A scandal envelops the mayor of Motown
Comment: To a previous comment...correction please!!!!! you state 'where there's a scandal, there is a republican denying responsiblility" Wake up Mister..Get your facts straight....Kwame Kilpatrick is a DEMOCRAT, following the trademarks of true Democratic family values that the Spitzer and Clinton families are familiar with. I am a proud REPUBLICAN, and I approve this comment.
A Suburban Housewife.
Comment: I've recently heard that the FBI is now involved. It is time that man is let go He is an embarassment to everyone in Michigan.. He is liar and a criminal and it will come out. His mother won't be able to save him now. And there is now people coming forword about the stripper who was at his house and ended up murder after she filed a police complaint against his wife for hitting her when Tamara green stripped for the mayor!!!!!
Comment: where there's a scandal, there's a republican denying responsibility.
Comment: I did not know all of the details until now. I was almost believing the presentations of the Major, being in a state of "what if" however; the texts does not lie and are really bold. What happens if he leaves? The business deals and upgrades? Who will take over and will they do a better job. it is a said situation. I have only heard bad gossip about his reputation before hand with the Money spending and such. Its not looking good.
Comment: I did not know all of the details until now. I was almost believing the presentations of the Major, being in a state of "what if" however; the texts does not lie and are really bold. What happens if he leaves? The business deals and upgrades? Who will take over and will they do a better job. it is a said situation. I have only heard bad gossip about his reputation before hand with the Money spending and such. Its not looking good.
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Comment: Once again, one of our so called brothers can't get the pimp'n out of him...You can take the pimp out the hood, but you can't take the player out the major...How do you drive down your city streets that needs so much help on your way to a hotel to sleep with some women who is not your wife...And than bring bring God into your mess. You asked the people for forgiveness and your wife, you better repent and ask God to for give you...
Comment: It amazes me when liberal media goes after Republicans with such zeal over trysts be it man or woman, attempts are made to hush up democrat lust, no wonder lib media can't compete anymore, the revenue dollars, readers and viewers it's losing, while blaming other media sources for it's own troubles. You expect republicans to be held accountable to rule of law. it's high time you folks abide by the same rules and not hypocritical about it.
Comment: DETROITERS: Wear a GREEN RIBBON if you want the MURDER of Tamara GREENe investigated. She was the dancer at the Mayor's Mansion that got murdered just hours after her name was inluded in a police memo.
Comment: yes i would like her killer to get caught because i know of some females that knew her and they knew that she was at that mansion. he is nothing but a big *** and his wife does not care cause she is in it for the money and she has no regards for that girls life that is nothing to her, she looks like she has no heart i hpe they get kicked out in the streets.
Comment: OK... um, THE RAVEN, white people aren't the only racists. Your message made that very clear. Your comments are on the same level of audacity and rudeness as spider1's - did you ever think that "whiteys" could be offended by racial slurs and prejudices, too? Last time I checked, this article was about a potentially corrupt/morally bankrupt mayor of Detroit who lied under oath. His race has nothing to do with his capability; there have been great black lawmakers and politicians.
Comment: LOL... great article.. reminds me of the time i clicked a link on this website
and the bums eyes started spinning pretty hilarious.... I think it was Autogiver.com
Comment: Speaking of disgraceful Detroit politicians...wasn't it Detroit Councilwoman Monica Conyers (Yep, that's Congressman John Conyer's wife!!) who beat up a woman in a bar fight 2 years ago?????
Comment: ...
Detroit, Monday, 3 PM:
Kwame's DADDY (The guy that made the comments about the Holocaust) arrived at the Manoogian Mansion. The Deputy Mayor is inside too.
Watching live on MANOOGIAN WEBCAM.. (WXYZ Detroit)
Hmmm....Do I smell RESIGNATION???????
Comment: At least Detroit is only in the national news for some lies and an affair.
Usually it's about rape and murder.
It's a step up for Motown. By the way, Go Wings!
Comment: The RED WINGS...now THERE is something we CAN be proud of!
Comment: .....
Did anybody else see Ch 7's (WXYZ Detroit) Video: "Mayor, Lawyer Meet at Manoogian"?
There was more to it when I saw it live and when the lawyer, Bill Mitchell (Coleman Young's old lawyer) came out of the Mansion...did he LOOK LIKE HE JUST SAW A GHOST or what!?
I wonder if the convo went like this::
Lawyer: Okay, Kwame, I'm here for you, but I need you to let me know the TRUTH so I can defend you. Did you kill that dancer?
Mayor KK: Wellllllll. It's not like I actually pulled th...
Lawyer: STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I MEAN, did you give an order to have her killed?
Mayor KK: What do you mean by "order"?
Laywer: Come on man!!!!!!!!!! I'm trying to help you!!!!!!!!!! Come clean with me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mayor KK: Okay. Yeah, I did. What's the big deal? I couldn;t have her talking! I did what needed to be done! I made IT HAPPEN! Hell, yeah!!!!!!!!!!!
Lawyer: Okay, Okay. Is there anything else I need to know?
Mayor KK: Well, then there was the OTHER stripper that tried to run away to Atlanta. Took care of her too.
Lawyer: Oh...oh...Jesu...
Mayor KK: What!? Mannn... they were just Whores, man. Talkin' bout tryin' to feed their kids...I don't wanna hear that shi...
Lawyer: Kwame, this is SERIOUS! You could go to prison for life!!
