Kwame, Kwame, Kwame. What are the residents of Detroit going to do with this guy?

There hasn’t ever been a time when a single representative of the City of Detroit has embarrassed it this badly. Not. One. Ever. The man fires two policemen because they are too close to an affair he was having with his chief of staff, and it costs the city nine million dollars in settlements and legal fees. He never even bothers to inform the city council about the real reason for the firings, and it looks like the police were actually investigating some improprieties regarding bids for city service contracts when they stumbled across the text messages that the mayor and his chief of staff made to each other. Nice.

The worst part about this whole thing is that Mr Kilpatrick seems to think that the whole scandal is someone else’s fault. He blames the media, he blames the city council, and he blames white people in general without having the guts to flat out state that it’s white people making the comments. Hey Kwame, who were you accusing of making the racist comments and dropping the N-bomb on you? Who were you accusing of making the death threats? C’mon Kwame be a man and stop with the hinting. Then again, a courageous man would have faced the music for the scandal by now.

I heard the interview Kwame did on WJLB. It was very smart of him to find a friend reporter to let him tell his story. It was also amazing to listen to him ramble on about newspaper sales and TV ratings, while never once getting into the main story, which was these text messages and the possible charges of perjury. Oops.

The thing people seem to forget here is that one Kwame Kilpatrick is the Chief Executive of the City of Detroit. The city council passes legislation, and the mayor executes it. Think about that for a minute. The man who is in charge of making sure that the law is carried out is the one who allegedly broke it. The man is constantly trying to make this a race thing, but the person he most reminds me of is white. Anybody remember Boss Hog?

Why were the police investigating Kwame in the first place? The Free Press has recently put out some information regarding some text messages that indicate that there were contractors who were receieving favors from Hizzoner. This is a serious problem. The law the officers sued under was the Whistleblowers Act, which is designed to protect people who turn in their boss for things they do that are illegal.

Let’s face it, Kwame’s a crook. I’m not saying that I condone death threats or racial comments, but this guy needs to take a hike. I applaud the Detroit City Council for their vote yesterday calling for the resignation of Kwame Kilpatrick. The sad part is that the man has done some great things for the city. It’s just too bad that his credibility is now shot, and that staying will only hurt the city he supposedly serves. Step down, Mr. Mayor. Help your residents the only way you can.