Political News and Commentary with the Right Perspective. NAVIGATION
  • Front Page
  • News
  • Multimedia
  • Tags
  • RSS Feed


  • Advertise on RightMichigan.com


    NEWS TIPS!

    Get the RightMighigan.com toolbar!


    RightMichigan.com

    Buzz

    Who are the NERD fund donors Mr Snyder?

    Raise the curtain.

    Thank you, Ruth Johnson!


    By KG One, Section News
    Posted on Mon Jun 13, 2011 at 09:21:21 PM EST
    Tags: Ruth Johnson, Kwame Kilpatrick, Got caught doing bad things again, Time to pay up (all tags)

    More often than not, when people in Lansing screw up (and boy, have they been doing that more than a lot lately), they should be called on it.

    Conversely, when people do the right thing, they should be complimented.

    This most definitely falls under the latter.

    So what is it?

    {Story continues below the fold.}

    Those of you who follow Michigan Politics (and even those who turn on the radio just once in a while), know that the former mayor of Detroit is dirty.

    Marital infidelity.

    Treats the city treasury like his own personal kitty.

    Believes in pay-to-play.

    Not only that, but his entire family has a similar problem (just to show that I'm an equal-opportunity kind of guy, I won't forget Mamma Kilpatrick either). I don't know if it's in the Kilpatrick-DNA or what? Ultimately, it really doesn't matter.

    Going through all my Detroit scandal bookmarks this afternoon reminded me of just how depressing this story actually was. The sad part here is that this issue could've easily dealt with several years ago.

    Then-AG Cox had Kwame Kilpatrick dead to rights after Kilpatrick was arrested for assaulting two deputies. Why he didn't follow through with those serious charges is even more perplexing, especially after then-AG Cox made this comment:

    "Yesterday, Defendant Kilpatrick stood in the 36th District Court and stated he doubted "that there had ever been a person who had gone through the legal process who respects it more than I do". His actions of July 24th make a total mockery of his statement yesterday. The actions of the defendant here are really an assault on the judicial system. These officers were victims of an assault against them; but our judicial system is no less a victim.

    Detective White and Investigator Kinney thought their afternoon on Thursday, July 24th would be routine. But there is nothing routine about assaulting and obstructing an officer. Those are the facts. And the facts are the basis for the charges I am filing today.

    One last comment before we get to questions, I want to comment on some of the early media coverage of the decision of Detective White and Investigator Kinney to avoid taking the defendant into custody immediately that afternoon. Many in the public and media opined that they treated Defendant Kilpatrick differently; that the regular guy in the street would have been immediately arrested. That opinion is true; more than likely, the average guy on the street would have been arrested. But the defendant here is different; he has armed Detroit police officers who are duty-bound to protect him as the Mayor of Detroit.

    If Detective White and Investigator Kinney would have tried to take the Defendant into custody that afternoon, can you imagine what could have happened? Can you imagine what sort of choice the EPU officers would have had to make? It could have easily led to a brawl involving the Defendant, White, Kinney, and at least two Detroit police officers - four of whom carry weapons! By doing what they did, White and Kinney demonstrated keen judgment by avoiding turning an assault upon two officers into a potential brawl that could have quickly turned into gun play. They should be complimented for their common sense and solid police work."

    In the end though, he offered Kwame Kilpatrick a plea deal, for reasons that were never clearly made public.

    Fortunately, the matter began to get resolved shortly afterwards when King Kwame p.o.'d a local judge one time too many and got five years for violating his parole to pay back the P.R.o.D.

    Fast-forward to today and the reason for this post.

    After one of the Kwamster's altercations in court ended in the sweet-heart deal from then-AG Cox, it became publically known that Kwame dipped into his own Campaign Fund to pay the lawyers who helped to keep him out of jail.

    Questions about the legality of that move were brought up to then-S.O.S Land, who in the end,  decided to make another sweet-heart deal to Kwame: Pay a $1,000 fine and she'll let the matter slide.

    What is it with republicans making sweet-heart deals to slimy democrats?!? But I digress.

    Kwame didn't take her up on her most generous offer, and like most of the other problems in his life, he was hoping that the matter would be quickly forgotten and go away.

    Fortunately, her successor at S.O.S. was a little bit more diligent, and a lot more intelligent!

