Kwame Malik Kilpatrick is an American politician,convicted fraudster and racketeer,who previously served as the 72nd mayor of Detroit –from 2002 to 2008. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously represented the 9th district in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1997 to 2002. Kilpatrick resigned as mayor in September 2008 after being convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice. He was sentenced to four months in jail and was released on probation after serving 99 days.
The Detroit–Windsor tunnel,also known as the Detroit–Canada tunnel, is an international highway tunnel connecting the cities of Detroit,Michigan,United States and Windsor,Ontario,Canada. It is the second-busiest crossing between the United States and Canada,the first being the Ambassador Bridge,which also connects the two cities,which are situated on the Detroit River.
Michael Anthony Cox is an American attorney and politician who served as Michigan's 52nd Attorney General from 2003 to 2011. He was the first Republican to hold that office since Frank Millard in 1955. Cox took office in 2003 and won re-election in 2006. Jennifer Granholm,who went on to become the Governor of Michigan,preceded him in office.
David Bing is an American former professional basketball player,businessman,and politician who served as the 74th mayor of Detroit,Michigan from 2009 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Edgar "Eddie" Francis is the former mayor of Windsor,Ontario. He was 29 years old when he was elected mayor in 2003,the youngest mayor in Windsor's history and one of the youngest mayors ever elected in Canada. He is also Windsor's first Lebanese-Canadian mayor.
The Manoogian Mansion is the official residence of the Mayor of Detroit,Michigan. It is located at 9240 Dwight Street in the Berry Subdivision Historic District,on the city's east side,backing up to the Detroit River.
Freman Hendrix is an American politician from the state of Michigan. A Democrat,Hendrix served as Deputy Mayor for former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer from 1997 to 2001. He ran twice,unsuccessfully,as a mayoral candidate in the city of Detroit:in 2005 against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick,and for the 2009 special election called to replace the ousted Kilpatrick.
The Kilpatrick and Beatty text-messaging scandal was a political sex scandal in the United States emerging from a whistleblower lawsuit involving former Detroit Police chief Gary Brown,Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff and paramour Christine Beatty.
Monica Ann Conyers is an American politician in Detroit,Michigan. Elected to the Detroit City Council in 2005,she was elected by its members to serve as president pro tempore of the council for the four-year term.
Saul Green is the former deputy mayor of Detroit,Michigan. He was appointed the position by former mayor,Ken Cockrel,Jr. and was retained as deputy mayor by the next mayor,Dave Bing. Green is an attorney who oversaw both the Detroit Police and Law Department.
The Detroit mayoral election of 2009 took place on November 3,2009. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Dave Bing.
Sheila M. Cockrel née Sheila Murphy is an American politician and consultant. She was a member of the Detroit City Council from 1994 to 2009. The widow of Kenneth Cockrel,Sr. and stepmother of Kenneth Cockrel,Jr.,she "had [a] fractious relationship with" Monica Conyers,whose resignation she called "an appropriate decision". When Dave Bing proposed a water rate hike,she was among those who voted in favor.
Gary A. Brown is an American municipal politician and former police officer. He is currently serving as the Chief Operations Officer for the City of Detroit. Brown was elected as the Detroit City Council President Pro-Tem on November 4,2009 after receiving the second most votes. He was appointed to the non-elected position of Chief Compliance Officer in June 2013 under the state-appointed Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr. Following the election of Mike Duggan as Mayor of the City of Detroit in November 2013,Brown was appointed as the Chief Operations Officer under the Mayor,a position he currently serves. The former Deputy Chief of the Detroit Police Department was born in Detroit,Michigan in 1953 and remains a Detroit resident with his wife.
Michael L. Elrick is an American journalist based in Detroit,Michigan,where he has worked for the Detroit Free Press and for WJBK-TV.
The Detroit Public Safety Headquarters,located at 1301 Third Street in Detroit,Michigan,is a law enforcement and fire department complex which houses the headquarters for the Detroit Police Department,Detroit Fire Department,Detroit Emergency Medical Service as well as a forensics laboratory for the Michigan State Police. After the City of Detroit acquired the building its physical address was re-designated from John C. Lodge Freeway to its present address on Third Street and Michigan Avenue to disassociate itself from the building's prior occupants,the U.S. Internal Revenue Service who were the original owners and the MGM Grand Detroit Casino who purchased the building from the IRS.
Warren Cleage Evans is an American law enforcement official,lawyer,and politician serving as the county executive of Wayne County,Michigan since 2015. Evans is a member of the Democratic Party. Evans served as Wayne County Sheriff from 2003 to 2009 and the chief of the Detroit Police Department from 2009 to 2010. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2009 Detroit mayoral special election.
The following is a timeline of the history of the U.S. city of Detroit,Michigan.
The Detroit mayoral special election of 2009 took place on May 5,2009. It was a special election to fill the remainder of the term of Kwame Kilpatrick who had resigned as mayor.
Kenneth Vern "Ken" Cockrel Sr. was an American politician,prominent attorney,and revolutionary,community organizer,from the city of Detroit. Cockrel served as a member of Detroit's Common Council,from his swearing-in in 1978 until 1982. In addition to winning major cases representing poor and working class Detroiters,Cockrel rose to political prominence as he helped organize social and political movements,including the League of Revolutionary Black Workers and other radical black,Marxist formations.
