In Motor City, Mayor Is in Quite a Scrape Over a Flashy SUV

A Motown 'snitch network' | 1/27/05 | Rhonee Williams & Nadirah Muhammad

[harpu]

BIG TIME Willie Green ALERT...

[2banana]

That how people in the Politburo see life...

[mewzilla]

Um...I can't tell from this article, but is Mayor Kilpatrick a Dem...? Just curious :)

[jmaroneps37]

"Just another socialist laboratory in trouble - oh well, please past me the sports section."

[RetiredArmy]

Inter city; big mid-eastern, eastern city, what's your best guess? A dem of course.

[7.62 x 51mm]

Yes, he's a liberal-demokkkRAT-progressive-socialist-commie-nazi-fascist, left-wing wacko.

[mewzilla]

I kinda thought so, especially since it wasn't mentioned. That and the let'em eat cake attitude are generally dead giveaways :)

[michigander]

"It's interesting that people want to tell me how to move my family around,"

Well then lease your own damned car with your own damned money.

[Ready4Freddy]

Does it have spinners?

[NRA1995]

Is this guy related to DC's ex-Mayor Marion Barry?

[newagepublius]

Say what you want about the "Original Slick Willie," but he was a character and it sounds like this guy in Detroit is as well.

[superiorslots]

This is typical. Do AS I SAY, not as I do. I live in a very small town of 4300 people and the head of the water department drives around in a Ford Excursion. Right after he got the truck they raised our rates. Why could he not drive around in an Explorer or a smaller truck???

[RetiredArmy]

Roger that. You can figure that 99.99999% of the time, mayors in large or medium large cities are democrats. Most folks with any change in their bank accounts are not going to be living in a stinking city run by democrats. Only the homeless voters, felon voters, illegal voters, live in the intercity. Oh, and of course, all those poor. You know, those high school drop outs with 15 kids, a drug addiction or an alcohol problem, with no education, no job training, no skills whatsoever, that are poor, and need our 100% support to take care of them since they have absolutely no idea how to prepare themselves for life in the real world. They live in the Intercity Democratic Plantation.

[mewzilla]

That he tried it was bad enough, but then to try to excuse it with a remark like that. Wow. Talk about hubris, not to mention one HECK of a sense of entitlement.

[Mike Fieschko]

as a courtesy, Mr. Kilpatrick's family has been driven by police in city cars.

Well known for their courtesy, I'll bet.

[redrunner]

Kwame is in big trouble with his own citizens, even though he will probably still win re-election in November... He was on WJR (radio) spinning this like a professional politician... His performance was right up there with "I did not sleep with that woman, Ms. Lowinsky..."

[Lurking in Kansas]

A bus ride costs $1.50, "and if you're short a quarter, you're turned off the bus," said Ms. Williams. The wait between buses can be hours here…

Why, that’s outrageous! These people should be able to ride for free and not have to wait more than 5 minutes in a heated, enclosed bus-stop.

Outrageous I say!

[AppyPappy]

he announced plans not only to cut services but also to lay off 700 city employees.

If he comes through with this promise, he can drive a Porsche for all I care.

[Arpege92]

Any pictures of the Mayor in his vehicle?

[VeniVidiVici]

Yet he also said he finds it "amazing" that so many people feel entitled to talk about what kind of car is appropriate for him.

"It's interesting that people want to tell me how to move my family around," he said. His plan now: "My wife can get whatever car she wants. And I will pay for it.

Um, that was the problem you moron. You weren't paying for the first one, which is why folks think they're entitled to tell you what you can drive. BECAUSE THEY'RE PAYING FOR IT!"