Downriver1's Blog

I guess the voting block in the 13th Congressional District had nothing to say in Tuesday's primary, it was the time for the people to rise up and send a clear message to the Kilpatrick family and the rest of the local leaders a clear message...time for change. But no, only 53,351 votes were cast in the primary for the 13th district. I can only imagine that there must be a few hundred thousand voting age adults in this district since it covers a large chunk of eastern Wayne County including part of the city of Detroit and many Downriver communities. What an opportunity for those of us outside the city of the Detroit to have at least a little say in things by maybe bumping Cheeks-Kilpatrick off the ballot in November, but I guess all of those vocal people just decided it wasn't worth it.

So once again we have the mother who refers to her son as " Ya'lls Boy " on the ballot, and I have no doubt that she will win, again, and nothing will change, again. And don't forget this is the Mom who gave us Kwame, the great hope of Detroit now facing multiple felony charges including a new one for assault soon to be announced. And lets not leave out dear old Dad Bernard, who is also under investigation by the FBI for possible corruption charges related to the "alledged" bribing of City Council members for votes on the Synagro contract. I mean why on earth would we not want these people in charge of billions of our tax dollars?

I had hoped that when I went to the polls and crossed parties for the specific reason of voting against the incumbent in an effort to keep her off the ballot, that many of my fellow neighbors would have had the urge to do the same to try to rescue our metro area. But when I got to my polling place....there was only three of us there voting in the middle of the afternoon. Once again the few have hijacked the voice of the many, because the many just do not seem to care.