This is something I had to write about due to the volume of calls and e-mails I have received from friends, relatives, and business associates across the country.
“What the hell is going on with the mayor in the D?”
This is how one friend put it. Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his then Chief of Staff, Christine Beatty lied under oath about their affair. How much did it cost to cover up their affair? $9 Million dollars at the expense of city taxpayers.
Of course, this is a case that never had to make it to trial. Unfortunately, due to the arrogance of the mayor, who believes that the residents of Detroit will believe anything he tells them because lets not forget here, he is Black, just like the majority of the citizens of the city. It is insulting to insinuate that the only people who are repulsed by this situation are not black, they are only white or black suburban residents who don’t live in the city of Detroit and should just keep their mouths closed.
This is such bullshit!
In a recent state of address to the city, Kilpatrick used the n-word to describe racial names he had and his family had been called. Clearly, this was not a place to make this kind of statement. Again, this is the same man who said in an open apology aired locally on ABC, NBC, Fox 2 and nationally CNN, last month to his wife, family and the citizens of Detroit to leave his family alone. Yet, he himself put them front and center when the camera showed Kilpatrick’s wife and sons as he vented on.
Progress in Detroit has been slow, yet business people from all ethnic backgrounds have come together to invest in and build in Detroit and move it forward. Roger Penske, Bill Ford, Mike Illitch, Dave Bing, Derrick Coleman, Jerome Bettis, just to name a few. So what does this mean? Kwame Kilpatrick’s race has not prohibited him from building relationships with influential people to advance Detroit. Race has nothing to do with your actions. Correct me if I am wrong, but there were only two people involved in the affair. Their lies to cover it up, wasn’t worth another black eye to a city Forbes magazine recently named as the most miserable city on earth.
The Detroit mayor is a jerk. He should not be in office. I saw the story on CNN and I don’t get the race card stuff this guy is saying. Look at his attorneys, most of them are white, but white people are out to get him when he was the one lying and stealing a settlement for a city. I agree with you race has nothing to do with your actions. It was nothing black or white about cheating and lying about it. His wife should be ashamed to be called his wife. Why is the Spitxer guy who was a governor no longer in office and the Detroit mayor is? Keep his ghetto ass in Detroit. We don’t want him in Phoenix.