Posted on 03/10/2008 3:28:19 PM PDT by FrdmLvr
Ex-DPD Clerk: I Saw Manoogian Fight Report
Last Update: 5:42 pm
JOYCE ROGERS AFFIDAVIT (2.2MB)
There's a new twist in the investigation into the death of an exotic dancer rumored to have performed at the Manoogian mansion.
A former police senior clerk says she saw a police report filed by Tamara Greene claiming she'd been assaulted by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's wife Carlita.
said file not found. See if you can get it and save a copy. or post another link and i will.
Kwame’s GOING DOWN! There’s NO WAY this guy survives the death by a thousand cuts that are going on right now. You can’t write a movie with all the twists and turns that are going on. Murder, Sex, Corruption, Cover-up, Strippers, it’s unbelievable. Maybe finally this is what’s needed to wake up the people of Detroit.
With a anme like "Kwame," and he's mayor of Dee-troit, it's either Dimocrat or Marxist - or both.
So this may be a typical cover up by the leadership of a major US city; in this case the City of of Detroit. Only the mayor was listed but not the two other men that restrained the mayors wife nor how many persons of interest where in at the party to include the protective detail of the mayor. to say more would be mass speculation of who was at said party. However, with the time age of incident and the complaint but the clerk make me believe that is will continue to be stonewalled by Detroit until the state and federal investigation begins. This may be tried under loss of civil rights charges.
Ping.
Over the weekend, the Detroit Free Press published text messages between Kwame, his chief of staff and their mutual friend who owns a contracting firm, that implicates all three of them in a scam to award contracts to the friend. Many of these projects were federally funded, so the feds are investigating, too.
WOW, thanks for the update. Being originally from the east coast, and knowing about past scandals there, this soap opera is quite the mess. I see another pol will be going down when his cronies don’t want to see the inside of the feds “club med” prison.
It’s going to take Kwame being lead out of city hall in handcuffs before he ever gives up. And I think his cronies are more afraid of seeing the inside of a coffin than the inside of “Club Fed” — they’re not going to talk. His personal possey of goons aka the EPU, Executive Protection Unit, are still strong-arming and groin-kneeing reporters who get too close to Kwame as he embarks and disembarks from his chauffer-driven Escalade. They do a good job of keeping underings in line. Visions of “Strawberry” dance in their heads. Not to mention the cadre of goons who made personal threating phone calls to members of city council last week to successfully keep them from voting in the affirmative to impeach.
mayor-for-life bump
You know Detroiters. Whitey is the enemy, not Kwame.
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03/10/2008 6:28:19 PM EDT · by FrdmLvr · 13 replies · 651+ views Channel 7 News ABC Detroit | 3-10-2008 | Channel 7 NewsLast Update: 5:42 pm JOYCE ROGERS AFFIDAVIT (2.2MB) There's a new twist in the investigation into the death of an exotic dancer rumored to have performed at the Manoogian mansion. A former police senior clerk says she saw a police report filed by Tamara Greene claiming she'd been assaulted by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's wife Carlita. |
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08/29/2007 2:08:03 AM EDT · by Westlander · 25 replies · 779+ views Associated Press | August 29,2007 | APThe U.S. Census Bureau says that Detroit continues to be among the nation's poorest large cities. The bureau says an estimated 32.5 percent of Detroit residents lived in poverty in 2006. Detroit had about 871,000 people last year. The poverty rate for Buffalo, N.Y., was estimated at 29.9 percent. The figures were close and based on sampling, so it's unclear which city had a higher poverty rate. The Census Bureau's report on poverty in cities with at least 250,000 residents listed the rate for Cincinnati at 27.8 percent and Cleveland at 27.0 percent. |
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| I remember Detroit (When it used to be considered the Paris of America) |
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09/02/2007 3:14:10 PM EDT · by SirLinksalot · 46 replies · 1,858+ views WorldnetDaily | 09/02/2007 | Ellis WashingtonDetroit . . . the Paris of America! - National sentiment (circa 1907) You wanted him [Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick], Detroit, you got him ... this guy is Coleman Young times 10. Detroit will never change. Ever. - JohnSB, DetNews.com, Aug 29, 2007 -- In today's column, I'm going to take a diversion from my usual offerings of national and international concern to visit my birthplace, Detroit, Mich., where I currently reside in a neighboring suburb. In case you haven't heard, "America's first hip-hop mayor" Kwame Kilpatrick, is currently embroiled in a very embarrassing public court proceeding that took more than... |
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| Last One Out of Detroit, Turn off the Lights |
