Kwame Kilpatrick vetoed the city council's resolution to ask Governor Granholm to oust him. its a gesture at bast. it didnt set anything into law, and Councilman Cockerel already sent the letter to the Governor's office.
Granholm's office responded quickly by asking both parties to provide information on legal representation etc. this mess keeps getting worse. Kilpatrick now faces 8 felony charges and a Gubernatorial trial. its ridiculous.
when Nixon resigned he said he did so because the battle would not only consume him but also both houses of the legislature putting their real jobs on the back burner. this reason alone should be enough to make Kwame leave office. nothing can or will get done til this is resolved and the only way to resolve it once and for all is for Kwame to leave office.
just let Detroit move on, Kwame. please.
Showing posts with label kilpartrick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kilpartrick. Show all posts
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
turn that frown upside down
let me start by saying this: Kwame Kilpatrick is insane. he should by all means not be mayor at this point. he is facing 8 felony charges. its amazing that he goes on. you have got to admire the vision, even if he has blinders on the the reality of his situation.
if you have read this blog before you know that i think that there is no way that Kwame should be mayor at this point. that being said, i am starting to see the witch hunt that is after him. yes he did wrong. no, he shouldnt be mayor. but that doesnt mean that he has no good ideas.
this article in the Free Press explains plans for 'Paradise Valley.' this is the reason i like Kwame. i never like his playboy ways, but he has had a visions for improving Detroit. he has helped bring investment, development, and more suburbanites into Detroit. it is unfair to criticize the plan because the guy who proposed it is... shall we say, less than perfect.
the comments below the article criticize the plan for various reasons. like going for this paradise valley plan while schools are going to hell. the thing is, theres no money for schools. the city doesnt really have to pay much if anything for this to work. developers foot the bill. the development brings first construction jobs, then permanent jobs. this brings in money. money that is taxed by the city. those taxes go to pay for things like schools.
Detroit cannot just mint money to improve its schools. it has to come from somewhere. this plan, the river walk, the new stadiums, campus martius are all ways to bring money into the city so that the city has money. throwing money at a problem is no good: youll never get any value out of drowning a problem in money. especially money you dont have. but if you start to get money, meter it out in thought out and useful ways, the results will come. now, i havent seen a plan for that second part, but in reality thats like me planning to be promoted tomorrow. not likely. but i can count on working hard toward that and having it come true in a year or two.
there is a lot of pessimism in Detroit. there has been since 1967. the riots took the wind out of Detroit's sails. the fall of the domestic auto industry shredded the sails. the boat has been still in the water for a decade at least now. but its there. and Kwame is trying to put up some sails to catch whatever breeze is blowing. theres no guarantee that it will. but its beyond pointless and idiotic to stand on the deck of a boat with no sails and curse the still air.
what my prolonged metaphor says is that Detroit elected Kwame for better or worse. we all hope he pays for what he did wrong. but maybe theres still some good he can do. hes captain of the ship and its either follow or mutiny. and i dont see a mutiny working out well. now is the time to follow him, use the council to keep him in check, and hope for the best.
bottom line: development in Detroit cant be bad. and it might be good. lets give it a chance. lets have some faith and optimism that it works.
if you have read this blog before you know that i think that there is no way that Kwame should be mayor at this point. that being said, i am starting to see the witch hunt that is after him. yes he did wrong. no, he shouldnt be mayor. but that doesnt mean that he has no good ideas.
this article in the Free Press explains plans for 'Paradise Valley.' this is the reason i like Kwame. i never like his playboy ways, but he has had a visions for improving Detroit. he has helped bring investment, development, and more suburbanites into Detroit. it is unfair to criticize the plan because the guy who proposed it is... shall we say, less than perfect.
the comments below the article criticize the plan for various reasons. like going for this paradise valley plan while schools are going to hell. the thing is, theres no money for schools. the city doesnt really have to pay much if anything for this to work. developers foot the bill. the development brings first construction jobs, then permanent jobs. this brings in money. money that is taxed by the city. those taxes go to pay for things like schools.