Mayor KK: Ha! Ha! Haaaaaaaaa!!! Awwww, man be REAL!! This is the D!! Who gonna convict Kwame! My mother is a congresswoman!! Remember at my rally when my moms said "Kwame's ya'all's BOOOY, people DIED for him to be here!..." Well, she REALLY meant PEOPLE DIED FOR ME 2 B HER!!! HAAAA ha haaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lawyer: Mr Mayor, please. Is...is...is there anything ELSE I should know...
Mayor KK: Well, to be real honest (as opposed to just "regular honest") those dead strippers ain't much of anything. This other stuff is what REALLY worries me... Me and Mike Cox were..."
Lawyer: Um, Oh, Geez, look at the time! I'm sorry man, I just remembered, I've got to pick up my wife from the airport...beauty salaon...uh, I mean...airport! Um, nice talking to you Mr. Mayor. I'll...I'll be in touch REAL soon! Buh-bye!
Comment: I've got a rhyme for the hip-hop mayor/ We were laughing then but were I'm crying later/ Ms. Beatty was my chief of staff / In the bedroom I'm the chief and she was riding my staff/ It's a such a shame that it can to come to this/ We were having fun but but now we're in the abyss/ First I got in trouble for the Navigator/ Damn! I'm in the doghouse again/See you later!!
Comment: Christine Beatty, you lucky dog, you!!
Comment: ............
.....Well, Christine Beatty (Chief of Staff) just RESIGNED, but the Mayor is still in hiding. It is Monday afternoon and we have not seen or heard from him since LAST Wednesday. Boy, THAT'S leadership!
Comment: Why make this an issue of racial ? This is NOT a racial issue...this is a SPIRITUAL issue. The Mayor was married with children, he took an oath to uphold the city of Detroit, which includes professional ethics and integrity. I personally don't think "Bling", "Da' white man" or the "Ghetto" should be points of interest as much as holding this man responsible for his actions. If what he is saying is correct, and there are "old" emails, then perhaps the people of Detroit will be a little forgiving, if his wife has forgiven him then perhaps they have worked past this issue, however, it does NOT change the fact that he lied under oath. this is going to interesting.
Comment: ...
Even IF the e-mails ARE old, the affair STOPPED A MURDER INVESTIGATION and got veteran police officers fired and cost the city MILLIONS!!! The family of Tamara Greene may be suing for $150 MILLION MORE! (See my article below)
How would you feel if it was YOUR DAUGHTER'S MURDER INVESTIGATION that was halted by these people?!?
As for his infidelity being over with...he was in a Hotel room with a woman named Carmen Slowski JUST LAST WEEKEND in North Carolina!!! Getting massages and champaign and strawberries on somebody elses dime!
(That is: Massages, NOT messages...as in: he and a woman who was NOT his wife were laying naked on tables (in January, 2008) and getting their bodies oiled down and tissues kneaded. Not exactly what the planners of the MLK celebration had invisioned when they invited him to speak. )
Kwame needs to resign and save us all some money. But he won't because he is guilty as sin and he needs the city to pay all his legal bills. Do not be surprised if he ends up in prison, but not just for perjury.
Comment: Obviously, movedout and doctorjay want to turn this into a racial story as well. I was born in raised in Detroit, went to lawschool and still live in Detroit. I really don't care what color our mayor is as long as they are intelligent, motivated to help the city, and credible. Recent events show Kilpatrick is not credible. No matter what your color, perjury takes away your credibility. As an attorney, I think Kilpatrick should be disbarred for lying under oath. As a resident of Detroit, I think that he needs to step down or be recalled.
Comment: I recently moved out of Michigan for more work but I am still watching. People act shocked that this sort of stuff keeps happening. Why? We knew what we were getting when he was elected the second time. These types of problems are just what you get when a mayor is elected based on Bling and street cret. Sad as it sounds, politics is a game and thats the election game in Detroit. The kind of suit you wear and your "swagger" are how you get elected in "The D". Nobody in the City cares because this is minor compared to what they see every day. By getto standards, this is hardly worth mentioning. People, why do you care about a city full of people that would rather shoot you and steal your shoes. Why do you care about a city that would rather put a Cadilac in the driveway instead of caring for their children?
Comment: Kilpatrick needs to resign now. Mayor Kilpatrick cannot and should not be allowed to think that the law doesn't apply to him. I am a proud Detroiter and what makes me proud is the city which I live in not the person who represents the city. The city of Detroit has gotten through much worst as a city and this is just another part of our city's history. Detroit needs strong leadership. And the leadership MUST have INTERGRITY. Mayor Kilpatrick have totally taken the citizens love, trust, and support for you for granted. He 's went as far as lying under oath, firing detroit police officers for doing their jobs, being linked to the murder of an exoctic dancer, and costing the citizens over 9 million dollars (at a time where the city/state is going through its own recession. I am a military vet who defends his country and only want great leadership within our own borders.
Comment: Kilpatrick must resign now. If not at least take a leave of absence until the investigation is concluded. This is not just about lyiing under oath. This is covering up an investigation by two police officers surrounding the Mayor's lavish and loose lifestyle which could have resulted in a exotic dancers murder. It was rumored that Ms. Kilpatrick did get into a physical altercation with the dancer know as "Strawberry". Then she strangely ended up murdered. Mayor Kilpatrick did lie under oath and some want us to think it was to hide an exteranl affair, but it may be more he's hiding. The Mayor could have settled this case prior to going to court for only 100,000 dollars, but his arrogance got the best of him. and it cost the city 9 million. Detroit citizens have slowing been moving out of the city because of the fear of safety (crime rate increase), children education (closed numerous schools), and many more ongoing problems.