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09/07/2007 12:40:05 PM EDT · by KYGrandma · 193 replies · 4,200+ views
We have packed up our house and movedto Kentucky. Has anyone else been able to sell and get out? We lost about 30 grand but it is sold. We close on Monday. Guess I will have to change my tag line! |
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| Mayor Kilpatrick Reacts to Verdict |
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09/11/2007 3:39:12 PM EDT · by Westlander · 22 replies · 895+ views WXYZ.COM | 9-11-2007 | Associated PressMayor Kwame Kilpatrick and the city unfairly dismissed two police officers, a jury found Tuesday, capping a 15-day whistleblower lawsuit that churned out allegations of misdeeds by the mayor's staff and extramarital affairs by Kilpatrick. The 11-member jury awarded Gary Brown and Harold Nelthrope $6.5 million in damages. |
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| Detroit Cops Win $6.5M Suit Against Mayor |
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09/11/2007 6:25:44 PM EDT · by RckyRaCoCo · 27 replies · 752+ views CBS News | 09-11-2007 | CBS/APJury Finds That Ex-Officers Were Punished For Exposing Alleged Wrongdoing By The Mayor's Office -- Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said at a news conference this afternoon he was "absolutely blown away" by a jury's decision awarding a total of $6.5 millon to two former Detroit police officers in a whistleblower lawsuit. A jury ruled in favor of two former Detroit police officers Tuesday, awarding them $6.5 million in a whistleblower lawsuit that churned out allegations of misdeeds by the mayor's staff and extramarital affairs by the mayor himself. |
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| And the hits to Michigan keep on coming (one-state recession alert) |
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09/19/2007 11:50:28 AM EDT · by Clintonfatigued · 87 replies · 35+ views Red State | September 17, 2007While the state Capitol remains under a "Yellow Alert," watching and waiting for ten Democrats to take a stand one way or another on Andy Dillon's $1.2 billion tax hike scheme there are reminders of the stakes all over the state. The sheer insanity of a massive tax hike sans a single penny's worth of reforms is reinforced by the updated numbers coming out of the housing market. Michigan now ranks sixth worst nationally in terms of home foreclosures. Not a nice number. But the pain and the trouble in that figure really jumps out at you when you dig... |
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| Mich. Jobless Rate Rises To 7.4 Percent |
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09/20/2007 6:07:36 AM EDT · by ShadowDancer · 50 replies · 16+ views ClickonDetroit | September 19, 2007 | APAuto and construction job cuts pushed Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate up to 7.4 percent in Aug., 0.2 points higher than July's rate, the state announced Wednesday. The number of jobs in the state fell by 28,000, while unemployment rose by 12,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth. "Michigan's labor force in 2007 has declined in six out of eight months," said Rick Waclawek, a department labor market official,... |
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| (Former councilman Alonzo) Bates gets jail time, must repay Detroit $90,000 |
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09/20/2007 7:52:37 PM EDT · by Westlander · 9 replies · 45+ views 9-20-2007Address only due to copyright. http://www.detnews.com |
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| Detroit Remains No. 1 For Violent Crimes |
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09/26/2007 1:31:51 AM EDT · by Westlander · 42 replies · 50+ views ClickOnDetroit.com. | 9-25-2007 | ClickondetroitThe FBI released its final 2006 violent crimes report on Monday. Detroit remains No. 1 and Flint remain No. 3 in the nation for violent crimes among cities with a population of 100,000 or more. |
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| Feds: Top U.S. Official Aided La Shish Scam |
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10/03/2007 1:47:43 AM EDT · by Westlander · 10 replies · 126+ views WXYZ.COM | 10-2-2007 | WXYZ.COMA high-ranking official with the Detroit office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency ("ICE"), formerly known as the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and four other metro-Detroit men were indicted by a federal Grand Jury with multiple counts of bribery, conspiracy and extortion, United States Attorney Stephen J. Murphy announced today. U.S. Attorney Murphy was joined in the announcement by Thomas M. Frost, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago, Illinois office of the Department of Homeland Security - Office of Inspector General, and Andrew G. Arena, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit, Michigan, office of the Federal... |
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| INS/ICE's Roy Bailey Indicted for Bribes from Hezbos |