Detroit cannot just mint money to improve its schools. it has to come from somewhere. this plan, the river walk, the new stadiums, campus martius are all ways to bring money into the city so that the city has money. throwing money at a problem is no good: youll never get any value out of drowning a problem in money. especially money you dont have. but if you start to get money, meter it out in thought out and useful ways, the results will come. now, i havent seen a plan for that second part, but in reality thats like me planning to be promoted tomorrow. not likely. but i can count on working hard toward that and having it come true in a year or two.
there is a lot of pessimism in Detroit. there has been since 1967. the riots took the wind out of Detroit's sails. the fall of the domestic auto industry shredded the sails. the boat has been still in the water for a decade at least now. but its there. and Kwame is trying to put up some sails to catch whatever breeze is blowing. theres no guarantee that it will. but its beyond pointless and idiotic to stand on the deck of a boat with no sails and curse the still air.
what my prolonged metaphor says is that Detroit elected Kwame for better or worse. we all hope he pays for what he did wrong. but maybe theres still some good he can do. hes captain of the ship and its either follow or mutiny. and i dont see a mutiny working out well. now is the time to follow him, use the council to keep him in check, and hope for the best.
bottom line: development in Detroit cant be bad. and it might be good. lets give it a chance. lets have some faith and optimism that it works.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
dear kwame,
youre making national news for being an idiot. i think you should stop. you say you wont quit on the city of Detroit, which sounds noble, except that it is that city which you have disgraced. it is because of you that Detroit has another black eye. (i'm beginning to wonder how many eyes the D has to blacken...) you are doing Detroit and Michigan a disservice by staying in office.
take a cue from Eliot Sptitzer, who has resigned after being caught up in a prostitution ring. he hasnt even lied under oath, before firing and then paying off cops with $9 million in city funds. get your head out of your ass and step aside so that Detroit can move on.
and in response to your state of the city address, which would have been a commendable effort except for the tirade at the end, i offer the following. how dare you call out council members for not sitting by your side on the stage. it is their prerogative to protest your actions and not sit on your stage while you try to sweep your illicit and illegal behavior under the rug.
i must commend those council members who did boycott the address for standing up to the corruption in the mayor's office. i also must commend those who stood outside orchestra hall to protest the mayor. i hope that you will see through this Kilpatrick jab: "This unethical, illegal lynch mob mentality has to stop." the citizens should and must continue their protests and cries for his your resignation, Kwame, because it is you that behaved in and unethical and illegal way. you are damn lucky that this is a figurative and not literal lynch mob. i want your figurative head on a charger. you can keep your literal and worthless one.
as far as the racial epithets that have been hurled at him, thats just stupid. lets not give Mr Kilpatrick realistic grounds to be upset at the public. we should especially care to leave his family out of this. they are not the ones that were wrong. they have been harmed most of all, being citizens of Detroit and being the family that he betrayed in his affair. they should receive nothing but our sympathy for dealing with and presumably loving and obviously flawed and stubborn man.
the following is straight form the Free Press.
"The last five minutes of that speech was stupid, childish and in the vein of our gangster mayor," said Detroit resident Thomas Ward, 19. "When he was defending his position and his family he should have stopped right there, but he continued on in that strange manner. To have a press conference about the state of the city devolve into a circus does not look good. It only discredits him."
i love Detroit. it boggles the minds of people here in DC. i love the changes that i have seen in the city since i was in high school. but i and others keep calling for your head because you have harmed Detroit. and not only have you not appologized to the city for spending its money to cover up your illegal and illicit behavior, you refuse to step down and let Detroit continue its progress. you continue to mire Detroit in scandal. it is you who keeps the city from addressing real and pressing issues. its you. you are the problem. not the city council. not the protesters. since you dont have the good sense to resign, i sincerely hope that Kim Worthy serves up your walking papers if not worse.
i hope that everyone sees that this is not a race issue. Eliot Spitzer has shown that white guys have just as poor judgment as anyone else. he had the grace to step down and put his energy into saving his family life, not fighting a public battle and trying to run the constituents that he has let down. its not a black and white issue. its a right and wrong issue.
another more eloquent rebuttal to the mayors speech by Stephen Henderson.
take a cue from Eliot Sptitzer, who has resigned after being caught up in a prostitution ring. he hasnt even lied under oath, before firing and then paying off cops with $9 million in city funds. get your head out of your ass and step aside so that Detroit can move on.
and in response to your state of the city address, which would have been a commendable effort except for the tirade at the end, i offer the following. how dare you call out council members for not sitting by your side on the stage. it is their prerogative to protest your actions and not sit on your stage while you try to sweep your illicit and illegal behavior under the rug.
i must commend those council members who did boycott the address for standing up to the corruption in the mayor's office. i also must commend those who stood outside orchestra hall to protest the mayor. i hope that you will see through this Kilpatrick jab: "This unethical, illegal lynch mob mentality has to stop." the citizens should and must continue their protests and cries for his your resignation, Kwame, because it is you that behaved in and unethical and illegal way. you are damn lucky that this is a figurative and not literal lynch mob. i want your figurative head on a charger. you can keep your literal and worthless one.
as far as the racial epithets that have been hurled at him, thats just stupid. lets not give Mr Kilpatrick realistic grounds to be upset at the public. we should especially care to leave his family out of this. they are not the ones that were wrong. they have been harmed most of all, being citizens of Detroit and being the family that he betrayed in his affair. they should receive nothing but our sympathy for dealing with and presumably loving and obviously flawed and stubborn man.
the following is straight form the Free Press.