Comment: I left Detroit over 47 years ago to join the Air Force and travel the world. Since then, I have retired, and now woking for the Federal Government, currently stationed in Korea. I cannot believe the mess that has involved or tarnish the reputation of our great city. We are caught in difficult situation. If Kilpatrick leaves, we loose all of the good things that he has done or is doing. If we let him stay, then we are condoning his actions. My recommendations is let him stay, slap him on his hands hard, and dont elect him again. I am sure that their are better qualified individuals to talk the helm of our great city. Good luck Detroit
James E. Maddox Jr
satchmo1914.james@gmail.com
Camp Carroll, Korea
Comment: It is truly a shame that blacks tend to circle the wagons when one of their own gets into hot water, many of these so-called leaders are an embarrasment to decent people, we have this so-called 'Hip-Hop' mayor catering to ignorant black folks who have a complete contempt for anyone in white society. This is pretty much like African politics, (dancers being murdered, police officers afraid for their lives?). Too bad many blacks cater to this kind of madness, you ignore real, decent leaders or spokesmen (i.e., Obama, Shelby Steele, Walter E. Williams), and you run to the complete and uter corrupt hipocrites (Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton); you defend criminals like Michael Vick, or the Jena 6 but call decent blacks who stand up to this kind of garbage as 'sell-outs.' Unlike Europeans, Hispanics, Asians, Middle-Easterners, blacks don't have much of a culture, you create your own holidays (Kwanzaa), you complain about not being part of America yet you deliberately walk away from anything that is American, you go by African-Americans but most of you know nothing about Africa or were you came from; you'll pick up a book with words like "Bling", "Pimp," but you'll ignore great writers like W.E.B. DuBois, Frederick Douglas; you talk about 'culture' but you will cater to movies like "Friday," "Booty-Call," but ignore your own history in the theatres, many black men have died for this country since the Revolutionary War, yet less than a dozen movies have been made about them, yet you don't care. Black men, women, and children are murdered daily and all you can say is "Don't Snitch". In the end no matter how much you like to be called African-American, change your name to Kwami, Muhammed, Kareem, you are part of America, go to Africa and I can guarantee you, you'll be back in a week, because none of that so-called "African history/culture" is about you.
Comment: I agree completely. fingers are pointed at everyone but themselves. The day will come when poeple just stop caring. African Americans think they have problems now, any mexican american would like to have their say in our political system, and they don't mind earning it.
Comment: spider1--I couldn't stop laughing at your stupid, ignorant comments. You know soooo much about black people it's scarry. How stupid are you? Gone are the days when whitey choose who our leaders are. And the writers that you praised loathed white t**sh like you. No black culture? Jazz, Blues, Rock, Spirituals all are parts of black culture. We have produced some of the greatest writers, artists, and actors in the world--inspite of your racist race. White politicians and and politics are the most corrupt in the world. Bush has us in a war over oil--that his family is profitting from. White politicians buying wh**es and men in airport toilets, and being bought by big business. Kwanzaa? A made-up holiday? Every holiday in every culture is made up--you DOLT!. You people admire your serial killers, mass murderers, and spree killers. John W. Gacy, Ted Bundy, Dahmer--the list is too long. Your white priests molest boys for centuries and you cover it up. You rape your daughters and pass them to your sons. You are the most hated, filthy race on the planet.. You have committed genocide and spread diseases whereever you've been You know you are a genetic mistake? A flaw in human evolution that will one day--thank GOD--cease to exsit. A patheitc
murdering, molesting, Godless filth of wasted pale skin
Comment: Well said.
Comment: It won't allow me to post the link but you can do a search for "760 WJR news talk radio Norman Yatooma comments about the cover up of the Manoogian Mansion party"
Comment: Tamara Greene's son's attorney, Norman Yatooma of Birmingham, was interviewed on WJR radio a few days ago. Here is the link:
Comment: .You just wait and see how big this story gets. It will be J.F.K./Marilyn Monroe, Jena 6, Marion Barry, Jerry Springer, Whitewater and Lewinsky-gate all rolled up together.
Before I end this, I MUST add that for anyone who has a recording of "The Reverend David Murray" of the Detroit School Board, PLEASE put it up on YOUTUBE. He is OBVIOUSLY either mentally unstable or on drugs. Yet, and here is how this ties in to Kwame, the Reverend added a "Reverend" to his name and got more votes last election than anyone else! The man is NOT right in the head! He makes Kwame look like Ronald Reagan. I have never undestood why the Balck voters of Detroit have the degree of animosity toward the white community as they do. It only hurts THEM in the long run. Yet, like a small child that keeps grabbing an open flame and getting burnt, they keep electing obvious crooks and incompetents and rallying behind them. For anyone who missed it, search for the video of Kwames's mommy (Carloyn Cheeks Kilpatrick) at his reelction rally. She does not even act like a human, yet she is a Congresswoman and Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus . It would be the funniest thing I ever saw if it wasn't just so sad. I think I will be a Republican from now on.
Comment: Why run. Stick around and help the cause. That is what wrong with us today. We are tempted to take the easy way out. Why join something where they really dont want you. Wake up, and stay Dem.
Comment: DETROIT MAY PAY ANOTHER $150 MILLION DOLLARS!!
From the DETROIT NEWS Dec, 2007
According to the Local 4 News report, Tamara Green was reportedly working as a dancer at the rumored mansion party and allegedly got into an altercation with the mayor's wife.
Green was shot and killed during a drive-by shooting after the alleged party, and her family believes it was a deliberate attack to keep her from talking to officers who were investigating the rumored party.
