Is it possible to run a criminal empire out of City Hall? According to the feds, that's exactly what Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick does...extorting city contractors, abusing public funds, and turning the mayor's office into a cash- making machine.—Anonymous
Federal authorities say that during his six years in office, a Detroit mayor and his friends ran a cabal from his office, extorting money from city contractors and abusing public funds, but in the end a sex scandal was what it took to bring him down.