Detroit - Be Careful What You Wish For

It's hard to fathom that the most maligned mayor in the U.S., Kwame Kilpatrick, would be re-elected by the citizens of Detroit. Yet, somehow, the citizens of Detroit decided that Mr. Kilpatrick would be a better choice than Freman Hendrix, the challenger.

Well, it seems that everyone deserves a second chance... or third ... or fourth ... or fifth ....

Meanwhile, Poll finds 33% of Detroiters want to leave

November 9, 2005

BY PATRICIA MONTEMURRI
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

About one out of three Detroit voters surveyed Tuesday said they would move out of Detroit if they could.

The big question seems to be: what is Mr. Kilpatrick's appeal to the 67% of Detroit's citizens who want to stay? After all, he did take his ear stud out and Jackie Currie, his free-wheeling City Clerk, is gone.

Maybe they just decided that Freeman Hendrix wasn't ----- enough.