The lawsuit, according to Local 4 News, is on behalf of Johnathan Bond, Green's 14-year-old son. The lawsuit alleges Kilpatrick and members of the city's police department tried to block the investigation.
"I"m the boy's daddy. Not one time did the Detroit Police Department call me and say, 'Hey what do you know about your son's mother's death,' " said Ernest Flagg, who is Bond's father. "He's asking a number of questions. He's asking specific questions, I don't have answers for."
Flagg said the lawsuit is a way to force the mayor and others involved to talk, under oath, about the case.
According to the court documents, investigators described Green's slaying as a "deliberate hit" and concluded the gun and bullets used in the shooting were the same type issued to Detroit police officers.
Court records also showed that one detective looking into the possibility that a police officer was involved in the killing had her computer files erased and her investigative notes stolen from a locked file.
"I'm not surprised the files were erased, stolen and other things done to short-stop her from the truth," said Flagg.
The city of Detroit has already paid out millions of dollars to two police officers who filed a whistle blowers lawsuit over the rumored party investigation. That case involved officers who claimed they were fired or reassigned for investigating the case.
The federal lawsuit filed on behalf of Green's son asked for $150 million, but Flagg insisted the case is not about money.
"He wants to know who killed his mother," explained Flagg. "Was his mother at this party? We love her but we can't bring her back. I tell my son that every other day."
Flagg said his son keeps press clippings, surfs the Internet and has heard the rumors at school about his mother's slaying and alleged cover-up.
"My son had a right to have his mother's death investigated," said Flagg.
A spokesperson for the mayor's office said the city could not comment on the lawsuit until it had a chance to review the case.
According to Flagg, there is a meeting scheduled for sometime in January with the city but that the family would not accept a settlement offer, if one is proposed.
Flagg said he and his son want to have those involved questioned in a court of law.
Comment: How it all started:
Sept/ Oct 2002: ""Rumored"" Manoogian Party/Carlita Kilpatrick showed up and beat up Stripper/Tamara Greene:
The FACTS:
Aril 30, 2003, Gary Brown issued memo about Tamara Grrene being at the Manoogian party and recieving a beating from the Mayo'rs wife and subsequently receiving medical treatment.
April 30, The VERY SAME NIGHT: Tamara Greene is Murdered (the bullets are the same calliber used in Detroit Police weapons).
(A possible second dancer who fled Detroit is tracked down in Atlanta and also killed)
6 days later...Gary Brown is fired.
At trial:
"He was not fired," Kilpatrick testified. "My understanding is he could go back to lieutenant ... but I think Mr. Brown chose to retire."
The text messages, however, use "fire" to describe Brown's departure. On May 15, 2003, Beatty wrote to Kilpatrick: "I'm sorry that we are going through this mess because of a decision that we made to fire Gary Brown. I will make sure that the next decision is much more thought out. Not regretting what was done at all. But thinking about how we can do things smarter."
Kilpatrick replied: "It had to happen though. I'm all the way with that!"
(Personal comment: Remember how the police officers were testifying about being afraid that the Mayor would have them and their families murdered? Not such a crazy idea now, is it??)
Comment: To the (few) people saying that he is a good Mayor overall and that this sexual scandal shouldn't put a stop too the good he is doing, I say this: As long as women (of all colors) do not feel SAFE inside a city, they will not move back and bring their family and their MONEY with them to invest in a city they feel is unsafe and on shakey ground. Period. What do you think goes through a suburban lady's mind when she sees the leader of a major city all pimped-out and acting like an animal on tv? She KNOWS that much of the African American youth in that city wants to emulate him...if Kwame can get away with it, THEY can probably get away with it too. Murder, drug-dealing, stealing...it's all a big joke to them. They (the majority of the Det A.A. community...not ALL, but MOST...) KNEW what a liar Kwame was and still reelected him!! The arrogance of the Detroit African Community is something I have never experienced anywhere else in the country. What I find funny however is that they like to act so "big" and yet it seems as if they cannot form a thought or opinion of their own without input from their "Pastor." LOL!! Man, if you are black and want to make some money, go to Detroit and become a minister of some sort. You can sucker your own people out of everything and drive a new Benz too!
Comment: It's easy to point fingers at those of a different nationality, race, or political party. The only problem with that is that you show your own lack of brains. Bad morals come in all races, and political parties. Maybe if some of you who wrote hateful comments baced on the obove would or could fairly pick up a paer and read it you would already know this.
Comment: This man is a Democrat so it is OK to commit adultry! Has anyone ever wondered why heavily Democratic states and cities with Democratic leaders are so screwed up?
Comment: How surprising to see another man of color guilty of yet another animalistic crime. That???s what this country gets for putting these baboons into positions they should not be in. These are positions that require brains and smarts. Put a colored guy in charge and they screw it up. Lets fight to keep them as laborers on construction sites
Comment: Let's see what the White man has contributed to society: slavery, biggotry, and racism. White men have been rapists, most serial killers, and committed atrocities against other civilizations since the beginning of time, including World Wars, Korean War, Vietnam and Iraq are the White man's legacy. You guys have been Nazi's (and still are as Skinheads), KKK and were the reason people needed the Civil Rights Movement. Despite contributions from scientists like Charles Drew, scholars like W.E. B. DuBois and others, still uneducated Racists such as yourself believe Blacks are inferior intellectually. WE did'nt head up Enron, start Columbine and become elected President b/c of OUR last names! Get a life David Duke!
Comment: Where is RoboCop when you really need him ?!?
ps The old 'everyone else does' defense just does not cut it. Never did, never will.
