Flipping through the pages of the Detroit Free Press, I noticed an article about Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick giving away construction contracts to a friend of his. Along the side I saw a small story about a rally that was held by one of the city council members on Saturday to support the council's request for the mayor to step down. To make this event even more laughable, the title of the rally was "Healing Detroit". A few metro Detroit ministers even found time to record an episode of FlashPoint where they expressed their discontent wit Mayor Kilpatrick. I can't do anything but laugh.
Everyone who oppose of the Mayor claim that his resignation is vital to allow the city to move on and grow. Many will claim that the whole fiasco is giving the city of Detroit a black eye and this is why he must go. I am a supporter of moving the city forward and just happen to be a supporter of the Mayor. With that said, I believe moving the city forward and fixing the issues that have ailed us for years should be the number one focus. While those who beg for the Mayor's resignation claim to agree, who is actually focusing on the city's rebound?
I'm not really concerned about the Mayor, his affair, some outrageous party, the unsolved murder of an exotic dancer, or the firing of some police officers. I am not concerned one bit. I'm not concerned because the case is in court now, yet somehow it is still more important to the advancement of this city as it carries every news headline and every newspaper. Now that the courts can figure out this mess let's get focused for real.
How can the newspapers' lead story still be about Kilpatrick when Detroit has the highest rate of home foreclosures in the country? How can the news shows' top story be about Kilpatrick when Detroit only graduates 25 percent of its students? How can a city council member have a rally and call it "Healing Detroit" and the main topic wasn't about how to fix our education problems or unemployment issues with the decline of the auto industry? Who's really interested in the advancement of my city? Catch ya' on the FLIPSIDE.
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The City will be unable to move on until the Mayor leaves. He and his issues are too much of a distraction. I would bet employees in the city building are thinking/talking about all this "scandal" just as much if not more than their jobs.
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