Sure, you could look at this as Pennsylvania's Indictment Summer where almost every other week a city or state legislator, or a staff member or several, face state or federal charges for less-than-legal business.
But, hey, at least our mayor isn't spending this August night in the hoosegow.
This fate belongs solely to Detroit's embattled mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick, who is married, is fighting perjury and other felony charges, some stemming from alleged fibs told about text messages to his former chief of staff and paramour. The subject of those messages ranged from the dismissal of a whistle-blower, the heart of the perjury and felony charges, to their emotional and physical affection for one another to the latest developments on American Idol.
Facing trial and per terms of his bond, Kilpatrick was instructed not to leave the Michigan..
Which he did on July 23.
Actually, he left the country.
For the exotic shores of Windsor, Ontario across the Detroit River.
It was official business, Kilpatrick explained, having to do with selling Detroit's part of the tunnel between the two neighboring cities. He apologized, apparently believing this would spare him further penalities from the court, going so far as to bring his young sons to court so they could see their father admit he was wrong.
It was an emergeny, Kilpatrick's lawyer argued.
"Who was dying?" Michigan District Judge Ronald Giles asked.
"The City of Detroit was sick," Kilpatrick's lawyer argued.
The judge did not care.
"If it was not Kwame Kilpatrick sitting in that seat — if it was John Six-Pack sitting in the seat — what would I do?” Giles asked. “And the answer is simple.”
Kilpatrick's lawyers immediately appealed the ruling to a circuit judge.
Who is scheduled to hear the case Friday morning.
Which is how Detroit's mayor has come to secure lodging tonight in the Wayne County jail.
Phila. is lucky to have Michael Nutter as mayor. He seems to really care about Philadelphia...not just himself and his political aspirations like most other politians. Mayor Kirkpatrick is a disgrace to American politics...like soooo many others!! How about John Edwards and his love child. What a hypocrite!!— flamingo
Comment removed.- I brought my family to Philly for the 4th of July and we sat in chairs in front of Independence Hall and watched horrified as Nutter villified George and Martha Washington at least 3 times in his speech. What has this country come to that we can't admire our founding fathers anymore without being considered racist.— ObamaHATER
- Karen Heller is a racist.— ObamaHATER
- KH is not a racist, she is a good news person, reporting the facts. Philadelphia and Detroit are skewed because of their population demographics.Both cities have shown and perhaps Detroit continues the results of voter ignorance, apathy and racism.The Detroit story again shows what happens when voters use race as the deciding issue.— Axxel
- Well said Axxel!!!!— dan19148
- We should be ashamed that washington had slaves. We should be ashamed that slavery was ever a part of our heritage. Good for Nutter. This ain't the 1950's.— wmn1dfl
- WMN1DFL you are RIGHT! on that note we shouldn't call our capital Washington and take his name OFF the dollar and Mount Rushmore. Furthermore, any schools streets or buildings should have the name come down, and any mention of him in our history books removed permantly. Isn't that what you really want? Why doesn't the black theology movement just come out and publically state it. It's already happening anyway, just quietly(used to be the Washington Airport in Washington now called Reagan - just one example).— ObamaHATER
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- Maybe Philly's new tourism slogan should be: "Philadelphia: We're dying, but at least we're not Detroit."— baconbits
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