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...down with Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons to chat about all things 02138: public education, town-gown relations, and that mysterious vowel at the front of her name...
Since Kilpatrick's resignation, Detroit politics have been in turmoil. Federal authorities are investigating several members of the city council for alleged bribery involving a multimillion-dollar sewage contract, and a public shouting match between councilwoman Monica Conyers and interim mayor Kenneth V. Cockrel has become a running joke among residents...
...keep his lawyer on retainer. Last week, attorneys for the 14-year-old son of Tamara Greene, a 27-year-old exotic dancer who was killed in 2003, filed their witness list in a $150 million federal civil lawsuit against Kilpatrick and the city, alleging that the former mayor, his top aide and local police hindered the investigation into Greene's murder because of her rumored presence at a 2002 party at the mayor's Manoogian Mansion...
...thing is, Kwame Kilpatrick was becoming a good mayor and making some progress. He had a brilliant future." - Michael Smith, Detroit historian, on Kilpatrick's resignation (New York Times, Sept...
...that a jury of their peers may have cleared the way for a Democratic supermajority of 60 seats in the Senate. But Stevens' chances are better than you might think. The latest polls, from earlier this month, show him in a nearly dead heat with his Democratic challenger, Anchorage mayor Mark Begich. The numbers will change in the wake of the verdict, but it's worth noting that those polls had actually been moving Stevens' way, slightly, since he was indicted in July. It's possible that in Alaska, even a sullied Ted Stevens brand could be enough...