Talk:Kwame Kilpatrick
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Mayor Kilpatrick is a cool guy i wish he could be mayor in Ohio.
[edit] Spending scandal
I noticed that there are not any recent articles about the Mayor on this page. Mayor Kilpatrick has done many positive things for the city, which are not being acknowledged. Whenever I try to update this page with recent articles the content is taken down. It is important to be fair and accurate as many people use this site as a legitimate source of information. If that is the case then recent updated articles should be posted on this site as well. Several journalists have pointed out the positive changes in the city of Detroit. Many times we focus on the negative and forget the accomplishments of a person. Below are credible sources. I am adding this information so people can make a fair assessment of a man who has been a catalyst in moving the city of Detroit in a positive direction. Please take these things into consideration.
"Down in Detroit, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has spent the last few years literally re-engineering the city government. He's right when he says Detroit has to "transform or die." And like him or not, he is mostly doing the leading, not off-loading it to last-generation pols.
Leading by doing, now
He's reducing taxes for homeowners, not just new would-be residents. He's cut the work force from roughly 20,000 five years ago to 14,000 today. He's renegotiated contracts with 31 bargaining units -- not including police and fire -- with deals that include pay cuts and cost-sharing on health care."
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070115/OPINION03/701150326/1364/AUTO04
Also you will find on Wikipedia that Mayor Kilpatrick was named a Global Leader in 2006, yet there is no mention of it on his page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Young_Global_Leaders
My question is, Is this a fair site or attack on this man?
" am quite impressed with not only the job that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been doing the past year or so, but what’s equally impressive is the persona that he is presenting to our city and to the nation. Our mayor has matured, and he is a great representative of Detroit.
Right now, it seems that in spite of all the problems, there is a bit of a calm about City Hall these days."
The Low Down on Motown http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8633279
"Since his re-election in 2005, he seems to have matured in the job. He is not beholden to either side in battles between unions and businessmen, or between downtown interests and those of surrounding districts. Moreover, Mr Kilpatrick does not face term limits, and increasingly seems to be taking the long view when dealing with Detroit's problems."
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070108/METRO/701080327
This site is completely bias. For his second term there is only one thing mentioned yet his accomplishments during his second term include but are not limited to: Let's see if any of these things are added to his site.
November, 2005 · Mayor Kilpatrick won re-election in the greatest comeback victory in Detroit history
January, 2006 · Mayor Kilpatrick was named a Young Global Leader by the forum of Young Global leaders shaping the world. He joins 175 public figures and humanitarians from around the world from 3,500 candidates
February, 2006 · Detroit Played host to Superbowl XL, the most watched Superbowl in history. To prepare for the event, the city invested more than $100 million in businesses, apartments and street improvements. The City and the Police Department received national acclaim for its coordination
March, 2006 · The Kilpatrick Administration reduced the cost of doing business in City by offering tax savings seminar to help grow Detroit Businesses · Detroit City Council voted to transfer operations and budget responsibility of 200 historical and museum operations saving the city $7 million.
April, 2006 · The city’s Budget Director Pam Scales, announced Alternative Health Care Plan will save the city overall approximately $31 million dollars
May, 2006 · Mayor Kilpatrick announced $250 Million in Low-Interest Loans available for Nonprofit Housing Developers · Mayor Kilpatrick launched the Small Business Detroit MicorLoan Program to assist Detroit Small businesses with start up and expansion · Mayor Kilpatrick along with the Governor and several Michigan Law enforcement officers implemented Operation TIDE (Tactical Intelligence Driven Enforcement), the Mayor’s violent crime reduction initiative, which utilizes funding from the Project Safe Neighborhood grant
June, 2006 · Mayor Kilpatrick was elected by his fellow colleagues to one of only 13 trustee positions with the 1,300 member United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) · Mayor Kilpatrick joined the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition to strengthen the fight against illegal guns on the local, state and federal levels · Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Downtown Detroit Partnership Chairman Roger Penske kicked off the NEXT Detroit: Clean Downtown initiative · Kilpatrick hosted a Health Fair and Cookout for Senior Citizens. · Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) hired 126 bus drivers 59 laid off Detroit Police officers were recalled and assigned to patrol functions
July, 2006 · Mayor announced NEZ Property Tax Relief for the 2007 tax year. Qualified homeowners will receive up to a 35% tax abaitment · 30 more laid off Detroit officers were called back to work
August, 2006 · Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick announces over three quarters of a billion dollars are available to eligible Detroit college students for the fall semester through two new Pell Grant awards being offered by the U.S Department of Education.
· The City safely removed 250 guns from the street during the city’s largest ever gun buyback program
'September, 2006'· Mayor Kilpatrick ended a 16-day Detroit public school teachers strike · City of Detroit officials were recognized by the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) for their efforts in financial literacy and was awarded a $25,000 grant to continue financial literacy education in the city · City of Detroit opened the $8 million Heilman Recreation Center on the East Side. The building is 36,000 square feet and nearly twice the size of the previous center. · Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick announces the availability of $3 million in Community Development Block Grant funds to assist senior citizens with emergency home repairs · Mayor Kilpatrick partners with 4C to accept grant money to continue improving citizens’ financial literacy
October, 2006 · Mayor Kilpatrick was appointed Co-chair of the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Force on Work and Opportunity · More than 50 thousand volunteers participated in Angel’s Night 2006. The initiative was credited for record low fires and 168 minors being taken off the street
November, 2006 · Mayor Kilpatrick visited the Detroit red cross donor center, causing donations to triple
AS part of the NEXT Detroit Initiative, Mayor Kilpatrick will continue to welcome the world through marquee events such as: o 2007 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships o 2008 AAU Junior Olympic Games o 2008 NAACP Convention o 2008 PGA Pro Tour o 2008 NCAA Sweet 16 and Elite 8 Rounds o 2009 NCAA Final Four o 2009 NCAA Frozen Four
(If any of this info is added to the site I will be amazed.) (AEH)
- Could you be more specific? I don't see any mention of a scandal related to Kwame Kilpatrick in Google News. older≠wiser 03:43, Jan 21, 2005 (UTC)
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- Might just be a local thing. There are some questions regarding some money he's apparently throwing around, including $25,000 of city/taxpayer money for a one-year lease of a Lincol Navigator for his wife. | Google News |. Might not be that big of a deal, but it's the only thing on local news.
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- Asriel86 04:33, Jan 22, 2005 (UTC)
April 2005 -- "TIME [Magazine]...names the worst big-city mayors: Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Philadelphia Mayor John Street, and San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy."
"... But a cherry red Lincoln Navigator has put a big dent in his reputation. After weeks of denying it, the mayor admitted in January that the city paid $24,995 to lease just such a car for his wife. That outlay showed what Alan Ehrenhalt, executive editor of Governing Magazine, calls a tin ear for symbolism, given that Detroit's $230 million budget deficit has prompted the mayor to eliminate 3,000 city positions and end 24-hour bus service, TIME reports."
http://www.time.com/time/press_releases/article/0,8599,1050348,00.html
Killpatrick is real cool he could even run overPresident Bush!