Comment: Where is RoboCop when you really need him ?!?
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Comment: Leave the Mayor alone. Politicans been doing it thoughout the ages. If he's done right by his city, what differnce does his personal life have to do with anything. That's between him and his wife.
Comment: I don't care if the Mayor cheated on his wife. People cheat. It isn't even kept quiet anymore. The fact is that he lied - under oath. As an attorney and a mayor he should know better. As an attorney, he should respect the oath taken in court. As the mayor, he should respect the law and realize that to get anything accomplished FOR the city, those outside of the city need to view him as credible. As someone with years of business experience, I don't do business with those that do not have credibility. Detroit has been nationally seen as a laughingstock and just when progress starts - young professionals start moving back to the city, companies are coming downtown - Kilpatrick loses his credibility through his own volition. So Valleylee, he hasn't "done right" (bad grammar by the way) by the city. He did not attend one of the most important mayoral conferences in DC because he was having a bad personal day. Instead, he went to his $400,000 vacation home. Must be nice to call off work because you screwed up your own personal life.
Comment: If a person is prepared to break the most sacred covenant of all, the covenant of marriage, then they can't be trusted with any leadership position IMO. Perhaps it's time we start "raising the bar" with respect to the ethical practices we expect to see from those who we choose to lead us.
Comment: If Kilpatrick and his wife worked out this affair he 'now' regrets, then Kilpatrick should have testified exactly to that., under OATH as Kilpatrick WAS UNDER OATH. Obviously that didn't mean anything to either of Kilpatrick or Beatty. And his chief press secretary who committed the crime against his wife, and Kilpatrick stuck up for him, just goes to show what kind of people they really are. I would say Beatty is ashamed, devastated, and embarrased.........that she got caught.
It is inexcusable what they did to Mr. Brown, just because Kilpatrick and Beatty didn't want to have their affair exposed.
Take a man's job away from him, but did NOT do the same to his friend (chief press sec.) who bashed his wife's head through a window, yep, thats how a mayor is suppose to act.........thank God for text messages!
Comment: Why did Detroit elect this looser again? He is absoluty the most pathetic excuse for a mayor the city is a mess and he has done NOTHING to help it! I agree the voters are to blame as much as he is. Once a liar always a liar he should resign and let a REAL BUSINESS MAN TAKE OVER!!!
Comment: Because most of the people in Detroit are idiots! They kept reelecting the crook Coleman Young time after time!
Comment: This guy is nothing but a liar and has done nothing for the city of Detroit he should be jailed! Marthat Stewart was jailed for lying and he should be too! Come to Detroit and see how pathetic the city is its absoluty nasty and half the residents moving because of the BAD conditions maybe the mayor should help the city instead of filling his pockets and traveling all over the place on the city credit card! What a damn loooser!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment: Detroit is a cesspool. Its elected officials are charlatans and its voters are morons. They deserve one another.
Comment: Detroit is a cesspool. The elected officials are charlatans and the voters are morons. In my opinion, they deserve one another.
Comment: To the Mayor's Wife: We hope you dump him! You can do better. He's treating you like a fool.
Comment: ffair, it's the length that this unqualified idiot went to try to cover it up. Kilpatrick is an embarrassment. This isn't his first scandal either. There was the stripper scandal mentioned in the article, the 20 Harley-Davidsons that were ordered for the police department that miraculously made their way into his own garage, and the numerous complaints of the abuse of his powers by his friends and cohorts. Unforunately, until the people of Detroit realize that despite the fact that Kilpatrick is a minority, HE IS NOT QUALIFIED TO BE MAYOR. It's sad that people in that city continue to vote along party lines and for Kilpatrick simply because he is a democrat and African American.
Comment: It's not about the affair, it's the length that this unqualified idiot went to try to cover it up. Kilpatrick is an embarrassment. This isn't his first scandal either. There was the stripper scandal mentioned in the article, the 20 Harley-Davidsons that were ordered for the police department that miraculously made their way into his own garage, and the numerous complaints of the abuse of his powers by his friends and cohorts. UUntilUnforunately, until the people of Detroit realize that despite the fact that Kilpatrick is a minority, HE IS NOT QUALIFIED TO BE MAYOR. It's sad that people in that city continue to vote along party lines and for Kilpatrick simply because he is a democrat and African American.
Comment: KK is too immature, young, and wild to run the city of Detroit. Many of the citizens support the "rebel" in their politicians. Unfortunately, color still plays a big deciding factor who is going to be mayor of this predominantly black city. Sometimes even a black person acts too "white" just because they don't talk ghetto and act like a thug. I guess their just too "square" for his very hip-hop city! Last election they had better choices. They wanted Kool Kwame again! They had better choices but I think the people running were just not black enough. As for his "shortie", she's the one who was stopped by a cop and asked him "DO YOU KNOW WHO THE FUC* I AM!" That told me what she was when that hit the press. She's ghetto and obnoxious. She needs to stop down and so does KK. My prediction, he'll probably be voted in again! By the way, I'm not a stranger to Detroit. Born, raised near Detroit, worked there since 1969, opened a business and ran it for 20 years, and know many good people of influence in Detroit who were really sorry to seem him elected!
Comment: Those of you that say this is a long time ago and old news or that it is not a scandal must not be worried about our 9 million dollars that was spent covering up the affair for that man. we have some serious problems in Detroit and mabey your tax dollars are not important to you, but for me they are. I think that he should pay the 9 million dollar settlement with interest back to the city. then mabey we could leave it that he is untrustworthy and a liar and cheat and it is old news.
