Half of Detroit's mayoral candidates are convicted felons...

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August 03, 2017, 04:32 PM

arfmel

Half of Detroit's mayoral candidates are convicted felons...

"Black marks on your record show you have lived a little and have overcome some challenges,” said Bowens, a former press secretary to Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer and NAACP activist."

Black marks?!?

Racis mu fuh!

August 03, 2017, 04:34 PM

JALLEN

quote:
Originally posted by arfmel:
"Black marks on your record show you have lived a little and have overcome some challenges,” said Bowens, a former press secretary to Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer and NAACP activist."

Black marks?!?

Racis mu fuh!

Black marks matter!

Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.

When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson

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August 03, 2017, 05:33 PM

greco

And it's swirling on the way down the toilet. If it weren't for that third world shit hole, the rest of Michigan could be a decent place. But the Motown and its thug culture, since Coleman Youngs' day has managed to soak up tax dollars and export crime. May it burn to the ground.

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August 03, 2017, 06:23 PM

Scoutmaster

quote:
Originally posted by arfmel:
"Black marks on your record show you have lived a little and have overcome some challenges,” said Bowens, a former press secretary to Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer and NAACP activist."
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So the more black marks, the better qualified?

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August 03, 2017, 09:04 PM

GGF

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The 46-year-old former cosmetologist and salon owner has made past bids for state representative, Detroit’s school board and City Council. Her prior interaction with the criminal justice system, she said, has fueled her desire to seek public office. Simpson said she represents a “new spirit” for Detroit.

“I was a wrongfully convicted felon, overcharged for a crime I did not commit,” said Simpson, a mother of four, who contends the witness in the case “lied on me.”

I like this one!

She would be a fine representative of her constituents!

GGF

August 03, 2017, 10:05 PM

tatortodd

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Originally posted by Sailor1911:
quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
I think the real story is that the other half haven't been.

Yet.

As an engineer, I can appreciate this enormous increase in efficiency. Before, it took years and tens of thousands of dollars to convict a Detroit mayor and send them to jail. Now, they're preconvicted...

Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity

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August 03, 2017, 11:57 PM

craglawnmanor

I was going to address the "wrongfully convicted felon" post of GGF.
But then I saw the "preconvicted" post of tatortodd, and almost spewed on the keyboard.
I guess Detroit gets what it deserves...

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August 04, 2017, 12:46 AM

flashguy

quote:
Originally posted by craglawnmanor:
I was going to address the "wrongfully convicted felon" post of GGF.
But then I saw the "preconvicted" post of tatortodd, and almost spewed on the keyboard.
I guess Detroit gets what it deserves...

I grew up in and around Detroit, Michigan (1942-1960) and it distresses me a lot to witness what has happened to my old home town. Fortunately, after 20 years USAF I decided against returning there and now live in Dallas, Texas. (Yes, some things here bother me, too.)

flashguy

Texan by choice, not accident of birth

August 04, 2017, 05:20 AM

sidss1

Flashguy- I feel for you. I have a friend who grew up in Detroit in the 1940's and 1950's. He was my Professor at the Univ of Michigan. I was visiting him, and he pulled up his photo albums from the day he grew up in Detroit, and he explained what a wonderful place Detroit was to grow up in. Then the 1967 riots took place, most good people, both black and white moved out of the City of Detroit, "leaders" like Mayor Coleman Young too over the helm of the City, and everything went to hell in Detroit. And even with Mike Duggan as Mayor, things are not much better. Seeing my friend's photo albums and hearing his stories really made me understand what was lost.