Dear Mister Mayor -"...I feel that I cannot leave this auditorium with my wife and my sons sitting there without addressing this issue. In the past 30 days I've been called a nigger more than anytime in my entire life. In the past three days I've received more death threats than I have in my entire administration. I've heard these words before but I've never heard people say them about my wife and children. I have to say this because it's very personal to me. I don't believe that a Nielsen rating is worth the life of my children or your children. This unethical, illegal lynch mob mentality has to stop. And it's seriously time. ..."
—Kwame M. Kilpatrick, 2008 Detroit State of the City Address
While we may agree that name-calling and personal threats are not in the public interest, neither is your clearly-documented liason with your ex-Chief-of-Staff, nor the multi-million dollar settlement negotiated specifically, it seems, to bury the multitude of text messages that provide the undeniable proof of said liason.
Your deeds have clearly shown that you believe yourself "above the rest", and clearly not accountable to the Detroit residents who elected you (misguidedly, we think) to two terms at the helm of what used to be a beautiful city. Regrettably, it seems you are continuing down the same path of former Mayor Coleman A young, whose most lasting legacy to the Motor City seems to be racial divisivness, and his name plastered on the sign of every City Park and building.
Mr. Mayor, regardless of whather or not your mother occupies a place in the Government, you clearly do NOT. Save Detroit a lot of aggravation, and stress, and step down from the office you are clearly not worthy of holding. respect is not a quality you are born with inherently, it is something you earn by your actions in and out of office.
It is also something you have clearly lost. Don't fight it - just depart, and let someone better take over (maybe Gil Hill can do better)?
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