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debbieschlussel.com | 10/2/2007 | Debbie Schlussel Yet Again, US Atty Abu Porno Let Key Hezbo Perpetrators Flee USA Correction: Earlier today, I wrote that the report below was wrong and that Roy Bailey was placed on leave in 2003. I've since learned that this was in "incorrect correction" and that Bailey was placed on leave on February 5, 2004. Executive Summary: A top U.S. Immigration official has been accepting bribes from Hezbollah operatives in America for years. But the U.S. Attorney--Stephen Murphy III, the Justice Department's top official in Eastern Michigan--delayed indictment for FOUR Years(!), while he quietly allowed the Hezbollah criminals involved to flee the... |
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| UPDATE: Detroit Newspapers Seeks 110 Job Cuts |
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10/12/2007 10:17:41 PM EDT · by LdSentinal · 9 replies · 73+ views Editor and Publisher | 10/12/07The managing partnership for the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News announced Friday it will offer buyout packages as it tries to cut 110 positions, or about 5 percent of the overall staff. It said layoffs may happen if it doesn't get enough volunteers or if economic conditions worsen. The staff cuts will include employees in all departments, including the newsrooms at both papers, advertising, circulation, marketing and human resources, said Susie Ellwood, executive vice president and general manager for the Detroit Media Partnership. Ellwood said the partnership wants to cut 16 newsroom employees at the Detroit... |
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| $575,000 Legal Bill for Whistleblower Case |
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10/14/2007 9:01:03 AM EDT · by Westlander · 1 reply · 7+ views Associated Press | 1-12-2007 | APThe city has paid $575,000 to outside lawyers for defending Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in a case in which a jury awarded $6.5 million to two ex-police officers who said they were dismissed for probing misconduct claims against mayoral bodyguards, records show. Brown claims he was fired in 2003 because he was looking into allegations of drunken-driving accidents, falsified overtime records and a possible cover-up of incidents involving members of the security unit. He said he was investigating claims from two former mayoral bodyguards that the mayor used his bodyguards to facilitate and cover up extramarital affairs. |
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| Kilpatrick to Settle for $8.4 million |
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10/18/2007 10:30:39 PM EDT · by Westlander · 3 replies · 4+ views WXYZ.COM | 10-18-2007 | WXYZMayor Kwame Kilpatrick and the City of Detroit will drop an appeal of a $6.5-million judgement in the whistleblower lawsuit and settle another case before it goes to trial. |
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| City Council Okays $8.4 million in Settlements |
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10/23/2007 7:10:51 PM EDT · by Westlander · 3 replies · 3+ views AP | 10-23-2007 | APDetroit's city council has approved $8.4 million to settle lawsuits that included claims of infidelity involving Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. A Wayne County jury had awarded $6.5 million to former deputy police chief Gary Brown and officer Harold Nelthrope for unlawful dismissals in their whistleblower suit. Interest had raised the amount to eight million dollars. The council also has approved $400,000 for former officer Walter Harris who has a pending suit against the city. Harris has claimed harassment because he knew of alleged extramarital affairs involving Kilpatrick. |
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| Mayor Kilpatrick Seeks to Sell 92 City Parks |
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10/27/2007 12:55:48 AM EDT · by Westlander · 54 replies · 9+ views Associated Press | 10-27-2007 | APDetroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is proposing the sale of dozens of the city's 367 parks as part of an effort to raise money. |
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| Kilpatrick Press Secretary Allen Arrested |
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11/02/2007 8:06:16 AM EDT · by Westlander · 10 replies · 3+ views wxyz.com | 11-02-2007 | WXYZDetroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's press secretary Matt Allen was arrested overnight. Police at Detroit's Northeastern District confirm that he's being held there, as they investigate allegations of domestic assault. |
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| America's (10) Most Murderous Cities |
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11/10/2007 7:19:56 PM EST · by shrinkermd · 129 replies · 43+ views Forbes | 8 November 2007 | David M. Ewalt...Of course, television doesn't always tell the whole story. The average American is 36 times more likely to die from heart disease than be murdered, six times more likely to die in an accident and four times more likely to die from Alzheimer's disease, according to data compiled by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. But homicide does result in many thousands of deaths every year. And a comparison of the 72 American cities with a population over 250,000, using data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting Program, reveals that... |
