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Tag: Kilpatrick

Living (and Suing) on a Prayer

By The Wizard of Laws, Section News
Posted on Mon Mar 16, 2009 at 09:28:21 AM EST
Tags: Kilpatrick, text messages, lawsuit, scandal, privacy (all tags)

(Promoted by Nick...)

The penultimate sentence in one of my recent posts was "Never underestimate the creativity of a plaintiff's lawyer and a desperate debtor." As if on cue, enter the City of Detroit's former mayor and leading debtor, Kwame Kilpatrick, and his attorney, Florida's well-known Willie Gary. [If you've been preoccupied during the last several years, there's a timeline of Kilpatrick's scandals here.]

On March 10, in a Mississippi circuit court, Gary and Kilpatrick sued SkyTel, reportedly for the nice round sum of $100 million, for allegedly violating the federal Electronic Stored Communications Act. The gist of the lawsuit, which can be viewed here, is that by releasing text messages between Kilpatrick and others, principally his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty, SkyTel invaded Kilpatrick's privacy and violated federal law.

The Detroit City Council Posse

By Theblogprof, Section News
Posted on Sat Feb 14, 2009 at 03:44:53 PM EST
Tags: Kilpatrick, Monica Conyers, corruption, hypocrisy (all tags)

The freep: Security level for Detroit City Council exceeds other cities. Is the MSM just noticing this NOW??? I mean - this isn't exactly current news to those of us in the Detroit metro area. Why report it now? I don't really know, other than the MSM might be doing this so that some time later they can say "look! We've criticized democrats too! We're not biased!" Since Monica Conyers has dug herself a hole (and, like our president, thinks she can keep digging to get herself out), she would be a lame duck target to go after. In any case, here's an excerpt from the story:

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