Friday, March 14, 2008

Kwame got to go!

"Kwame got to go" this was one the chants screamed outside City Hall during Detroit's Mayor State of The City.In what was a series of embarrassing moments for The City of Detroit-The Navigator incident, the strippers at the Mayor's residence, the killing of one of those strippers a few days after allegedly being attacked by the Mayor's wife, its current Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick refused to step down. Detroit has been craving for the spotlight since a very successful Super Bowl organization that boosted its economy, but Mr Kilpatrick nicknamed the "Hip Hop Mayor" and his antics have embarrassed not only the citizens of Detroit but himself and his family. He was linked to his Chief of Staff, they allegedly had an affair and they both lied under oaths about it and cost millions of dollars in civil lawsuits.
So what is the State of The City? Growing violence, Detroit has ranked in the top 5 of most dangerous cities in the US, growing numbers of foreclosures, city workers are being laid off, the city is also suffering from a massive exodus, it's becoming a ghost town, on top of that its mayor can't seem to bring positive media attention to the Motor City. All there is to talk about are the negativity caused by this Mayor. Obviously he's playing the victim and the race card. In what was a very racially divisive speech he dared to use the N-word (not the one we black people call each other) on Prime time TV and now it's being broadcast all over the country and bringing bad publicity once again. Mayor Kwame complained about receiving threats,if he cared so much for the sake of his children and wife he would stop dragging them in this mess that wont go away without his resignation.
Mayor Kilpatrick has always asked for the support of the black community, I say it's time for Black People to stop sticking by their own when they're wrong. Stand up and ask him to step down. Former Governor Spitzer quit just two days after being linked to a call girl, but no Mayor Kwame has too much pride, He hasn't been embarrassed enough, He wants to go out on his own terms.
Mayor, when you got to go, you got to go!

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