    It was determined today that using campaign funds to keep yourself out of jail is a personal expense and illegal: cough up $976,493 in fines.

    No official word yet from S.O.S. Johnson's office on this decision. But based upon what I've read on heard on the radio/TV, it reassuring to know that there are some politicians who are displaying more wherewithall and showing the determination to deal with dirty politicians than their predecessors. Hopefully, this is a pattern that we will see continue in some form or fashion.

    Again, congratulations!

    < Right To Work Statistics - Higher Income! | Divertere: Surrender Your Keys >


    Share This: Digg! StumbleUpon del.icio.us reddit reddit


    Display: Sort:
    Has anyone (none / 0) (#1)
    by grannynanny on Tue Jun 14, 2011 at 08:50:05 AM EST
    read the transcripts of the whistle blower lawsuit?  They were quite an eye opener as to just what Kwame was up to.  It was quite obvious from the testimony that this man was nothing more than a con man living high and mighty on the taxpayer dollar and pilfering much more than that.  I hope SOS nails his hind end to the wall along with the feds.

    Those transcripts also opened the book on just how bad the corruption is in Detroit.  What a hell hole!

    No problem for billionaires (none / 0) (#3)
    by Corinthian Scales on Tue Jun 14, 2011 at 09:33:26 AM EST
    Peter Karmonos, Roger Penske, Dan Gilbert and Jim Nicholson should be able to cover another million for their chosen son, Kwame.

    Remember, Kwame's only crime was having an affair with a college sweetheart.

    They all bought and paid for the corruption.  They too are part of the hollow men.

    And $50,000 from Matty Moroun (none / 0) (#4)
    by MollyB on Tue Jun 14, 2011 at 10:05:33 AM EST
    See near the end of the article CS posted.

    One more (none / 0) (#5)
    by Corinthian Scales on Tue Jun 14, 2011 at 11:19:14 AM EST
    Display: Sort:

    Login

    Make a new account

    Username:
    Password:
    Tweet along with RightMichigan by
    following us on Twitter HERE!

    Related Links

    + Marital infidelity.
    + like his own personal kitty.
    + in pay-to-play.
    + but his entire family has a similar problem
    + forget Mamma Kilpatrick
    + "Yesterday , Defendant Kilpatrick stood in the 36th District Court and stated he doubted "that there had ever been a person who had gone through the legal process who respects it more than I do". His actions of July 24th make a total mockery of his statement yesterday. The actions of the defendant here are really an assault on the judicial system. These officers were victims of an assault against them; but our judicial system is no less a victim. Detective White and Investigator Kinney thought their afternoon on Thursday, July 24th would be routine. But there is nothing routine about assaulting and obstructing an officer. Those are the facts. And the facts are the basis for the charges I am filing today. One last comment before we get to questions, I want to comment on some of the early media coverage of the decision of Detective White and Investigator Kinney to avoid taking the defendant into custody immediately that afternoon. Many in the public and media opined that they treated Defendant Kilpatrick differently; that the regular guy in the street would have been immediately arrested. That opinion is true; more than likely, the average guy on the street would have been arrested. But the defendant here is different; he has armed Detroit police officers who are duty-bound to protect him as the Mayor of Detroit. If Detective White and Investigator Kinney would have tried to take the Defendant into custody that afternoon, can you imagine what could have happened? Can you imagine what sort of choice the EPU officers would have had to make? It could have easily led to a brawl involving the Defendant, White, Kinney, and at least two Detroit police officers - four of whom carry weapons! By doing what they did, White and Kinney demonstrated keen judgment by avoiding turning an assault upon two officers into a potential brawl that could have quickly turned into gun play. They should be complimented for their common sense and solid police work."
    + he offered Kwame Kilpatrick a plea deal,
    + one time too many and got five years for violating his parole to pay back the P.R.o.D.
    + Questions about the legality of that move were brought up to then-S.O.S Land, who in the end, &nbsp;decided to make another sweet-heart deal to Kwame: Pay a $1,000 fine and she'll let the matter slide.
    + It was determined today that using campaign funds to keep yourself out of jail is a personal expense and illegal: cough up $976,493 in fines.
    + Also by KG One
    create account | faq | search