I have not written about Detroit’s illustrious mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, in quite some time. Much has happened in the meantime; he pled guilty to some felonies and will serve jail time and pay some restitution.
In his farewell speech he blamed the white, female governor for his demise because she instituted a hearing at the request of the black, city council to determine if he needed to be dismissed as mayor of Detroit. Kilpatrick vowed to return, ala Marion Barry of Washington, DC who was re-elected after jail time for drug dealing.
Kilpatrick cannot seek office for five (5) years so he will be back in 2012 and he probably will be re-elected.
In my past comments, I have alluded to a certain black, urban culture in Detroit that enables and even rewards the kind of lawless behavior and attitude as displayed by Kilpatrick. You will notice that no recall petition emerged out of Detroit and only a white, female governor could get him out of office.
I will say that a black, female, ex-judge, prosecutor was also instrumental in kicking the mayor in the balls and out of office.
I did get some support in my view by Leonard Pitts, Jr., a black columnist in Miami that is just an excellent observer of our society. In his column “Take race out of guilt equation” he takes the blacks of Detroit to task for defending the black mayor and blaming his troubles on “racial malfeasance”. He brought up Michael Jackson, OJ Simpson, Tawana Brawley, Mike Tyson and Marion Berry who also blamed whites for their troubles.
Pitts urged Detroit blacks to use their brains and not fall into the same ole’ racial trap but I think his advice will be lost on black Detroiters; even the black pastors in Detroit supported the mayor and still do and will lead the voters in re-electing him in 2012. Why? ; Because Kilpatrick ran the city for the blacks and only for the blacks. He hired blacks, family members, school buddies without thought as to competence. He also made some blacks rich by awarding them lucrative city contracts, legally and illegally.
It will be interesting to see who will replace Kilpatrick as mayor. Right now the president of the City Council will replace him temporarily until special elections are held this year.
In his farewell speech he blamed the white, female governor for his demise because she instituted a hearing at the request of the black, city council to determine if he needed to be dismissed as mayor of Detroit. Kilpatrick vowed to return, ala Marion Barry of Washington, DC who was re-elected after jail time for drug dealing.
Kilpatrick cannot seek office for five (5) years so he will be back in 2012 and he probably will be re-elected.
In my past comments, I have alluded to a certain black, urban culture in Detroit that enables and even rewards the kind of lawless behavior and attitude as displayed by Kilpatrick. You will notice that no recall petition emerged out of Detroit and only a white, female governor could get him out of office.
I will say that a black, female, ex-judge, prosecutor was also instrumental in kicking the mayor in the balls and out of office.
I did get some support in my view by Leonard Pitts, Jr., a black columnist in Miami that is just an excellent observer of our society. In his column “Take race out of guilt equation” he takes the blacks of Detroit to task for defending the black mayor and blaming his troubles on “racial malfeasance”. He brought up Michael Jackson, OJ Simpson, Tawana Brawley, Mike Tyson and Marion Berry who also blamed whites for their troubles.
Pitts urged Detroit blacks to use their brains and not fall into the same ole’ racial trap but I think his advice will be lost on black Detroiters; even the black pastors in Detroit supported the mayor and still do and will lead the voters in re-electing him in 2012. Why? ; Because Kilpatrick ran the city for the blacks and only for the blacks. He hired blacks, family members, school buddies without thought as to competence. He also made some blacks rich by awarding them lucrative city contracts, legally and illegally.
It will be interesting to see who will replace Kilpatrick as mayor. Right now the president of the City Council will replace him temporarily until special elections are held this year.
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