Talk:Kwame Kilpatrick

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Mayor Kilpatrick is a cool guy i wish he could be mayor in Ohio.

[edit] Spending scandal

Does anyone want to make mention of the recent scandal in detroit media regarding overspending by this mayor? Asriel86 04:33, Jan 22, 2005 (UTC)

Could you be more specific? I don't see any mention of a scandal related to Kwame Kilpatrick in Google News. older≠wiser 03:43, Jan 21, 2005 (UTC)

Might just be a local thing. There are some questions regarding some money he's apparently throwing around, including $25,000 of city/taxpayer money for a one-year lease of a Lincol Navigator for his wife. | Google News |. Might not be that big of a deal, but it's the only thing on local news.

Asriel86 04:33, Jan 22, 2005 (UTC)

April 2005 -- "TIME [Magazine]...names the worst big-city mayors: Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Philadelphia Mayor John Street, and San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy."

"... But a cherry red Lincoln Navigator has put a big dent in his reputation. After weeks of denying it, the mayor admitted in January that the city paid $24,995 to lease just such a car for his wife. That outlay showed what Alan Ehrenhalt, executive editor of Governing Magazine, calls a tin ear for symbolism, given that Detroit's $230 million budget deficit has prompted the mayor to eliminate 3,000 city positions and end 24-hour bus service, TIME reports."

http://www.time.com/time/press_releases/article/0,8599,1050348,00.html

Killpatrick is real cool he could even run overPresident Bush!