Resign Mr. Mayor.

I held back my judgment until I heard from the Mayor, because I believe in letting someone have their say, however he didn’t sway me and I think he has to go.

We had a President who drug us through a year’s hoopla over a sex scandal, that time we had a blue dress, this time we have lewd text messages. At the time the country was experiencing an economic boom and was in the middle of a break from history, a time of no troubles, so we saw this as an amusing soap opera with fun characters and an anti-climactic ending. This time, Detroit is in the middle of an attempt to come back by redeveloping the downtown, but has a long way to go. We don’t have the time to waste on this kind of scandal when Detroit is choking on itself.

In his speech Kwame did more than Bill Clinton ever did, he publicly apologized to the city and to his wife, who was sitting next to him. His wife then made a speech begging people to let them settle this matter privately. Whoever wrote this speech apparently is reading out of a book, when your husband is the mayor, and is sleeping with his Chief of Staff, then lies about it under oath, it is going to be a public scandal.

Like the Clinton matter I personally don’t care about his affair, or his marriage, I don’t waste my time on those concerns. I am concerned that the Mayor committed a felony when he lied under oath about the affair. This time we don’t have to worry about is this or is this not a “high crime or misdemeanor”, we have both the Wayne County Prosecutor and the Attorney General of Michigan who can determine that and prosecute Kwame. I would hope that a jury of his peers won’t be swayed by politics like the Senate was with Bill Clinton and convict him if the evidence is there.

In his speech tonight Kwame said that there is no chance of his resigning, saying he wouldn’t do that to the city. I implore him to look beyond himself and his selfish ambition. He is done; by staying he will only hurt the city with the continued distraction and with his inability to do his job effectively. He should resign, and let someone else take over the city. The city needs new leadership, for this is the last straw with Kwame, from sex scandals to SUV’s he can’t keep himself out of trouble. If he does not resign he will probably run for reelection, and if he wins next year, then Detroit will show that it is not serious about coming back from its current disastrous state, and just wants to keep the Hip-Hop Mayor around.

Resign Mr. Mayor, save us all the shame and distraction of your selfish and destructive behavior, this city has real problems, and we need serious people to solve them. You are no longer a viable person to solve the problems, and if you truly care about your city, and the metro area and state it anchors, you will resign.