<p>Kwamster out…next stop…corrupt crooks on City Council.</p>
<p>Yup. His lawyer just went on air and claimed that he plead guilty because he didn’t think he could get a fair trial and because of the pain it was causing his family.</p>
<p>He pled because the deal was better than what he would have gotten by jury. Simple equation.</p>
<p>I lived in Detroit for 7 years, and fell in love with the people, whom I found were some of the most generous in the country when it comes to community service.</p>
<p>What Kilpatrick did was heartbreaking.</p>
<p>I’m glad that he’s gone. Too bad, though, he didn’t get more time in prison and more time being prohibited from running for public office. What a greedy narcissist! I can not figure out why Detroiters voted him in for the second time.</p>
<p>I’ve met David Bing, and have a high impression of him. I hope that he – or someone else thoughtful and ethical – will get into office and turn Detroit around so it will be a great city again instead of an international embarrassment.</p>
<p>I was driving to the D this morning as the drama unfolded on the radio. Hearing Kwame say, “I lied” was amazing. His story is so sad - he is a very bright, charismatic man. He did good things for the city, but he used his power for his own gain. He could have been one of the best the city has ever seen. Instead, he was too arrogant & self centered for his own good. The fact that he finally had to resign & admit to lying/obstructing justice is just incredible. I was not surprised when his lawyer said he did it because he couldn’t get a fair trial & had no choice - if that’s true, then he lied about lying, didn’t he?! It will be very interesting to hear what he says. AS USUAL … we have to WAIT until Kwame is good & ready. It’s now 20 minutes past the time he announced he would speak. No judge to yell at him today!</p>
<p>Gov. Jenny did a great job yesterday at his removal hearing, I understand. She has a future as a judge.</p>
<p>In all of this, I feel so pleased for the police officers whose lives were purposely ruined by Kwame & Christine Beatty. How they could scr*w those men over like they did is the sin that led to the downfall.</p>
<p>He took responsibility for his actions. However, he is still very full of himself - taking a lot of credit for “making Detroit better.” Delusions of grandeur die hard.</p>
<p>He’s still there telling us what a great job he did. It’s just so sad. Personally, I hope one of the fired officers gets the job as Chief of Police and the other runs for Mayor.</p>
<p>Hubris…that is what I think it is.</p>
<p>Kwame is the reason my kid went to school out of state with no intentions of every returning to Detroit, or Michigan. I sent her text that he was gone Her reply? “Huzzah”</p>
<p>The rest of the crew is why her father and I are not too far behind.</p>
<p>sheena </p>
<p>You wanted him to be free like football player Simpson who through trust funds did not pay anything yet he owes millions and got free in crimnal trials. :)</p>
<p>NSM, as a transplant to MI I share your feelings about my adopted state. Everyone talks about the kindness of Southerners, but I find that midwesterners (and Michiganders) to be just as friendly and a little more sincere (and I say that as a native Southerner myself.) Not only are they some of the most generous volunteers of time and money, but they are also hardworking and resilient. (Have to be, with this economy!)</p>
<p>And hockey - what a great game! Who knew it was possible to skate and hit a puck at the same time.</p>
<p>Back to Kwame, though - I disagre with you 100%, sheena. Kwame was ousted because he lied under oath, not because he was black. Honestly, his skin could have been white, green or whatever - he lied, he obstructed justice, and he cost the city almost 10 million dollars.</p>
<p>Kelsmom, I thought Granholm did a great job, too, and I’m not her biggest fan. DID Kwame ever give his speech? I missed it. Guess I’ll have to google the Freep…</p>
<p>Sheena, you are incorrect. If you follow the Detroit papers at all, you will see that the call for his resignation came from every corner. His approval rating in the city (whose residents are overwhelmingly black) was 20% yesterday. The men whose lives he ruined were black. The residents whose tax money he used to pay off the cops so that the text messages proving he lied under oath would never be released were overwhelmingly black. The woman he had an affair with & then left in the lurch to deal with her felony without the benefit of the city’s legal staff (as the mayor had) is black.</p>
<p>This had nothing to do with race.</p>
<p>P.S. Scout, I am not sure it actually IS possible to skate & hit a puck at the same time … at least not in MY experience!</p>
<p>Why our youth asuume everthing is about race and nothing about the individual resposibility. This is very disturbing to me.</p>
<p>It wasn’t about the affair, or even just the lying under oath about it. It was that he intentionally deceived the city council into settling a lawsuit for over $8 million so that the truth wouldn’t come out. It was about firing those officers so the truth wouldn’t come out. And don’t forget assaulting two police officers. </p>
<p>Don’t bother to find his speech. He merely went on and on about what a great job his administrtaion had done and how he’d be back. Oh…and the fact that he and his wife have never been closer.</p>
<p>He and his wife have never been closer? Give me a break. I saw those looks she gave him in court yesterday. Yikes!</p>
<p>Closer to what is the question? War, divorce court? Some of his comments were pure hilarity. Hubris knows no bounds.</p>