Well Detroit just elected a new temporary mayor to replace the previous temporary mayor who replaced the disgraced mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Dave Bing, former Detroit Piston basketball star beat out Ken Cockrel Jr for the post. Ken Cockrel became mayor when Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to 2 felony counts of obstruction of justice in a whistleblower case. He and his mistress Christine Beatty, his chief of staff at the time, both lied about having an affair during the trial. Text messages proved this fact along with the fact that they conspired to fire the police officer investigating an "alleged" wild party at the mayor's residence - the Manoogian Mansion. The Detroit city charter states that the president of the Detroit City Council becomes mayor if the mayor can not finish his term. Ken Cockrel Jr was the president of city council at the time. Now that Dave Bing has become mayor, Ken Cockrel Jr is expected to resume his job as city council president. However, current city council president Monica Conyers is putting up a stink about it. The city charter states that the president of city council becomes mayor until a new mayor is elected. The implication is that the interim mayor would return to city council when the new mayor is elected. However, Mrs. Conyers says that since the charter does not specifically spell out this situation, then she should remain president. And Ken Cockrel Jr is out of a job.
Monica Conyers is a nutcase.
Go to www.youtube.com and search for Monica Conyers and you'll find several videos of her antics on city council. Side note - search for Barbara Rose Collins as well. She's a real hoot when she sings Onward Christian Soldiers during a council meeting.
Also, my workforce agreement with EDS, an HP Company ends on May 31st. So I may be drunk the rest of the month. With GM in such dire straits, no one is safe from the bitch slap of Father Fate. I have no idea what that means.
GM CEO Fritz Henderson today and in his previous job as Sergeant John Taggert in the Beverly Hills Cop movies.
