Detroit City Council is expected to discuss recommendations and findings from an independent attorney's investigation into the text message scandal. ... The council conducted a week of hearings with city attorneys testifying as to each of their roles in the scandal that...
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The Detroit City Council launched an historic effort today to pry Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office, approving -- by a single vote -- a two-front strategy by asking to ask Gov. Jennifer Granholm to remove Kilpatrick while starting its own process to expel...
DETROIT, May 13 (UPI) -- The Detroit City Council voted Tuesday to ask the governor of Michigan to oust embattled Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick, who is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice, has resisted calls that he resign after evidence emerged he allegedly tried to cover up an...
DETROIT, May 13 (UPI) -- The Detroit City Council voted Tuesday to ask the governor of Michigan to oust embattled Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick, who is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice, has resisted calls that he resign after evidence emerged he allegedly tried to cover up an...
The Detroit City Council has narrowly approved two measures designed to oust Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office. The identical 5-4 votes start forfeiture proceedings against Kilpatrick and ask Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to remove the mayor, who is charged with perjury over explicit text...
By ROCHELLE RILEY and ZACHARY GORCHOW • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS • May 13, 2008 The Detroit City Council launched an historic effort today to pry Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office, approving – by a single vote – a two-front strategy by asking to ask Gov. Jennifer Granholm to remove Kilpatrick...
Christine MacDonald and Mike Wilkinson / The Detroit News DETROIT --A divided City Council followed months of rhetoric and politicking with action Tuesday, beginning an unprecedented effort to oust Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick that could drag on indefinitely and has no guaranteed result. In a day that...
Say you're the governor of the Great State of Michigan. Here's just what you need at the end of a week recovering from surgery. A missive from the Detroit City Council thuds onto your desk, marked "Urgent." The council has sent you a resolution passed by a 5-4 vote and listing a series of...
Council moves to oust mayor in historic, dramatic vote By ROCHELLE RILEY and ZACHARY GORCHOW • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS • May 13, 2008 The Detroit City Council launched an historic effort today to pry Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office, approving – by a single vote – a two-front strategy by...
By: Corey Williams, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT - Council members voted 5-4 to begin forfeiture of office proceedings against Kwame Kilpatrick. On a separate 5-4 vote, they approved asking Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to remove Kilpatrick from office, a step the governor has said she is...
DETROIT - Council members voted 5-4 to begin forfeiture of office proceedings against Kwame Kilpatrick. On a separate 5-4 vote, they approved asking Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to remove Kilpatrick from office, a step the governor has said she is unwilling to take while the criminal case...