It's a little early to start talking about 2009 elections, but this story is so salacious I think we can play local baseball for one night. This gives the reader an idea of who the Democratic party has running for office.
I will rhetorically ask, what does one have to do to get beat in a Democratic Party primary?
Kwame's troubles began in Fall 2002 when a stripper party allegedly occurred at his house. There a stripper named "Strawberry" was doing something interesting to the major when Kwame's wife came home.
She wasn't happy. In fact, she started a fight. Well, Strawberry wasn't happy so she filed a police report... which disappeared. Strawberry was shot 18 times in the chest and died while in her car, the driver was not injured.Some police officers tried to investigate, and they were fired.
Herein lies the problem, firing a government employee for reporting official wrongdoing is a violation of the Whistleblower Act. I'll pause here to note that the Michigan Attorney General, Mike Cox, was unable to locate evidence that the party ever occurred.
Nonetheless, the Whistleblower action proceeded, with a now infamous deposition where Kwame and this Chief of Staff testified that neither had an extramarital affair.
Famous last words. As Kwame would later note, "this case is going to hell quickly"
After some investigation, the County Prosecutor found Kwame's text messages which seemed to imply romantic trysts with a number of women. This is perjury, and for some reason, Kwame is still in office, despite the City Council voting to impeach him, and numerous requests to the Governor for his ouster.
So, what does Kwame cling to?
“We’ve been able to deal with a $300-million problem in the budget, so I’m just thankful to God to still be able to wake up in the morning, kiss my wife, hug my children and do my job,”
Sadly, Kwame’s wife and the couple’s three sons are now living at the family’s home near Tallahassee, Fla.