Politics’ Silly Season

July 16th, 2011 · No Comments

Is it heat exhaustion or credibility exhaustion that makes politicians do the silly things they do?

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Campaign Laws Should Mean Something

June 15th, 2011 · 2 Comments

It took persistence and a new secretary of state to finally enforce a major campaign finance violation.

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No More Kwames and Monicas?

April 12th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Columns Eric Freedman No More Kwames and Monicas? April 15, 2011 As Kwame Kilpatrick sits in a cell at the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson awaiting yet another trial while hoping for parole, his seemingly endless legal travails and their wonderfully lurid backstories run on and on — criminal charges, civil litigation, federal [...]

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Shaking Up Michigan Courts

December 17th, 2010 · No Comments

State Supreme Court Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly takes bold steps to correct the problems with judicial campaigns.

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Pummeled by Falling Shoes

July 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment

Pummeled by Falling Shoes by Stephen A. Jones July 1, 2010 These are hard times for those of us who love Detroit. It seems to be raining shoes. Our former mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, who was sent to prison a few weeks back for violating his probation on the perjury charge that got him booted out [...]

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Stupid Administration Tricks

March 18th, 2010 · No Comments

Stupid Administration Tricks by John Lindstrom Gongwer News Service March 19, 2010 One could forgive Governor Jennifer Granholm if she were seen about the halls of the governor’s residence this week muttering to herself, “With friends like these…” Not since former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick publicly stabbed her in the back on the issue of [...]

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