Posted on 03/18/2008 11:35:21 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
DETROIT - The 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 continued to stay focused on advancing bold initiatives such as his economic stimulus package," Tolliver said in a statement.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy is investigating whether the mayor and former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty lied under oath when they testified in a whistle-blowers' lawsuit that they had not had a physical relationship. Kilpatrick has been dogged by media reports about steamy text messages the two exchanged that suggest a romantic relationship.
Kilpatrick also has been criticized for using a racially charged word during a recent speech.
The lone vote against the resolution was cast by president pro tem Monica Conyers, the wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers. One councilwoman was absent because of illness.
Resume enhancer, should move to New Yor, and run for governor..then move on up to the White House
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox speaks during an interview in this April 11, 2005, file photo, in Lansing, Mich. Cox said Wednesday, March 12, 2008, that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick should resign because he's a liar and a race-baiter 'on par with David Duke and George Wallace,' and no longer fit for office. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, file)
Think of what a stinking bag of crap a Black Democrat mayor of Detroit has to be, to be asked to resign. This is a major league WOW!
Protestors carry signs outside of Orchestra Hall before Detroit
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick gave his seventh State of the City
address in Detroit, Michigan March 11, 2008.
(Rebecca Cook/Reuters)
Translation: "I did not have sex with that woman, Miss Lewinski...I will continue to go about doing the work of the people."
Sadly, black leadership has ruined more cities than it has helped. Detroit is a prime example. When you have a substandard electorate you get substandard mayors and councilmen. What Detroit needs is an infusion of a million yuppies.
Well, a white guy won’t make this thug go away, that’s for sure.
Where are all the black leaders to denounce this disgraceful, poor excuse of a mayor?
What Detroit needs is to be razed and start from scratch. Oh...wait...nevermind.
Another ‘Superdelegate’?
I saw this clowns new conference where he denied the allegations against him. he has the victim defense down stone cold. even trotted his kids out, claiming there were threats against them too. marion barry could take lessons from him
and AP again fails to mention the Mayor’s party affiliation.
Detroit needs to declare bankruptcy and then let the Fed’s walk in to run things...with a presidential-appointed mayor for a year or two to show them what leadership is.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
...What Detroit needs is to be razed and start from scratch...
NO! Where will all the inhabitants go? Please, don’t send them my way.
Might this give cover to Granholm to fire this guy once and for all?
Is Obama gonna give a speech to try to save this guy’s job?
Oh, well, due to the Clinton precedent, thats ok then.
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