Kwame Kirkpatrick is mayor of Detroit. He has run into legal problems. He has lawyers, some of whom are probably very very good.
He is not the first elected official to be accused of criminal activity.
He is not the last elected official who will be accused of poor judgment and imperial behavior.
He has a constiuency. Some of his people are probably ready to dig in their heals and defend his reputation to the world.
His critics, likely will want this tgo be over quickly.
I have seen similar situations drag on and on.... I expect the latter.
No ego in the public eye will pull a Richard Nixon and ride off into the sunset forever... come to think of it, Richard Nixon never rode off into the sunset forever...
Her just hung around baseball games until someone was willing to say, 'hey you did what you did, but you still made a difference.'
4 years ago
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