"The last five minutes of that speech was stupid, childish and in the vein of our gangster mayor," said Detroit resident Thomas Ward, 19. "When he was defending his position and his family he should have stopped right there, but he continued on in that strange manner. To have a press conference about the state of the city devolve into a circus does not look good. It only discredits him."
In singling out Cockrel, who sat in the audience instead of his usual spot on stage because of the text message scandal, the mayor said, "President Cockrel, we have much more serious issues affecting our city than whether we attend a speech or not."
Cockrel said he expected Kilpatrick to call him out during the speech, but noted the mayor has not returned any of his requests to speak with him since the scandal broke.
"To be addressed in a public forum, I don't have a problem with it, but I have to question the sincerity behind that comment," he said. "If that's the way the mayor feels, he knows where to find me."(Freep)
Mr Kilpatrick, how can you call out President Cockrel like that when it is your scandal that keeps the city mired up, unable to effectively move forward. it is completely wrong of you to blame him for the mess that you have created. you have dug yourself into quite the hole, and for you to blame and accuse the city council for not digging you out is asinine.
i hope that President Cockrel continues to confront you on this and not let it got. i hope that the citizens of Detroit do the same. I hope that you finally come to your senses, and step aside, and let the city of Detroit move on and move forward on the trail that you helped to blaze. up until this scandal i was one of those who was willing to overlook your 'gangster' ways because of the progress that i have seen in Detroit since Coleman Young left office.i love Detroit. it boggles the minds of people here in DC. i love the changes that i have seen in the city since i was in high school. but i and others keep calling for your head because you have harmed Detroit. and not only have you not appologized to the city for spending its money to cover up your illegal and illicit behavior, you refuse to step down and let Detroit continue its progress. you continue to mire Detroit in scandal. it is you who keeps the city from addressing real and pressing issues. its you. you are the problem. not the city council. not the protesters. since you dont have the good sense to resign, i sincerely hope that Kim Worthy serves up your walking papers if not worse.
i hope that everyone sees that this is not a race issue. Eliot Spitzer has shown that white guys have just as poor judgment as anyone else. he had the grace to step down and put his energy into saving his family life, not fighting a public battle and trying to run the constituents that he has let down. its not a black and white issue. its a right and wrong issue.
another more eloquent rebuttal to the mayors speech by Stephen Henderson.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
the ant-efficacy trifecta
after reading a free press article on the plans for expanding and updating cobo hall, i have to say the local leaders are dropping the ball at best. ficano's plan, the only to get real attention, is not perfect, but patterson and kilpatrick boycotting talks is about as worthwhile as near-beer. if these people cant get over their constituency issues and create a viable plan, and quick, all of their constituents will be disappointed in them.
the lack of an expansion will result in the loss of the premier auto show in the US. this is a show that brings in roughly 400 million dollars a year. michigan cannot afford that loss. i hope that voters will not tolerate that loss.
look, these three idiots work for you. call for their heads. picket their homes. getting a deal worked out is possible, and much more important to the region than worrying about who pays a couple percent of what cost. sure its not easy, but rarely things worth doing are.
kwame, get your big, dumb, adulterous ass to that table and redeem yourself. NOW! and patterson, you pretentious bastard, tell us your first name, and put you uppity air aside and sit down with ficano and figure it out. ficano at least came up with a plan, but he now needs to hear these others out and and resolve the issues. by not budging, hes no better than the other two.
get it together guys. and quick. and if you dont, we the people ought to be outraged, and throw your asses out on the streets. and if we dont, than were no better than the anti-efficacy trifecta.
im pulling for you, detroit...
the article: http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080222/OPINION01/802220327
the lack of an expansion will result in the loss of the premier auto show in the US. this is a show that brings in roughly 400 million dollars a year. michigan cannot afford that loss. i hope that voters will not tolerate that loss.
look, these three idiots work for you. call for their heads. picket their homes. getting a deal worked out is possible, and much more important to the region than worrying about who pays a couple percent of what cost. sure its not easy, but rarely things worth doing are.
kwame, get your big, dumb, adulterous ass to that table and redeem yourself. NOW! and patterson, you pretentious bastard, tell us your first name, and put you uppity air aside and sit down with ficano and figure it out. ficano at least came up with a plan, but he now needs to hear these others out and and resolve the issues. by not budging, hes no better than the other two.
get it together guys. and quick. and if you dont, we the people ought to be outraged, and throw your asses out on the streets. and if we dont, than were no better than the anti-efficacy trifecta.
im pulling for you, detroit...
the article: http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080222/OPINION01/802220327
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