Detroit: A city in political turmoil

April 16, 2008

The city of Detroit has seen its better days. The Tigers are having a tough go at it so far, with one of baseball’s highest payrolls to boot. Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is facing perjury charges after saying under oath that he was not having a fling with an aide.

Now comes news of a dispute within the investigative committee of Detroit City Council last week. Monica Conyers, wife of U.S. Congressman John Conyers, spoke out of turn twice during the questioning of an investigative attorney, once over another councilwoman, the next time over council president Ken Cockrel. She continued in a tirade, even calling Cockrel “Shrek.”

You can watch the video here.

Not a good time to be a Detroiter…unless you’re a Red Wings fan, of course.

Entry Filed under: News, Politics. .

Leave a Comment

Required

Required, hidden

Some HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

Trackback this post  |  Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed


Recent Comments

Pat Patterson on Christine Sheddy now on Americ…
christines mom on Christine Sheddy now on Americ…
shannon on Christine Sheddy missing
christines mom on Christine Sheddy missing
shannon on Christine Sheddy missing

Flickr Photos

More Photos

Blog Stats

Top Posts

Links