Kwame Kilpatrick

                   

Evans says he's ready to lead city

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13-Nov-2008 2 related
        

Mayoral candidate wants to exchange sheriff's hat for that of mayor and make streets safe. Leonard N. Fleming / The Detroit News DETROIT -- Warren Evans, by his own account, didn't have the weight to be a Detroit cop. So he...

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Mayor Cockrel rescinds contracts linked for Kilpatrick

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13-Nov-2008 3 related
        

Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. on Wednesday said he nixed the contracts of four investment firms that had been receiving more than $2 million a year, in part because of their ties to the Kilpatrick administration.

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Ware's husband fights '87 charge

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13-Nov-2008 1 related
        

As investigation into Wayne commissioner's staff deepens, spouse could face prison time. As Wayne County Commission Chairwoman Jewel Ware fights for her political life, the man at the center of the controversy -- her husband,...

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Microloans filling gap for small firms in Detroit

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13-Nov-2008
        

City program gives credit despite crisis BY ZACHARY GORCHOW • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • November 13, 2008 Catherine Franklin wanted to expand her vending machine business in Detroit, but she couldn't obtain a loan to get the...

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EDITORIAL: Jewel Ware's case only part of problem

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13-Nov-2008
        

Jewel Ware's case only part of problem Wayne County Commission Chair Jewel Ware says she hasn't been up to any hiring high jinks in her commission office, and she's entitled to the presumption that indeed she hasn't -- at least...

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Feds question Adolph Mongo as part of Kilpatrick probe

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12-Nov-2008 13 related
        

DETROIT -- Add political consultant Adolph Mongo to the list of former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick associates federal authorities are questioning about the disbursement of money the former mayor controlled in political and social...

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Cockrel cable TV show to deliver his message to residents

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12-Nov-2008 3 related
        

DETROIT -- Following in the foot-steps of his predecessor, Interim Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. will be relying upon the Detroit Cable Communications Commission to help deliver his message to the residents.

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Council wants out of newspaper FOIA suit

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12-Nov-2008 13 related
        

After months of legal wrangling, the Detroit City Council voted to request the courts dismiss the council as a party to the Freedom of Information lawsuit filed against the city by the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News in...

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Using Privacy Against Us

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12-Nov-2008 1 related
        

The demise of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s political career illustrates the perils of thinking we’re not being watched. Of course, it also illustrates the perils of arrogance and stupidity, whic...

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Kilpatrick hopes to salvage law license

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11-Nov-2008 5 related
        

People who read this also read ... DETROIT, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Attorneys for jailed former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick say they're hoping to salvage his license to practice law. As part of plea bargain in which he pleaded...

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