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| Detroit Declared Most Dangerous US City |
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11/18/2007 5:25:38 PM EST · by Mr. Mojo · 106 replies · 31+ views Associated Press (via My Way) | Nov 18, 2007 | DAVID N. GOODMANIn another blow to the Motor City's tarnished image, Detroit pushed past St. Louis to become the nation's most dangerous city, according to a private research group's controversial analysis, released Sunday, of annual FBI crime statistics. The study drew harsh criticism even before it came out. The American Society of Criminology launched a pre-emptive strike Friday, issuing a statement attacking it as "an irresponsible misuse" of crime data. The 14th annual "City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan America" was published by CQ Press, a unit of Congressional Quarterly Inc. It is based on the FBI's Sept. 24... |
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| Detroit Makes List Of Top Travel Destinations |
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12/11/2007 8:10:16 AM EST · by Abathar · 35 replies · 3+ views Yahoo | 12/10/07The Motor City beat out New York in a ranking released by the New York Times on Sunday. Detroit and the DIA reopening are given prominent billing, both in images and display. Some of the other things mentioned, the new MGM Grand Hotel and Motor City Casino, the historic Book Cadillac Hotel being transformed into the Westin. Detroit was ranked number 40. |
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| Text Msg Sex Scandal; Mayor Lied Under Oath |
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01/24/2008 12:21:00 AM EST · by Aaron0617 · 36 replies · 9+ views WXYZ | 1/24/2008 | WXYZDetroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick exchanged romantic and sexually oriented text messages with a top aide, contradicting their denials in court that they had romantic ties, the Detroit Free Press reports? |
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| Mayor Kilpatrick, chief of staff lied under oath, text messages show |
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01/24/2008 1:12:53 AM EST · by Caesar Soze · 22 replies · 9+ views Detroit Free Press | January 23, 2008 | SCHAEFER and M.L. ELRICK |
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| Detroit Mayor Sends Steamy Text Messages [to woman he denies having affair with] |
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01/24/2008 6:58:48 PM EST · by John Jorsett · 45 replies · 17+ views AP | Jan 24, 2008Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick bristled in the witness chair last year when asked whether he had an affair with a top aide. No, the mayor confidently told jurors, the two were never romantically involved. But a trove of 14,000 text messages that emerged this week tell a different story: The mayor and his chief of staff carried on a flirty, sometimes sexually explicit dialogue about where to meet and how to conceal their numerous trysts. Now the mayor's indiscretion has landed him in a Clinton-style scandal that could cost him his job and his law license and even bring perjury charges.... |
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| Detroit mayor's steamy texting puts him in Clinton-style scandal |
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01/25/2008 7:38:53 AM EST · by equaviator · 45 replies · 22+ views Chicago Sun-Times | January 25, 2008 | C. WilliamsMayor Kwame Kilpatrick bristled in the witness chair last year when asked whether he had an affair with a top aide. No, the mayor confidently told jurors, the two were never romantically involved. But a trove of 14,000 text messages that emerged this week tell a different story: The mayor and his chief of staff carried on a flirty, sometimes sexually explicit dialogue about where to meet and how to conceal their numerous trysts. 'You made me feel so damn good' The Detroit Free Press obtained nearly 14,000 text messages from the pager of Christine Beatty, chief of... |
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| Mayor's Text Messages Show Romantic Getaways On City Dime |
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01/27/2008 6:59:16 PM EST · by ShadowDancer · 49 replies · 13+ views ClickonDetroit | January 27, 2008More potentially damaging evidence of perjury by Detroit's mayor has been uncovered by the Detroit Free Press just a couple of days after the paper released thousands of personal text messages between the mayor and his chief of staff. The sexually charged messages between Kwame Kilpatrick and Christine Beatty explicitly indicated that a romantic relationship did exist between them despite their denials under oath during last summer's police whistleblower trial. The newly released messages present evidence... |
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| Detroit mayor's chief of staff resigns |
