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Detroit Mayor Jailed for Violating Bail Conditions
By Holly Watt
Special to The Washington Post
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, indicted in an obstruction-of-justice case, was jailed yesterday for violating his bail conditions by taking a business trip to Canada.
Kilpatrick, who faces eight felony counts including perjury and misconduct in office, was ordered to the Wayne County Jail by District Judge Ronald Giles.
Kilpatrick admitted the trip to Windsor and apologized in court, but he insisted that the journey over the border was an emergency to promote the sale of the city's half of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. He is to appear in court at 9 a.m. today to appeal the decision...
...Since Kilpatrick was elected in 2001, at the age of 31, his administration has been punctuated by scandal. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy says that during a whistle-blower lawsuit, Kilpatrick lied to a jury about an affair with his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty. The case was brought by two police officers, who said they were fired after investigating the mayor's behavior.
After the case was settled for $8.4 million, the Detroit Free Press revealed that the mayor sent his chief of staff thousands of text messages. The sexually explicit content of some messages contradicted the mayor's sworn statements.
The mayor's wife, Carlita, stood by him as he made a televised apology from his church to the city in January...
...In February, the Detroit City Council voted to demand Kilpatrick's resignation. It asked Michigan Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm (D) to remove him on grounds of misconduct, calling the situation an "unprecedented crisis."
...and the icing on the cake...
Kandia Milton, Kilpatrick's chief of staff, will run the city while he is in jail.
