Charlie LeDuff: "Kwame and Bobby are gone but it ain't over Detroit"

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http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/23670438/kwame-and-bobby-are-gone-but-it-aint-over-detroit

Off the Chain Opinion by Charlie LeDuff

Kwame Kilpatrick knew he wasn't bright enough for business. So he got into politics. He stole. And now he's got 28 years in the can.

Good, I say.

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But it ain't over in Detroit. Not by a long shot. None of the corporate high rollers who were "extorted" are seeing any prison time. They're still here, doing business with the city and Wayne County. They're still attending their charity functions, eating their chateaubriand accompanied by a nice central coast cabernet, convincing each other they are the centerpiece to Detroit's "turnaround."

Beware, Detroit, of these corporate wolves, these self-appointed saviors. The ones we call "Mister." The ones who get tax breaks and then don't pay their taxes. The "business leaders" who tell the mayor and county executive how things are going to go before putting a little nugget in their campaign accounts. The ones we put on pedestals and billboards.

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