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01/28/2008 3:00:44 PM EST · by NormsRevenge · 22 replies · 7+ views AP on Yahoo | 1/28/08 | David Runk - apChristine Beatty, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's chief of staff, said Monday she is resigning amid allegations that she and the mayor lied under oath about an affair. In a letter to Kilpatrick that was released by his office, Beatty said she believes she can no longer effectively carry out her duties. Her resignation takes effect Feb. 8. "I painfully regret the devastation that the recent reports have caused to the citizens of Detroit, to my co workers, to the Mayor's family and to my family and friends," Beatty wrote in the letter. Kilpatrick spokesman James Canning said the... |
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| America's Most Miserable Cities - (Detroit is Finally #1) |
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01/30/2008 9:20:16 AM EST · by cowtowney · 98 replies · 21+ views Forbes | 1/31/08 | Kurt BadenhausenImagine living in a city with the country's highest rate for violent crime and the second-highest unemployment rate. As an added kicker you need more Superfund dollars allocated to your city to clean up contaminated toxic waste sites than just about any other metro. Unfortunately, this nightmare is a reality for the residents of Detroit. The Motor City grabs the top spot on Forbes' inaugural list of America's Most Miserable Cities. |
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| Detroit mayor pleads for forgiveness |
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01/30/2008 8:20:03 PM EST · by NormsRevenge · 45 replies · 20+ views AP on Yahoo | 1/30/08 | Corey Williams - apMayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded for forgiveness from his family and his constituents Wednesday in an emotional televised speech, his delayed response to recently revealed racy text messages that contradict his sworn testimony that he did not have a physical relationship with a key aide. "I truly apologize to you," Kilpatrick said, turning to his wife, Carlita, who sat by his side, holding his hand, at their family church. Kilpatrick did not publicly specify, however, what he was apologizing for, saying legal matters prevented him from doing so. A prosecutor is investigating whether the mayor and chief of staff... |
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| Text Of Kwame Kilpatrick's Speech (Detroit Mayor) |
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01/30/2008 9:29:47 PM EST · by ShadowDancer · 45 replies · 162+ views ClickonDetroit | January 30, 2008Good evening, Detroit. I want to start tonight by saying to the citizens of this great city, I'm sorry. To all of you who have believed in what we have been doing in this city since 2002 ... to all of you who have believed in me and my leadership ... to all of you who have stuck with me through difficult times ... to all of you who have prayed for me ... I'm sorry. For the embarrassment and disappointment... |
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| (Forbes) Worst Places: America's Most Miserable Cities |
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01/31/2008 12:39:40 PM EST · by MotleyGirl70 · 163 replies Forbes | 1/30/08 | Kurt BadenhausenImagine living in a city with the country's highest rate for violent crime and the second-highest unemployment rate. As an added kicker you need more Superfund dollars allocated to your city to clean up contaminated toxic waste sites than just about any other metro. |
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| America's Most Miserable Cities |
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02/02/2008 12:26:00 PM EST · by Lorianne · 22 replies · 17+ views Forbes | 30 Janauary 2008 | Kurt BadenhausenWe looked at only the 150 largest metropolitan areas, which meant a minimum population of 371,000. We ranked the cities on the six criteria above and added their ranks together to establish what we call the Misery Measure. The data used in the rankings came from Portland, Ore., researcher Bert Sperling, who last year published the second edition of Cities Ranked & Rated along with Peter Sander. Economic research firm Economy.com, which is owned by Moody's, also supplied some data. Detroit in the top spot, with its sister city Flint ranked third, is probably not a great shock. "If Detroit... |
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| Detroit Tops Nation In Foreclosure Rates (Rate Nearly 5 Times National Average) |
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02/13/2008 9:21:15 AM EST · by Abathar · 25 replies · 34+ views The Indy Channel | 02/13/07The Detroit area, hit hard by the double-whammy of unemployment and a slumping housing market, had the highest foreclosure rate in the nation last year, with several cities in California ranked close behind, an analysis of foreclosure activity in the country's largest 100 metropolitan areas shows. Some 4.9 percent of the households in the Detroit metro area were in some stage of foreclosure in 2007 -- 4.8 times the national average, according to the study being released Wednesday by mortgage research company RealtyTrac Inc. Stockton, Calif., ranked second with about 4.8 percent of its households in some... |
