Union Leaders To Hold Rally To Oust Mayor

[donnabird]

Union Leaders To Hold Rally To Oust Mayor


The president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 207 says the union wants Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to step down.

In a regular scheduled meeting Friday, the group collectively agreed the mayor needed to resign.

"We think the mayor should resign, we think he's a lame duck and he should allow the city to move on without his leadership," said John Riehl, president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 207

Riehl said the union wants the mayor to step down right away and he is inviting the public to attend a rally and picket at the city county building.

The public rally will be held on Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. outside the Coleman A. Young Municipal Building.

"He's compromised the public trust," Riehl said. "Nobody can believe a single thing he says from now on."

The union has 900 members and represents workers in the city's water and public lighting departments.

The president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 207 says the union wants Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to step down.

In a regular scheduled meeting Friday, the group collectively agreed the mayor needed to resign.

"We think the mayor should resign, we think he's a lame duck and he should allow the city to move on without his leadership," said John Riehl, president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 207

Riehl said the union wants the mayor to step down right away and he is inviting the public to attend a rally and picket at the city county building.

The public rally will be held on Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. outside the Coleman A. Young Municipal Building.

"He's compromised the public trust," Riehl said. "Nobody can believe a single thing he says from now on."

The union has 900 members and represents workers in the city's water and public lighting departments.

The president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 207 says the union wants Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to step down.

In a regular scheduled meeting Friday, the group collectively agreed the mayor needed to resign.

"We think the mayor should resign, we think he's a lame duck and he should allow the city to move on without his leadership," said John Riehl, president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 207

Riehl said the union wants the mayor to step down right away and he is inviting the public to attend a rally and picket at the city county building.

The public rally will be held on Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. outside the Coleman A. Young Municipal Building.

"He's compromised the public trust," Riehl said. "Nobody can believe a single thing he says from now on."

The union has 900 members and represents workers in the city's water and public lighting departments.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/15136552/detail.html

[donnabird]

I dont know something tells me this will just fade away like everything else he has done.

[beautiful_dragon]

I think he should resign. That's what any person with self respect for the city they represent would do.

But wait, he has no respect for the city.

[Harrison]

Both Kilpatrick & Beatty think they are above the law.

[donnabird]

Beatty Resigns Amid City Hall Scandal

DETROIT -- Christine Beatty has resigned from her position as Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's chief of staff.

In a letter to Kilpatrick that was released by his office, Beatty said her resignation is effective Feb. 8.

Beatty said she believes it is clear that she can no longer effectively carry out her duties. "I painfully regret the devastation that the recent reports have caused to the citizens of Detroit, to my co workers, to the Mayor's family and to my family and friends," Beatty wrote in the letter.

Kilpatrick spokesman James Canning said the mayor's office had no comment on the resignation.

Personal text messages between Kilpatrick and Beatty were obtained by the Detroit Free Press and publicly released Wednesday night. The sexually charged messages explicitly indicated that a relationship existed between them, despite their testimony last summer, during a police whistleblower trial, that they did not have a romantic relationship.

"I've been dreaming all day about having you all to myself for 3 days," reads one message sent by Kilpatrick to Beatty on Oct. 16, 2002, "relaxing, laughing, talking, sleeping and making love."

"I'm madly in love with you," Kilpatrick wrote on Oct. 3, 2002.

"I hope you feel that way for a long time," Beatty replied. "In case you haven't noticed, I am madly in love with you, too!"

On Sept. 13, 2002, the mayor wrote to Beatty: "They were right outside the door. They [the mayor's bodyguards] had to have heard everything..."

Beatty wrote back: "So we are officially busted! LOL"

Both Beatty and Kilpatrick denied a relationship existed when they testified in a whistleblower case brought by two former Detroit police officers who claimed they were fired for investigating the mayor's extramarital affair.

The officers were awarded $6.5 million by a Wayne County jury. In total, the case has cost the city more than $9 million.

On Wednesday night, Kilpatrick released a statement to the media expressing his embarrassment at the release of the messages and asking the public to respect his family's privacy.

"These five- and six-year-old text messages reflect a very difficult period in my personal life. It is profoundly embarrassing to have these extremely private messages now displayed in such a public manner.

