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Applaud Yourselves, Detroit!
"Birth of a Nation" should sell real well in Detroit except there's too many who can't stand the truth which hurts or wouldn't understand the movie on any level.
Applaud Yourselves, Detroit!
Does the Federal Government have a series of Special Elections in the event of a premature vacantcy in the Office of the President?
Or does the US Constitution provide for an orderly succession of VP, Speaker, etc?
What about the State? If the Governor cannot finish their term do we have Special Elections for a successor? Or does the Lt. Gov step in?
So who's idea was it in 1997 to allow for Special Elections to replace the Mayor? It was nobody's idea because the Charter had already provided for the Succession.
So rather than admit their mistake, the government officials, legal community and media put this distress city through a series of needless Special Elections which yielded a harvest of Deadbeat Opportunists.
Bing Steel was going Belly up but not a single challenging question was put forth to Mr. Bing about the health of his comapny UNTIL a few days b4 the General Election. We the People were informed that unless Bing Steel could find a buyer they could not meet their payroll.
Aware people should have realised Bing Steel couldn't survive without GM being able to afford its Minority Investment Program. So suddenly Bing wants to begin a new career as Mayor but does not give Full Disclosure while charging others for not being 'Transparent.'
Pugh?
Brown?
This is what these elections have yielded. What a sad situation.
Applaud Yourselves, Detroit!
Here's the plain Logic none of Detroit's legal and media community seemed to understand about the Charter.
IF there is a Clause for the Council President to succeed the Mayor in the event of a premature Vacantcy.
THEN there is no need to have Special Elections to chose a successor!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yet all of these great legal and journalistic minds had to take the Charter to court to have some judge decide who it turns out couldn't read it either.
Remember. The great legal mind and former Michigan Supreme Court Judge Dennis Archer was Mayor in 1997. Freeman Hendricks was in his adminstration. So they didn't catch this vagueness before it was ratified?
Its no wonder that Kwame Kilpatrick hired out of state attorneys when he realised that Worthy was serious. The Michigan Supreme Courts and the entire legal system failed Detroit because either they are incompetent or were too proud to admit this was a contradiction in the Charter which amounted to a Typo.
Here's the deal Perry Mason. Listen carefully Perry White.
The Special Elections Clause in the Charter is for Special Elections on situations OTHER than the Succession of Mayor.
The Succession of the Mayor was already satisfied with the Clause that calls for the Council President to succeed a vacantcy.
Special Elections are for Special Events having nothing to do with the Succession. It could have been anything like oh an emergency amending of the Charter to avoid the confusion and needless elections prior to the regularly scheduled Primary.
The issue is this issue demonstrates more than anything else the pathetic condition of Michigan, Detroit and its Metro area now that the safety net of GM, Ford and Chrysler has been removed. Our Big 3 covered a lot of incompetence because of the tremendous wealth creating machine that it was. Now, we see we have attorneys, judges, politicians and media watchdogs who can't read the very Charter they ratified!
And even here we have Freeman Hendricks getting the most votes for a new Charter Commission.
Applaud Yourselves, Detroit!
And there's the issue of the 1997 City Charter. Nobody in the current government, the media or the city and state's political-legal community seems to be literate. For all those Dennis Archer Groupies this Charter was Ratified under his watch which included Freeman Hendricks.
Yet when the time came to remove Kwame and replace him nobody in these govt and watchdog groups could read!
There was no clause calling for Special Elections to replace Kwame. Such a clause would contradict the Succession clause which called for the Council President to succeed a vacancy.
Of all the reasons not to vote for Cockrell this was the main one. He couldn't comprehend the Charter and so led the city on a series of expensive and needless 'Special Elections.'
Applaud Yourselves, Detroit!
Apparently We the People of Detroit haven't finished paying Brown. After getting a $8.4 million settlement from Detroit he wants more.
IF he loved Detroit so much then why didn't he seek his job back with pay and some reasonable Punitive Damages?
Did he offer to serve on Council without pay?
There's not a single Detroit employee, even the Mayor who should receive such a settlement? How long would Coleman Young have to have been mayor to gross 8.4? How long for Archer? Kilpatrick?
How much money in salary would Brown have made from the time his suit began until retirement age?
So he runs and wins on our money and people are still clueless.
What a 'Birth of a Nation" type mess.
Detroit's choices get dumber and dumber on every election now.
Applaud Yourselves, Detroit!
No wwtech. You promise not to vote again. What's not clear to you concerning the total lunacy of electing Pugh and Brown?
Pugh has also abused his position as a hughly visible member of the Fifth Estate. Consider that the late Walter Cronkite would have never ran for public office. The Press still pretends to cherish its role as an objective watchdog of government. The TV position of Pugh made him familiar with Detroiters as a trustworthy journalist and now we know he has trouble paying rent.