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| Stress rankings for 50 U.S. metros (Detroit wins again) |
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02/14/2008 9:54:07 PM EST · by cowtowney · 29 replies · 26+ views Bizjournals | 2/11/2008 | G. Scott ThomasNowhere is the situation worse than in Detroit, which ranks as the most stressful metropolitan area in America, according to a new Bizjournals study. Detroit is saddled with the highest unemployment rate, 7.2 percent, in any of the nation's 50 largest markets. It also has the group's worst murder rate. And it's among the 10 places with the most robberies, the slowest rates of income growth, the most heart attacks and the fewest sunny days. |
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| Detroit waits in anticipation as filing deadline approaches for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. |
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02/15/2008 12:43:41 PM EST · by equaviator · 18 replies · 35+ views www.examiner.com | Feb 15, 2008 | APIThe deadline is approaching for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to file a second appeal to keep documents from a whistle-blowers' lawsuit settlement secret. The state Appeals Court has given him and the city until 5 p.m. Friday to appeal its ruling upholding a lower court decision to release the documents and an attorney's deposition. If no appeal is made, documents from the $8.4 million settlement to three former officers are expected to be made public Tuesday. The deal kept secret intimate and sexually explicit text messages involving Kilpatrick and his former Chief... |
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| Mayor's Staff Member Claims Conyers Threatened Him |
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02/15/2008 10:15:28 PM EST · by Westlander · 21 replies · 40+ views ClickOnDetroit | 2-15-2008 | ClickOnDetroitA member of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's staff filed a police report claiming Detroit City Council Pro Tem Monica Conyers threatened him with a gun at a board meeting on Wednesday. Conyers' chief of staff, Sam Riddle, told Local 4 that Conyers never threatened him with a real gun and what she said was that she had a bigger gun than Milton, and the gun was her husband. Riddle said she was referring to a political gun. Conyers is the wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit. Milton also reported that Conyers said, "I am going to have my... |
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| State Supreme Court won't hear Detroit mayor Kilpatrick's appeal |
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02/27/2008 12:34:00 PM EST · by redrunner · 75 replies Mlive | 2/27/2008 | n/aThe Michigan Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to keep documents from a secret settlement of a whistle-blowers' lawsuit from being made public. The documents are related to embarrassing and sexually explicit text messages between Kilpatrick and his former top aide, but they do not include the actual messages. The city filed its motion to take a state Appeals Court ruling to the higher court Feb. 15. The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday morning. It concurred with an Appeals Court panel that said a circuit court judge was correct in... |
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| Detroit Major Kilpatrick Secret Settlement Released |
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02/27/2008 12:36:30 PM EST · by taildragger · 25 replies · 123+ views youtube.com | 12/7/2008 | WJRThe files have finally been released. |
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| Detroit mayor: I'm not resigning (Kwame Kilpatrick) |
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02/28/2008 5:32:43 PM EST · by NormsRevenge · 33 replies · 158+ views AP on Yahoo | 2/28/08 | Corey Williams - apEmbattled Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said Thursday he won't resign because of a text-messaging scandal that has engulfed his administration, but acknowledged the uproar has reduced him to tears. Kilpatrick, during an appearance on a morning radio show, was asked whether he would step down. "Absolutely not," Kilpatrick said on "The Paul W. Smith Show" on WJR-AM. "I don't understand when people say `resign.'" The mayor's comments came a day after the state's highest court rejected an attempt by Kilpatrick to prevent documents from being made public that detail a city settlement that helped conceal an apparent affair with... |
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| State law could allow Granholm to remove Kilpatrick from office (MI) |
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02/29/2008 10:56:26 PM EST · by Kieri · 17 replies · 85+ views MLive/AP | 02/29/08 | Corey WilliamsGov. Jennifer Granholm can remove local elected officials from office, but Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick may not face that rarely used power in a text-messaging sex scandal. In fact, the last time a Michigan governor acted to remove a local official was in 1982 when William Milliken found West Bloomfield Township treasurer Andrew Lobodocky guilty of official misconduct. The removal process was detailed Friday by Granholm's office after Detroit City Councilman Kwame Kenyatta said in a statement... |