Comment: Lizzy1234-Well said and so true. Thank you!
Comment: This old news has cost the people of Detroit 9 MILLION dollarsl.........Please..........resign Kwame
Comment: This old news has cost the people of Detroit 9 MILLION dollarsl.........Please..........resign Kwame
Comment: KK is too immature and inexperienced to be mayor of Detroit. I don't know why the people of Detroit couldn't realize that fact. I think it's because they support the "rebel" in KK just like they did with Mayor Coleman Young, who isolated Detroit from the suburbs. I believe it's because when they see an educated classy black politician who pronounces words as they should be pronounced that person is just not "black enough." It will be interesting to see the outcome of this fiasco. My prediction....you'll hear Detroit citizens, at least a fair amount, supporting him 100%! As far as his chief of staff, she's the one who a cop stopped and she was enraged and asked "Do you know who the fu*k I am." Well, girlfriend, now everybody KNOWS YOU NOW. What a horrible woman. To mayor's wife, Carlita, DUMP HIM!
Comment: This old news has cost the people of Detroit 9 MILLION dollarsl.........Please..........resign Kwame
Comment: Dang, isn't there anything else happening in that tired town that isn't 5-6 years old?????
Get a life....
Comment: Excuse me, but did this happen more than 5 years ago????? Come on, people now,let's get together.
This is old news.......please..........
Comment: It,s mighty funny how people can focus on an extra marital affair by the mayor of Detroit while we don't here a peep about mayor Richard"abu graib" Daley who has never been investigated for presiding over and covering up the John Burge torture scandal
Comment: He might be trouble,but he sure is a dapper dresser....looking good....bling bling....and all that.I guess that will change when the man ax's .....what size jump suit you wear chump....no bling bling just clank clank of them big old steel door.....Kwamee-you better pucker up baby..cause Bubba's looking for you.
Comment: He might be trouble,but he sure is a dapper dresser....looking good....bling bling....and all that.I guess that will change when the man ax's .....what size jump suit you wear chump....no bling bling just clank clank of them big old steel door.....Kwamee-you better pucker up baby..cause Bubba's looking for you.
Comment: Carmen Slowski.....where are you???
Comment: The City of Detorit pays for full time body guards for this jerk and yet he is continually trying to evade them...The taxpayers should pull these cops used a body guards, put them back on the street and the moron mayor would now be even more free to waste taxpayers meony on parties, vacation, trists, etc.
Comment: This Mayor is the biggest loser running a fallin' city. He is ripping off the taxapayers with lawsuits, vacations, extra marital affairs (Carmen Slowski). It is all here: www.detorituncovered.com
Comment: It is all put together on this website: www.detroituncovered.com
Comment: I can't understand why everybody is so surprised by this. Kwame and Christine have both been "in your face" long before this event, which is just one more in a long string of misdeeds. Both of them have stood before the public and defied anyone to challenge them.
What does surprise me is the people wondering why the City is in such a mess. Wake up Detroit! The mayor has got his hand in your pocket and he's not going to be satisfied until he has it all.
Comment: I am so ready for what really should matter to be stated, investigated!
Comment: 2 words: TAMARA GREENE
Comment: when will someone have the guts to investigate the drive by murders of two exotic dancer that that were at the mayor residence...that's what has started all this.
Comment: when will someone have the guts to investigate the drive by murders of two exotic dancer that that were at the mayor residence...that's what has started all this.
Comment: This was a personal matter that never should have been reported. This is between him and his wife. EXCEPT, a person got fired for whistleblowing, allowed police to run amuck drunk in the city, and commited perjury (as I recall, AGAINST THE LAW). I dont care to hear about sexcapades in public office; I do care that politicians uphold the legal system, enforce proper police procedure, and the employment rights for his workers. For these reasons, this mayor should be prosecuted. "Some are more 'equal' than others"
Comment: This is a personal matter between him and his wife. Unfortunately somebody was fired, renegade police running amuck, and perjury was committed (from what I remember is ILLEGAL). A personal relationship is one thing, breaking the law and firing someone to cover it up is another; and for that he should be removed from office. Its not personal indescretions that is problematic, its the corruption of elected officials acting (and seemingly getting away with being) above the law.
Comment: The most important thing to a man is happiness and peace of mind. Apparently Kilpatrick found it with his mistress. A man will give up all of his riches for that person that makes him feel that youthful excitement that he once experienced. Unfortunately, he represents a major city, so let's separate a man's transgressions from his ability to grow a city. This is matter between God, Kilpatrick's wife and kids, and his conscious.
Comment: Not when you are abusing citizens tax dollars and that effects the lives of the children of Detroit!
If you are elected to office you have a legal repsonsiblility to use tax dollars wisely especially when money is short and you go to the citizens of Detroit and expect them to pay more money to pick up the garbage!
I guess Detroiters are so used to being treated like dirt they have lost all sense of normal decency!
This goes for the Detroit Board of Education who are just as corrupt using money to enjoy unnecessary trips and extravagant dinners while the children of Detroit have to go without school supplies, enough teachers etc.
But this dispicable mind set has been going on for soooooooooo long in Detroit it has become norm!
