyer William Goodman. (more at link)

http://www.wxyz.com/content/news/de...ntent_id=d629ae50-2ddf-4c98-bd06-88a564531b81
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Sadly I think the council is making it look like they are doing something, but in reality they are just sitting by waiting for him to go to jail.
 
Fletcher4 said:
Sadly I think the council is making it look like they are doing something, but in reality they are just sitting by waiting for him to go to jail.
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I agree, because so far I haven't seen any way that the council can legally remove him from office. It seems all the council can do is offer up non-binding resolutions.
 
I wonder who voted what way. Doesn't sound like the Governor is going to intervene.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/us/14detroit.html?ref=us

DETROIT — The Detroit City Council voted on Tuesday to ask the governor of Michigan to oust the city’s mayor, Kwame M. Kilpatrick, who is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice.

Mr. Kilpatrick has defied a demand the City Council made in March that he resign after the disclosure of evidence that he tried to cover up an extramarital affair with his chief of staff.

The Council also voted Tuesday to try to force Mr. Kilpatrick from office on the ground that he violated Detroit’s city charter. Both resolutions passed 5 to 4.

The odds of success for either course of action are uncertain. Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm — a Democrat, like Mr. Kilpatrick — has the authority to remove public officials, though that power has rarely been used.

But Ms. Granholm has said she prefers to avoid getting involved in the standoff between Mr. Kilpatrick and the Council. And Mr. Kilpatrick’s efforts to portray himself as coming under attack from a news media-led “lynch mob” because he is black could make Ms. Granholm, who is white, loath to intercede.-----

Also on Tuesday, the Council approved by 7 to 2 a resolution censuring the mayor.
 
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080514/NEWS06/805140351/1001

Lansing pundit Bill Ballenger said Granholm "won't touch this with a 10-foot pole," and would delay a decision on Kilpatrick as long as possible.

He said Granholm's political identity is tied in part to her long-standing support of African Americans and their rights. Swooping in to remove a mayor who remains popular with many Detroiters would create a strong political backlash.

Peter Ellsworth, a Lansing attorney and legal adviser to former Gov. William Milliken, recalled that Milliken once appointed an ex-judge to preside over removal hearings for a township official accused of drunkenness. The judge recommended probation and the official went through rehabilitation, Ellsworth said.

Ellsworth said Milliken believed a governor's intervention was a last resort.

"This is not something a governor in any circumstance wants to do," Ellsworth said.
 
golfmom said:
I wonder who voted what way. Doesn't sound like the Governor is going to intervene.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/us/14detroit.html?ref=us

DETROIT — The Detroit City Council voted on Tuesday to ask the governor of Michigan to oust the city’s mayor, Kwame M. Kilpatrick, who is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice.

Mr. Kilpatrick has defied a demand the City Council made in March that he resign after the disclosure of evidence that he tried to cover up an extramarital affair with his chief of staff.

The Council also voted Tuesday to try to force Mr. Kilpatrick from office on the ground that he violated Detroit’s city charter. Both resolutions passed 5 to 4.

The odds of success for either course of action are uncertain. Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm — a Democrat, like Mr. Kilpatrick — has the authority to remove public officials, though that power has rarely been used.

But Ms. Granholm has said she prefers to avoid getting involved in the standoff between Mr. Kilpatrick and the Council. And Mr. Kilpatrick’s efforts to portray himself as coming under attack from a news media-led “lynch mob” because he is black could make Ms. Granholm, who is white, loath to intercede.-----

Also on Tuesday, the Council approved by 7 to 2 a resolution censuring the mayor.
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I know in this vote the two were Monica Conyers and Martha Reeves.
 
Mayor's New Rule: Text Messages Are Private

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/16277073/detail.html

DETROIT -- Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has implemented a new policy that text messages sent on city-owned devices are considered private.

Past policy had been electronic communications were public. The mayor's office said in a statement Thursday that city policies are always subject to change.

What a loser!!! :rolleyes:

Here is the mayors new policy
http://www.wxyz.com/media/news/1/0/e/10e733eb-2fcb-4a87-9451-7585d584a948/NEWTEXTMESSAGEPOLICY.pdf
 
Beffie said:
Mayor's New Rule: Text Messages Are Private

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/16277073/detail.html

DETROIT -- Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has implemented a new policy that text messages sent on city-owned devices are considered private.

Past policy had been electronic communications were public. The mayor's office said in a statement Thursday that city policies are always subject to change.

What a loser!!! :rolleyes:

Here is the mayors new policy
http://www.wxyz.com/media/news/1/0/e/10e733eb-2fcb-4a87-9451-7585d584a948/NEWTEXTMESSAGEPOLICY.pdf
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ROFL is he kidding? does he think that he can just waive a magic wand and make messages on a public device private? What a nut-job.
 
I don't know how I missed this little gem:

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080512/METRO/805120383/1409/METRO

DETROIT -- A long-delayed lawsuit alleging fraud against a charity launched by Kwame Kilpatrick before he became mayor, and operated by his sister, could go to trial Tuesday.

Golfer Charles Foster sued the Next Vision Foundation in 2005, seeking $1,500 for a golf clinic he ran in 2004, as well as attorney fees, according to court records.

The charity, which supports scholarships and educational programs, had been criticized several years ago because its top three employees were Kilpatrick friends or family. During one year, the charity spent nearly half its $368,000 budget on salaries.
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IRS records from 2006 show the charity is raising about half what it did three years ago. In 2003, its second year in existence, it had raised $368,837. But in 2006, the most recent year it filed forms with the IRS, the group had raised $196,650 and ended the year with $14,803.

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As of the 2006 filing, the only paid employee is Ayanna Kilpatrick, who was paid $41,478.

Gone from the payroll are the mayor's wife, Carlita, who made $22,666 in 2003 as a board member; and Lisa Cylar Miller, the wife of Derrick Miller, the mayor's former chief operating officer, who was paid $50,339 as executive director. That year, Ayanna M. Kilpatrick was paid $100,966.
 
Omg, what a mess all those people are. I can't imagine what they all pay for attorneys.

ETA: Wait! Why do I get the feeling the city paid for their attorneys as well?
 
http://www.wxyz.com/news/story.aspx?content_id=17eade30-2e9f-460f-a2c8-b065e03898bc

Before being elected mayor, then-state Rep. Kwame Kilpatrick steered state grants to two nonprofit agencies that in turn agreed to pay $175,000 to a company owned by his wife, a newspaper reported Sunday.

One grant was to a nonprofit formed by Kilpatrick's friend Bobby Ferguson and the other was to a group run by the Rev. Edgar Vann, who then was Kilpatrick's pastor, the Detroit Free Press reported.

The mayor's office praised the work done with the money. Steering grants to friends or family is not illegal unless there's a kickback, the newspaper said.

Records obtained by the Free Press show the state eventually terminated half of Ferguson's $500,000 grant, citing inappropriate spending, including buying a house, and failure to document how the money was being spent. (more at link)
 
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