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| Ex-cop thinks stripper was killed by Detroit officer |
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03/03/2008 5:12:48 PM EST · by redrunner · 53 replies the detroit free press | 3/3/2008 | n/aBreaking news in the detroit free press... |
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| Mayor's pal got inside scoop on contracts |
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03/08/2008 11:38:24 PM EST · by Westlander · 6 replies · 429+ views 3-9-2008Address only per protocol. www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID= |
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| Detroit mayor lashes out at foes, media (and their "lynch mob mentality) |
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03/12/2008 1:40:32 AM EDT · by NormsRevenge · 33 replies · 551+ views AP on Yahoo | 3/11/08 | Corey Williams - apMayor Kwame Kilpatrick lashed out at his opponents and the news media Tuesday night, accusing them of showing a "lynch mob mentality" amid a scandal over his exchange of sexually explicit text messages with a former top aide. The criticism came as he finished reading the written text released before his State of the City address, which only briefly alluded to the text-message controversy. The case has led to a criminal probe of whether Kilpatrick lied under oath when he denied an affair with former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty that was revealed in the text messages. Kilpatrick,... |
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| VIDEO: Angry Kilpatrick Attacks Foes, Media (Uses the "N word", "Lynch Mob", ect.) |
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03/12/2008 1:00:01 PM EDT · by Main Street · 27 replies · 1,220+ views wxyz | 3-12-08 | APDetroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has lashed out at his opponents and the news media in the aftermath of the scandal over his exchange of sexy test messages with a former top aide. It happened Tuesday night at the end of his State of the City address, which till then had only a brief allusion to the text-message controversy. The case has led to a criminal probe of whether Kilpatrick lied under oath when he denied the affair. After an hour-long prepared address focusing on development plans and economic initiatives, Kilpatrick said he and his family have received... |
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| The Story Of 'N': The Word That Won't Die |
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03/12/2008 6:46:07 PM EDT · by ShadowDancer · 21 replies · 582+ views ClickonDetroit | March 12, 2008 | APDetroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick stood before hundreds of people last summer and triumphantly proclaimed: "Die N-word, and we don't want to see you 'round here no more." But the epithet that he and other black leaders symbolically buried in downtown Detroit during a national NAACP convention was resurrected by the embattled mayor Tuesday night during his annual State of the City address, carried live on local television and radio stations. Facing possible perjury charges from testimony... |
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| Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's Temper Tantrum at State of the City Speech: Lil' KK Drops "N" Bomb |
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03/12/2008 7:27:06 PM EDT · by FrdmLvr · 45 replies · 1,343+ views YouTube | 3/11/08 | YouTubeCheck out Kwame's meltdown before his hand-picked, by-invitation-only audience at his State of the City speech in Detroit on Tuesday, March 11. These people went from Escorts to Escalades after they became Kwame appointees, so naturally they still support their meal ticket. http://youtube.com |
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| (MI) AG Cox: Kilpatrick should quit for lying, using N-word |
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03/12/2008 8:18:22 PM EDT · by Kieri · 23 replies · 544+ views MLive/AP | 03/12/08 | APMichigan Attorney General Mike Cox says Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is a liar and a race-baiter who's unfit for office and should resign for the community's good. Cox tells WJR-AM's Lloyd Jackson he was shocked by the black leader's televised use of the N-word and his appeal for support while attacking opponents as racist. Kilpatrick's statements came at the end of Tuesday's State of the City address. Cox, who is white, calls it "race baiting" on par with segregationists David Duke... |
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| Trying to hang on, Detroit's mayor says the issue is not his sex scandal, but racism. |