Very sad and very disgusted that the citizen of Detroit elected this arrogant sociopath for a second time but then again they did that with Bush too!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment: regardless of what kilpatrick did personally, he has moved detroit forward and continues to do so. this is no easy feat. detroit is a great city regardless of the bad publicity, its a beautiful place and has a lot of great people. so lets get over it and move forward not dwell on something that happened years ago
Comment: one step forward two steps back.... with this lastest action it will put Detroit down a slipperly slope. True it is a personal matter But it becomes impersonal when there are questionable actions for covering something "so personal". True everyone has wriiten past and present presidents are doing this But I ask How much more are we going to take before our great cities, counties and country become a hole of filth to which we all turn our heads all the while we let others sneek in our back doors and steal our freedoms. Soon we will all be wearing burqas in our own country and living some other way instead of the American way. Interigrity, Dignity and Strength is what we stand for not deceit and harm to one another. if it were ur wife or hubby and it cost u 9 million would u say it was a personal matter?
Comment: People will always want what they can't have. So just note the following if you are so inclined:
If you're a politico, you should chase it in your own dime. If you work in a call center, you should chase it in the appropriate AUX code. If you're a dentist, you should chase it after you finish the root canal... If you blog, you should chase it in a secure, encrypted environment.... and so on.
Lastly, I think we should reinterpret what it means to be vetted. Whom do we choose to lead us between a sexual deviant who brings jobs and housing to the area -- or a family man who is a fiscal ***-up? Personally, I would choose the former; but society will eventually, have to make this choice for them,selves.
Comment: I can live with a sexual deviant, and a fiscal f(()*k up is not criminal. Committing perjury is criminal.
Whether everyone chooses to admit it or not, the major is a visable representative of the voting black populace (I don't think he made it into office on strictly a white vote). He needs to be held accountable, otherwise it reflects upon those who put him office.
Comment: I suppose the greatest tragedy is that the mayor is in hiding because he is more concerned about going to jail as a result of committing perjury, rather than going into hiding due to embarrassment because the major has been acting like a buffoon, street thug. Wait!!!!.... He is a buffoon street thug. Well, the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree, does it "Momma."
Comment: Is it true that the Beaty woman and the mayor still work together even though the mayors wife knew about the sex between the two and Beaty and her husband are divorced?
Does he have the best of both worlds? (the women he has confessed undivided passion for and the other one who represents the ideal political family appearance that helps in the political arena).
My exspouse attempted to tear me down for years. When I woke up one day and took a tally of the benefits of being married to him and found none, I filed for a divorce. The humiliation of other women calling my home, the business trips I was never invited to attend, the home made personal sex video of him and other women in scenes that would make "Huslers" editors blush, the meaness and bitterness finally were enough for me to end the fascade.
"Now That's Love"
I know what love is like
Truley loving someone is given them the freedom to love you or not
Truley loving yourself is chosing to be with some who uses that freedom to love you
Yea,now that is love
Copyrighted, 2006
Comment: I did not have text with that woman!!!!!
Comment: "But I did lie under oath"..................... that my friend is 15 years in the hootch-cow in Michigan .....perjury!
Comment: I did not have text with that woman!!!!!
Comment: To Keith Naughton - nice job attempting to pile on. Porsche skips the auto show and that means something ..... the show was fantastic and the Detroit automakers are on their way back .... stick it in your ear.
Comment: What a shame . They both should be fired and let someone capable take over that struggling city
Comment: He was a thug when he was elected the first time around and Detroit reelected him to continue to being a thug, has nobody had any suspicions about the stripper at the famous party at the mansion who ended up dead? I mean no matter what this poor womans profession was this was still a life. Its like she was forgotten. I dont live in Detroit I live down river, I have followed the Mayors conduct since he was elected people in the state of Michigan are hurting for jobs it is hard way of life here in Michigan and now this kind of shame just adds to our misery. Thank you Newsweeks for reporting part of the truth, the only way to complete this investigation of the mayor and to be fair is for the Federal government to step in.
Comment: Also, US patriot is taking statistics out of context-- most of the 937 statements were repeats of the same false information. Besides, Saddam admitted after the war that he intented to restart his nuke program later and bluff bush into thinking he had it now. Lastly, the causus beli was NOT saddams nuclear program-- it was his refusal to let nuclear inspectors in and have full access in accordance to international law. If ATF agents come to your door with a warrrant to search your house, and you don't let them in, you broke the law and they have a right to enter by force, even if you didn't actually have anything illegal.
Comment: Dear yangky1: Perhaps you might think about taking a class in fifth grade language arts. Your spelling is atrocious. I give you an F for your very poorly delivered comment and content.
Comment: Thanks for being our spelling teacher...you really showed us all. Now go to the proper english blog and showem your "I correct everyone button". Apparently you have nothing intelligent to say here.
Comment: Why is it when two people have sex and make false statements it is worse than a presidential administration whose 937 false statements got us into a war that is killing thousands of innocent American solidiers, and even more innocent Iraqis plus maiming for life these young men and woman?
People will say because they were under oath, well if I'm not mistaken, the president and vice president all take oaths as well (to protect the constitution is part of it..which the BushCo administration is now trashing) and no one's taken them to task on it...I don't see any impeachment or anyone including the media asking them to step down. HYPOCRITES?
Comment: Hi, pat. I don't think it is possible to have innocent soldiers in an all volunteer service.
Comment: Dear "USpatriot" I for one will not hide my political "bias" behind supposed outrage over "False statements" ( all of which were "false" only because "hindsight is 20/20" and the "facts" that were assumed correct when acted upon by ALL parties ,Republican AND Democrats..ala Hilerly Clinton and Kerry , Nancy Pelosi etc. and THE MEDIA. turned out to be mistakenly accepted as a true picture of what problems we were facing as a nation.) I am a Republican and a conservitive BUT No Matter who is caught LYING under oath known a PURGERY, or Illegaly firing an employee -an act of abuse of power and conflict of interest, that person ( if we are desiring to be known as a civil society with fairness to all that PROTECTS the innocent - esspecially employees from being wrongfully victimized just for doing their JOBS) and if we want to be an example for our kids to look up to and emulate we need to prosicute ANY violators to the fullest extent of the law PERIOD...no matter what our personal POLITICAL tastes are!!!!!
