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TOM WALSH: Blame mayoral mess on charismatic CEOs

                   
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Jul 27, 2008
        
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Blame mayoral mess on charismatic CEOs BY TOM WALSH • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • July 26, 2008 Now we have the mayor of Detroit in a confrontation with a sheriff's deputy, purportedly hurling a string of f-bombs and other invective at him, resulting in the mayor being ordered to put up a $7,500 bond and told he can't leave town without a court hearing. And that's on top of all the text messages, the lies under oath, the perjury charges. How did it all come to this for Kwame Kilpatrick? Perhaps we should blame it on Lee Iacocca. Or on CEOs Jack Welch, Martha Stewart or Enron's Jeff Skilling. Blame it on our infatuation with the cult of the charismatic CEO and ultimately on the infatuation of the charismatic CEO with himself. Iacocca, the glib automotive icon who led Chrysler Corp. through two near-bankruptcies, and Welch,... [read full story]                    

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Blame Kilpatrick mess on charismatic CEOs

detroitnewspapers.com
Jul 27, 2008
        

BY TOM WALSH • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • July 27, 2008 Now we have the mayor of Detroit in a confrontation with a sheriff's deputy, purportedly hurling a string of f-bombs and other invective at him, resulting in the mayor being...

                   

Blame mayoral mess on charismatic CEOs

detroitnewspapers.com
Jul 27, 2008
        

BY TOM WALSH • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • July 26, 2008 Now we have the mayor of Detroit in a confrontation with a sheriff's deputy, purportedly hurling a string of f-bombs and other invective at him, resulting in the mayor being...

                   

TOM WALSH: Blame Kilpatrick mess on charismatic CEOs

freep.com
Jul 27, 2008
        

Blame Kilpatrick mess on charismatic CEOs BY TOM WALSH • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • July 27, 2008 Now we have the mayor of Detroit in a confrontation with a sheriff's deputy, purportedly hurling a string of f-bombs and other...