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Resignation Deal Rejected By Kilpatrick
Resignation Deal Rejected By Kilpatrick
It's a deal that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of Detroit should take, but wont. The Democrat is charged in two separate criminal cases - one involving an assault of a police officer; the second stems from steamy emails to a coworker. Thomas [Kilpatrick's attorney] called Prosecutor Douglas Baker's offer to drop one of the two charges in return for the mayor's resignation by Sept. 3 "gratuitous." The
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The Morning Scramble - 8/23/2008
No Runny Eggs — ... Lawhawk reports that Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D) did not take a deal to leave office in exchange for the dropping of one of the two criminal charges against him. Oh yeah; Kilpatrick, an Obama supporter and superdelegate, won’t be able to go to Denver because the terms of his bond prevent it. ...

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