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Hope And Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:36 AM
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Kwame Kilpatrick has agreed to step down as mayor of Detroit
Edited on Thu Sep-04-08 10:40 AM by Hope And Change
September 04, 2008
Categories: Barack Obama

Pushing Kilpatrick out


As Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's woes deepen, Obama calls for him to go:

"Sen. Obama believes that Mayor Kilpatrick's ongoing troubles and the serious charges against him have been a distraction that the city cannot afford," said Obama spokesman Brent Colburn.

"He believes it is time for the mayor to step aside so that the city can move forward and get back to business."

It puts him, perhaps slighlty later than others, on the reformist side in a key state.


UPDATE: Obama got that one in at the last possible moment: Kilpatrick reportedly pleads guilty, and resigns, today.


By Ben Smith 10:50 AM


http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Pushing_Kilpatrick_out.html#comments


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September 04, 2008
Categories: Michigan

Big news out of Detroit


Embattled and scandal-plagued Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has agreed to step down as mayor of Detroit as part of a plea deal where he admitted to lying under oath.

From the Detroit News:

In four short words, Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick acknowledged his guilt this morning, admitting that he lied during the whistleblower case brought by two former police officers who claimed they were punished for looking into wrongdoing by the mayor's staff.

"I lied under oath," Kilpatrick said after he pleaded guilty to two felonies, a plea that will require him to spend four months in the Wayne County jail, to resign his office and to pay $1 million in restitution.

Kilpatrick will also agree not to seek office during the five years he is on probation and will surrender his state pension to the county. He will also surrender his law license.

"We did not give an inch," said Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, who said the deal is what she had sought "pretty much" from the beginning. She said Kilpatrick will enter the jail when he is sentenced, scheduled for Oct. 28.

In exchange for his guilty pleas, Wayne County prosecutors will drop the remaining six charges against him -- including the perjury counts -- and agree to not prosecute him for other issues that arise from the investigation into the perjury and obstruction of justice case.


By Josh Kraushaar 11:26 AM


http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0908/Big_news_out_of_Detroit.html#comments
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firedupdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-08 10:37 AM
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1. It's about time!...he's rotten to the core and some people
in michigan love to put his name in the same sentence with Obama's. Makes me sick!
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