Kraniak_the_Maniak's Blog

Why do you people want the mayor out of office. it cant be because of our budget or how many new businesses have come to the city. Or how many rec centers been remodled. you guys probably want him gone because of things he cant control. like the cuts in funding by the state and government that would usually be far greater. we have less to work with but are doing more and moving the city right along. why do you people want the man that came in and BALANCED the BUDGET after having over a $300,000,000 deficit when he got in office to leave. why do yall hate him so much. I dont understand it. More buildings are being knocked down. But with the foreclosure rates and the auto industry in the shambles its alot of abandoned homes around the State. That has nothing to do with the Mayor. He is doing what he can with what he has and is doing more with less than most of the Mayors we have had in this city. I'm only 25 Years old, and in the last 25 years I havn't seen Detroit This nice. the neighborhoods been messed up. Downtown been messed up. these things didn't happen after he got in office, but the improvements have. Downtown is a far greater place than it was 6 years ago. and alot of the neighborhoods too. so why do you guys want him gone so bad. so yall can stop progress or take the credit for the progress this city has made

p.s. Ken Cockrell in 2006, had an employee who broke her ankle. three days later he fired her. she turned around and sued the city for $96,000 and won. in that settlement KC had a confidetiality agreement similar to the mayors. the only difference is KC broke the law Firing her (disability Act) and KC was one of the ones that approved the settlement. so why is he going after the Mayor so hard. Maybee because he will become the Mayor if the Mayor is put out perhaps. and he may be promissing Kenyatta and others oppertunities if he's in office, similar to what Freeman Hendrix did, and when he lost he owed all kinds of people money.

Det313
It is really sad to read your comments. The reason he needs to be gone is he is a corrupt lying thief!!! I could not give a S... about his AFFAIRS, he did commit Perjury which at 25 you know what that means (lie under oath)what is even worse is his conspiracy with Ella Bully
to set up his people in Internal Affairs. This guy is as crooked as they come and if you think that is ok and can't see what he has done, I feel really sorry for you. Yes Detroit is looking better all the time, but he has not done all of this on his own Mayor Archer started several of the projects and other business leaders have contributed also. Those of you who think this Klown is God and it is ok to lie, cheat, steal, and cover up murder are the idiots Kwame's sister said you were.

Det313
You skirted right around the real issue of his lies and corruption. Lonny Bates was finally convicted and is being forced to pay restitution. Somehow, someway Kwame will be caught everytime he opens his mouth lies pour out. The difference betwee him and Bill Clinton is that KK was on the witness stand with his lies and Christine Beatty with her eye rolling in court are caught AND Clinton was not destroying police officers lives while trying to cover up his corruption of a government agency. I wouldn't care if he was black, white, blue or purple it does not matter what color or race you are wrong is wrong and the police officers are black also. I have just purchased a home in Detroit and I can tell you right now the taxes on this house is $ 1200.00 more a year than in Eastpointe and less services are provided, also while working on the house we set off the security system and it took the Detroit Police 1 hour to respond to the alarm company. I guess it just comes down to you can have a beautiful city with a crook for a Mayor or a rundown city with an ethical Mayor.

Also it doesn`t matter how much good he has supposedly done. Doing good does not grant anyone immunity from prosecuton if they`ve committed CRIMES.

the officers lives were not ruined. they were still officers. they still recieved their pensions/ retirement packages. they were alot better off than most of us. they were not fired from DPD they were unappointed from his excecutive protection unit. designed to protect him from those who are sending death threats and calling him out of his name. and there is proof that those things are going on. we dont know if he did perjur himself or not. thats what the court is for, and if the court finds him guilty them so be it. but untill then we are in AMERICA and everyone is entitled to due process. the State & Government cut funding in detroit that is why our services have suffered. East point is a small city and dont need as many officers and other public entities. thats why they seem to have better services because they're serving a smaller community. a community with high property value so they have high property taxes. Detroit is one of the largest cities in the country, and at one point in time we had over 2,000,000 people. but after the riots alot of the people that are in uproar left abandoned the city and created these smaller cities. now detroit is spread out with only 900,000 citizens but with the same amount of ground to cover. do some real research and you'll understand why we are in the situation we're in. and KK in doing the best anyone can with the resources he has

Sorry, the guy should be called out of his name, he deserves no respect for all the crap he has inflicted upon this city. He has done a few things here, but I do not see any improvement in the majority of neighborhoods in Detroit. A few areas that are his "pet projects" benefit, THAT'S ALL. What I do see is dumping all the money on the riverfront. The everyday citizen recieves NOTHING for thier tax dollars....nothing but arrogance, lies, ego, crooks, and 30 minutes each week of b*u*l*l*s*h*i*t on comcast (with his invitation os family & friends to pump up his ego). You think Detroit is so much better than 30 years ago???? You need to wake up. It's not about his sex&texts....KWAME LIED ON THE STAND, trying to cover-up all his misdoings........I want and deserve MORE for my tax dollars. How about SOME STREET LIGHTS THAT WORK??? TRASH PICK UP WITHOUT A $300.00 A YEAR FEE??????? POLICE RESPONSE ?????? EMS COMING IN A TIMELY MANNER ?????? TEARING DOWN OF THE ABANDONED HOUSES??????? GETTING RID OF THE CRACK-DEALERS ON THE CORNER ??????? How about something more than bull**BLEEP in my city ???????

ROSIE YOU dont live in Detroit so how would you know

the mayor & beaty dont have the power to fire a police officer. the text messages you are reading came from steffani, not skytell. skytell never released text messages to the paper. we dont know the validity of those messages. they won the case because it was a jury of all non detroiters except for one, and only one black juror. and that was the same person.

read what Fitness Camp Wrote "wow as i read the statements here I have to wonder how do we know that the Mayor lied on the stand? Keep in mind that we have not heard from the officials at Skytel as to if all we have seen on the news and the paper are actual messages they gave to Stefanni. We know that the free press did not get them from skytel. Also if you go and read the US Code on stored communications you would see that messages can only be released in a criminal matter and the whistle blower civil trial is not a criminal case. also note that the evidence that will be used is from the free press and Stefani not from Skytel. Also when I know go to the parks in my city i can actually enjot them because the grass is cut and the trash is removed also the re pavement of some very bad roads in the city has been on going, and to say that a business would not want to have a great location like the skyline of Detroit is just crazy what sounds better world headquarters in redford, lansing, royal oak or Detroit and you all know when you go some where you say you are from Detroit you never say waterford, clawson, gardencity, ferndale, highland park, allen park and so on. Also if you read the charter you would know that the Mayor can appoint and un-appoint anyone he wants from the Deputy Mayor on down he does not need to consult with the chief the departments are the mayor's to run. He appointed Brown from the rank of commander to deputy chief and when they took Brown's deputy chief badge he would have got his commander's badge back , they never took Brown's ID card which if he was