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03/13/2008 5:45:27 PM EDT · by Westlander · 37 replies · 1,230+ views Newsweek Web Exclusive | Mar 13, 2008 | Keith NaughtonYou might think the resignation of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer would put more pressure on Detroit's embattled mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, to do the same. But Kilpatrick, seven weeks into his own text sex scandal, shows no signs of giving up the fight. In fact, with a prosecutor contemplating perjury charges and his city council in revolt, Kilpatrick has chosen the nuclear option in this deeply divided city. At the end of an otherwise routine state-of-the-city speech Tuesday night, Kilpatrick went off on a racially explosive tirade against his critics and the media. |
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| Spitzer departure puts pressure on Detroit mayor[Kwame Kilpatrick] |
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03/16/2008 5:11:48 PM EDT · by SwinneySwitch · 27 replies · 770+ views Houston Chronicle/New York Times | March 15, 2008 | NICK BUNKLEYStunning closing to speech also may haunt Kilpatrick -- The swift resignation of New York's governor, Eliot Spitzer, just days after he was linked to a high-priced prostitution ring, has put new pressure on the embattled mayor of this city, Kwame Kilpatrick, with critics calling for him to step down quickly. "Lying under oath, I think most people would think that's more serious a crime than hiring a prostitute," the Michigan attorney general, Mike Cox, said last week. "Eliot Spitzer, whether you like him or not, did put the state of New York above his own interests. But the... |
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| Detroit council asks mayor to resign (passes resolution 7-1, amounts to a "no confidence" vote) |
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03/18/2008 2:35:21 PM EDT · by NormsRevenge · 33 replies · 873+ views AP on Yahoo | 3/18/08 | Corey Williams - apThe Detroit City Council on Tuesday called for the resignation of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who is being investigated over an alleged affair he swore under oath he did not have. He quickly rejected the request. The resolution, passed 7-1, amounted to a "no-confidence" vote because the council lacks the power to force Kilpatrick to step down. Mayoral spokeswoman Denise Tolliver said Kilpatrick has no intention of quitting. "City Council, according to the charter, is free to pass nonbinding resolutions. However while certain members have been playing judge and jury in the court of public opinion, Mayor Kilpatrick has... |
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| Stalemate in Detroit: City Council Asks Mayor to Resign, but He Refuses to Go |
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03/19/2008 7:11:16 AM EDT · by Jet Jaguar · 40 replies · 773+ views New York Times | March 19, 2008 | NICK BUNKLEYThe City Council on Tuesday asked Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick to resign in light of evidence that he had lied under oath and plotted to cover up an extramarital affair with his former chief of staff. The 7-to-1 Council vote is not binding, and Mr. Kilpatrick has vowed to remain in office. Nonetheless, the Council's action is a political blow for the mayor, and support for the measure was greater than expected. Council members spoke highly of Mr. Kilpatrick but said he could no longer govern effectively, given the scandal that has enveloped Detroit for nearly two months. |
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| Detroit mayor charges possible next week |
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03/19/2008 5:29:40 PM EDT · by NormsRevenge · 14 replies · 321+ views AP on Yahoo | 3/19/08 | Corey Williams - apProsecutor Kym Worthy promised Wednesday not to further delay announcing whether she will bring perjury or other charges against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former top aide. Her decision had been expected by the middle of this month, but Worthy pushed the announcement back. "It will be next week, for sure," the Wayne County prosecutor said. Worthy has been looking into claims that Kilpatrick and one-time Chief of Staff Christine Beatty lied under oath during a whistle-blowers' trial last summer when they denied having a romantic relationship in 2002 and 2003. The Detroit Free Press in January reported... |
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| Mayor Kilpatrick Flying High (Detroit) |
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03/20/2008 3:38:10 AM EDT · by Azzurri · 30 replies · 724+ views WXYZ.COM | March 19, 2008 | Steve WilsonInformation uncovered by Chief Investigator Steve Wilson is raising new questions about who's paying Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's soaring legal and PR bills -- and recent trips on expensive private jets. Wilson: It was seven years ago that the city of Detroit wrote into its charter and city law an Ethics Code for city officials. Its purpose is to see that they avoid conduct that has even the *appearance* of being improper. Even so, as we first told you earlier, Mayor Kilpatrick and the First Family are getting big personal benefits and refusing to disclose who's really paying the bill... |
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