"My wife and I worked our way through these intensely personal issues years ago. I would now ask that the public and the media respect the privacy of my wife and children and of Christine Beatty and her children at this deeply painful moment for our families."

Beatty has hired Elliott Hall, a former chief assistant Wayne County prosecutor and Detroit corporation counsel, as her lawyer.

In published reports, Hall said Beatty has no plans on resigning and she continues to remain chief of staff.

City spokesman James Canning said Friday night that Hall wasn't authorized to speak on Beatty's behalf and he was hired in case Beatty faces perjury charges.

Canning said city officials have taken the driver seat while Kilpatrick takes a few personal days off.

"The Mayor has capable deputy directors to lead our hardworking city workforce to continue daily operations of city government…Fires are being extinguished, trash is being picked up, police are arresting the bad guys. City government is fully operational."

Sheila Cockrel, a member of the Detroit City Council, said that the families must be going through a difficult time and urged sympathy for the children who are "impacted by these revelations."

However, Cockrel said, Kilpatrick needs to take responsibility.

"This is about leadership," Cockrel said, "and taking responsibility for our actions as elected officials is very important."

The president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 207 says the union wants Kilpatrick to step down.

In a regular scheduled meeting Friday, the group collectively agreed the mayor needed to resign.

John Riehl, president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 207, said the union wants the mayor to step down right away.

"He's compromised the public trust," Riehl said. "Nobody can believe a single thing he says from now on."

The union has 900 members and represents workers in the city's water and public lighting departments.

They will hold a public rally Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. outside the Coleman A. Young Municipal Building.

A Wayne County judge has ordered that Michael Stefani, the attorney who represented the two police officers who sued Kilpatrick and the city,Gary Brown and Harold Nelthrope to be deposed.

Stefani is being ordered to talk to a Free Press lawyer about what he knows about a reported secret agreement connected with the settlement.

"I can’t re-enter into a settlement agreement with the city, that has a confidential provision in it that prevents me from really discussing anything other that the fact that we settled the case in order to avoid the appeal,

Circuit Judge Robert Colombo Jr. also said he would require SkyTel, a Mississippi telecommunications company, to preserve the text messages.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/scandal/15152986/detail.html

[Detroit Tiger Fan]

Detroit needs to see that this man is not doing anything for the city. He needs to resign. How much more does he have to cost Detroit before they recall him? I mean, his arrogance cost the city 9 MILLION

[beautiful_dragon]

I wonder if the affair has ever even ended.

No one seems to be questioning that.

[Harrison]

I wonder if the affair has ever even ended.

No one seems to be questioning that.

Whether it has or not, let me ask you this. Let's just say it did end. Would you as a spouse sit by and let this person still be your spouse's "right hand" person? I wouldn't.

Kwame claims he and his wife "worked this out" years ago. Does that mean they have an open marriage?

[Mayday]

I say no way did she know about this affair.

[Harrison]

They are screaming and chanting outside as we speak.

[sawa1600]

I think he should resign. That's what any person with self respect for the city they represent would do.

But wait, he has no respect for the city.

I also think he should resign.

[Aimee Lee]

I watched a political show called Flash Point with the host being Devin Scillion of Channel 4 news there was a guy on there who corrected one of the other people saying that the $9 million everyone keeps talking about was paid with insurance and didn't come out of tax dollars.
While this may be true it doesn't change the fact that the city of Detroit was sued.
People are making so many excuses for Kwame that make absolutely no sense whatsoever.
I am sick and disgusted.

[LPTaxpayer]

If it's paid out of an insursurance policy, wouldn't the city's premiums increase (like that of individual policy holders)?

[Aimee Lee]

If it's paid out of an insursurance policy, wouldn't the city's premiums increase (like that of individual policy holders)?
Oh definately but this guy had an angle that he thought people were being too hard on Kwame.
BULLOCKS!

[Cherub]

He sould lose his job and go to jail as you or I would were we in his position

But, as we all know he get away with every last thing because of who he is

That's why what we have in this country is a "legal system"

Not "judicial"