Rent WW at the Trolley Plaza not his 2007 Foreclosure! And how come a single man with no children and a lucrative job can't pay his rent?
Do you ever consider the severe financial situation this city is in? do you realize there's a new word 'Detroitisation' which means total political and financial incompetence?
Charles Pugh has less ethics than Kwame Kilpatrick because he has abused his visibility and now he is actually bragging about the votes the naive so foolishly gave him.
His only plan is to sell off what's left of city assets. His financial problems amount to his getting a Bailout from Detroit taxpayers.
IF a single man with no children with two jobs that pay over 250K/year cannot pay his mortgage.
THEN electing him to a job which pays 85K/yr is a scandal waiting to happen.
I advise Taxpaying, Property-owning Detroiters to pay special attention to the Deal-Making that's about to happen once these people take office.
Applaud Yourselves, Detroit!
TruthandJustice spoke the absolute Truth. For those who voted for Charles Pugh after getting details on his deadbeat status long before 2007 should receive their own copy of "Birth of a Nation."
They are as clueless now as they were when they voted to 'Dance in the Streets" with Martha Reeves.
Applaud Yourselves, Detroit!
You promise not to vote again? And also, not to regale us with your all-caps tirades? Thank you.
Applaud Yourselves, Detroit!
YOU SOUND LIKE A TYPICAL UNINFORMED CANADIAN/SUBURBANITE WITH A CLUELESS OPINION!!!
CHARLES PUGH AS COUNCIL PREZ??? (I WANT TO CRY LIKE A BABY)
THIS IDIOT CANT EVEN READ A FINANCIAL STATEMENT OR BALANCE SHEET & IS ABOUT TO OVERSEE A $3.5BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET!!!
JESUS PLEASE HELP US IN DETROIT!!!
GARY BROWN WHO EXTORTED MILLIONS FROM DETROITERS WITH HIS EX COP TURNED LAWYER BUDDY/PERJURER MIKE STEFANI???
AGAIN HE CANT READ A FINANCIAL STATEMENT OR A BALANCE SHEET!!! I HOPE HE ENROLLS @ WCCCD & TAKES BASIC ACCOUNTING SO HE WONT LOSE HIS $MILLIONS MADE OFF DETROIT TAXPAYERS!!!
SHAUNTEEL JENKINS??? THE EX GILL HILL LOVER??? HA HA HA....
& SHE WAS NOT MARYANN MAHAFFEY'S CHEIF OF STAFF AS SHE LIKES TO LIE TO PEOPLE ABOUT!!! SHE WAS A DAMNED CLERICAL STAFF WORKER!!! YOU PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO "KNOW DETROIT", ARE AS STUPID AS MARTHA REEVES!!!
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT CHARLES PUGH IS TOO!!! HE JUST CAN SPEAK IN COMPLETE SENTENCES!! THATS IT THOUGH!!!
HE'S "FINANCIALLY ILLITERATE"!!!
DETROIT!!! NO LISA HOWZE CPA???(WHY BECAUSE SHE'S TO EDUCATED RIGHT???) NO FRED HALL SMALL BIZMAN?? (WHY BECAUSE HE IS TO EDUCATED RIGHT???) NO MOHAMED OKDIE SMALL BIZMAN??/(WHY BECAUSE HE IS TO EDUCATED RIGHT??)
DETROITERS!!! FROM KWAME TO MONCON & NOW PUGH/BROWN/JENKINS YOU DESERVE THOSE "FINANCIALLY BRAINLESS", "NAME RECOGNITION CANDIDATES", YOU VOTED FOR!!!
I AM NEVER VOTING AGAIN!!!
AMERICA/DETROIT IS TO CORRUPT & STUPID!!!
Applaud Yourselves, Detroit!
My take on the Council:
Charles Pugh - Visionary with communication skills to keep the Council focussed and together. Not a nuts and bolts detail guy.
Gary Brown - Salt of the earth type who you don't want to screw around with. Cares about the people.
Saunteel Jenkins - Bright and well spoken. She knows what she is doing and operates below the radar.
Ken Cockrel - Might be most intelligent council member. May have big future if he loses the nerdiness.
Brenda Jones - Won't hurt and won't help. Keeps her mouth shut most of the time and not particularly bright.
Andre Spivey - Young, bright and has his heart in the right place. Could carry more political weight with time.
James Tate - intriguing personality. If he really cares about serving the people, he has a tremendous upside.
Kwame Kenyatta - see Brenda Jones, class under pressure.
Joann Watson - Can we get a recount? Took Lisa Howes spot.
Overall, this group is an 'A' or an 'A+.'
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