Comment: Why is it when two people have sex and make false statements it is worse than a presidential administration whose 937 false statements got us into a war that is killing thousands of innocent American solidiers, and even more innocent Iraqis plus maiming for life these young men and woman?
People will say because they were under oath, well if I'm not mistaken, the president and vice president all take oaths as well (to protect the constitution is part of it..which the BushCo administration is now trashing) and no one's taken them to task on it...I don't see any impeachment or anyone including the media asking them to step down. HYPOCRITES?
Comment: Why is it when two people have sex and make false statements it is worse than a presidential administration whose 937 false statements got us into a war that is killing thousands of innocent American solidiers, and even more innocent Iraqis plus maiming for life these young men and woman?
People will say because they were under oath, well if I'm not mistaken, the president and vice president all take oaths as well (to protect the constitution is part of it..which the BushCo administration is now trashing) and no one's taken them to task on it...I don't see any impeachment or anyone including the media asking them to step down. HYPOCRITES?
Comment: I don't condone what he did but it was incredibly stupid the way he got caught. Why didn't his people tell him that anything said or done on public equipment was part of the information act, Emails, cell phone, pagers,etc. Either he was incredibly stupid or incredibly cocky to think that anything he does on city equipment or time would never be seen eventually. Dummy, if you are going to have an affair and lie about
Comment: I don't condone what he did but it was incredibly stupid the way he got caught. Why didn't his people tell him that anything said or done on public equipment was part of the information act, Emails, cell phone, pagers,etc. Either he was incredibly stupid or incredibly cocky to think that anything he does on city equipment or time would never be seen eventually. Dummy, if you are going to have an affair and lie about it, make sure you cover you butt. Don't use the cities equipment.
Comment: I don't condone what he did but it was incredibly stupid the way he got caught. Why didn't his people tell him that anything said or done on public equipment was part of the information act, Emails, cell phone, pagers,etc. Either he was incredibly stupid or incredibly cocky to think that anything he does on city equipment or time would never be seen eventually. Dummy, if you are going to have an affair and lie about it, make sure you cover you butt. Don't use the cities equipment.
Comment: Cassimer understands the issues. The transgression was between his wife and him, and not our concern. The problem was the abuse of power when he fired two people and lied under oath about it. Also, how can you trust anyone who rolls their eyes and says "absolutly not," when asked about the affair, like Beatty did on the stand during the trial? Its hard to know who to trust with such good liars out there.
Comment: One of the comments, just read, assumed that the city has insurance to cover the $9,000,000 award.
The City of Detroit has been self insured for quite awhile.
That money will come from the cities funds....every penny.
That means employees will have to be laid off.
What other means is available?
Taxes can't be raised.
Therefore, city employees will suffer, along with city services.
Many lives will be affected.
What should have been obvious to Detroit voters at the last election, is very obvious now.
The wrong man won!
Comment: America is in a sad state, how can we teach our childern morals when there is none around to show them? From the president ( former) , to football stars who take dope and mistreat animals, to most of hollywood actors, who is able to lead our youth? No wonder most the world hates us because our lack of morals and ethics!! Sometimes I don't want to admit I'm from the U.S.
Comment: I don't think he's in trouble for having the affair. The issue is he fired 2 people because of it. And while under oath, LIED about it. This is a really messed up situation, a situation he put himself in. Yes his wife has forgiven him for the affair. He now has to explain to the people of Detroit why he employed officers to help hide his affair at the taxpayers expense. As far as the $9 million goes, no doubt the city had insurance for that, so technically, it only cost the city a deductible (a couple of hundred thousand). It looks like he let the power go to his head. Too bad.
Comment: Last night on the evening news, a Detroit woman was being interviewed on this topic. Her comment was, in effect, that Kwame didn't do anything wrong because he did the same thing our president did...and our president didn't get in trouble for it. While we can no longer argue questions of morality, we do have the right to expect that our elected officials will adhere to the laws of our land. They should be held accountable when those laws are broken. Detroit citizens did not elect the mayor with the expectation that their tax dollars would be used to fund, then cover up, his extra-marital affair or other lifestyle choices.
Comment: Im not surprised, Should any of us be surprised??? Really, I don't even see why this is a story. Detroit is a troubled and desparate city, failing in education, infrastructure and community crime prevention. When hard times come to areas, the hardest hit vote for instant relief. People who promise this are usually unable, or unwilling, to deliver. Mayor Kilpatrick is a perfect example of a power grab in desparate times. Feeling the celebrity status of political office, coupled with poor self control, enabled him to take "whats mines".
Figure it out....
Comment: Dear maximparisian: A love affair is typically a private matter. However, when you illegally fire someone to keep your affair and then lie under oath about the affair and the firing, then the affair becomes ever so public. Worst of all, he is a lawyer and knows exactly what he was doing was wrong. And in regards to him stealing money... No, he may not have taken cash and put it in his wallet, but he most definitely has over splurged, given special treatment to friends and family, and refused to settle this suit under the 9 million it is now costing the city just because he was arrogant enough to think he could get away with it. I understand he has brought some business to Detroit, but is it to much to ask that the city have a Major that can not only bring business to our area, but also be someone we feel will put the city ahead of himself?
