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• Sheila Dixon elected Mayor of Baltimore

  Published: September 11, 2007, 11:45 pm

  Tags: Black Voters, Black Politics, Black Mayors, Baltimore Police Department, Keiffer Mitchell, Maryland Politics, Joan Pratt, Sheila Dixon, Baltimore Politics, Politics

  of becoming the first black woman elected to the office with a resounding victory in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Dixon, 53, took over as mayor in January for Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley. Baltimore, which is 65 percent black, has elected one black mayor, Kurt L. Schmoke, who served from 1987 to 1999. Dixon is the first

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• Borg Queen Assimilates black politicians nationwide

  Published: October 1, 2007, 11:16 pm

  Tags: 2008, Black Mayors, Black Politics, Black Endorsements, Congressional Black Caucus, Diane Watson, Donna Christensen, Hillary, Laura Richardson, Mervyn Dymally, Obama Vs Hillary, Politics, Power Games, Race, Wellington Webb, Political Expediency

  a number of prominent black politicians in September: Congresswoman Laura Richardson, Congresswoman Donna Christensen, Congresswoman Dianne Watson, Fmr Congressman Mervyn Dymally, Former Congressman Bill Gray, Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony Brown and former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb. The Hillary train done left the station and it

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• Another Ford rises, Herenton re-elected

  Published: October 4, 2007, 11:19 pm

  Tags: Black Mayors, Black Political Corruption, Corporate Whore, Edmund Ford Jr, Edmund Ford Sr, Harold Ford Jr, Harold Ford Sr, Memphis, Memphis Mayoral Race, Politics, Race, Tennessee, Tennessee Politics, Willie Herenton, Black Voters

  history of the Congressional Black Caucus, was coming in first in his District 6 City Council race. He faces a run-off with Dr. James Ketchings. A Ford with bad timing, Edmund Jr is running to replace his daddy on the council, a funeral director with a penchant for accepting bribes. It seems that Edmund Sr has been indicted, along

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• Kai Franklin, daughter of Atlanta Mayor, pleads guilty in drug trafficking probe

  Published: December 17, 2007, 3:57 pm

  Tags: Atlanta Politics, Black Atlanta Movers And Shakers, Black Mayors, Drug Trafficking Ring, Federal Indictment, Kai Franklin, Murder, Shirley Franklin, Tremayne Graham

  Hat Tip: By Alan Judd, Atlanta Journal Constitution Greenville, S.C. A daughter of Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin pleaded guilty today to federal charges that she illegally concealed proceeds from her former husband’s transcontinental drug-trafficking ring. Kai Franklin Graham, 35, the oldest of the mayor’s three children,

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• Apollo Holmes gets bail in Darius Miller beatdown case

  Published: January 5, 2008, 6:25 pm

  Tags: 01 Entertainment, Apollo Holmes, Atlanta Police, Atlanta Politics, Atlanta Beatdown, Black Atlanta Movers And Shakers, Black Mayors, Darius Miller, Kai Franklin, Kali Franklin, Patricia Bonhomme, Shirley Franklin, Black Bourgeoisie

  Hat Tip: Beth Warren, Atlanta Journal Constitution The mother of a celebrity fitness trainer critically injured when he was beaten in a Midtown parking lot made an emotional plea to a judge Friday to think of her comatose son before granting bail to a suspect. Patricia Bonhomme told Fulton County Magistrate Richard Hicks that her only son,

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• Darius Miller still comatose a week after beatdown

  Published: January 2, 2008, 5:02 pm

  Tags: 01 Entertainment, Apollo Holmes, Atlanta Police, Atlanta Beatdown, Black Atlanta Movers And Shakers, Black Mayors, Coma, Darius Miller, Kai Franklin, Kali Franklin, Shirley Franklin, Black Bourgeoisie

  Hat Tip: Atlanta Journal Constitution Personal fitness trainer Darius Miller remained in a coma Wednesday, and Atlanta police continued their investigation into his brutal beating in the parking lot at two popular Midtown nightclubs a week earlier. Officer James Polite, spokesman for the Atlanta Police Department, said more arrests were

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• Apollo Holmes arrested in Darius Miller beatdown, Kai Franklin remains silent

  Published: December 31, 2007, 3:50 pm

  Tags: 01 Entertainment, Apollo Holmes, Atlanta Police, Atlanta Politics, Atlanta Beatdown, Black Atlanta Movers And Shakers, Black Mayors, Black Politics, Darius Miller, Kai Franklin, Kali Franklin, Shirley Franklin, Black Bourgeoisie

  HAT TIP: By MIKE MORRIS, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A man wanted in connection with last week’s brutal beating of a personal fitness trainer turned himself in to authorities Monday morning, Atlanta police said. Apollo Holmes turned himself in at

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• Mayor Franklin stays mum, arrest warrant issued in beatdown involving daughter

  Published: December 29, 2007, 10:26 pm

  Tags: 01 Entertainment, Apollo Holmes, Atlanta Police, Atlanta Beatdown, Black Atlanta Movers And Shakers, Black Mayors, Darius Miller, Kai Franklin, Kali Franklin, Politics, Shirley Franklin, Black Bourgeoisie, Political Expediency

  Hat Tip: By Rhonda Cook, Atlanta Journal Constitution Atlanta police issued an arrest warrant Saturday for a man suspected of brutally beating a personal fitness trainer and putting him into a coma in a dispute that started when Mayor Shirley Franklin’s daughters complained about being videotaped outside a nightclub. Apollo Holmes,

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• Drama continues to stalk Kai Franklin

  Published: December 28, 2007, 1:30 pm

  Tags: Atlanta Beatdown, Black Atlanta Movers And Shakers, Black Mayors, Darius Miller, Kai Franklin, Kali Franklin, Shirley Franklin, Tremayne Graham, Usher, Black Bourgeoisie

  Darius Miller Hat Tip: By Megan Matteucci, Steve Visser, Atlanta Journal Constitution A professional fitness trainer with a celebrity clientele - including Usher and several National Football League players - remained in a coma Thursday after being severely beaten in a downtown Atlanta parking lot. Darius Miller, 41, was escorting

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• Kwame Kilpatrick gets busted

  Published: January 24, 2008, 10:18 pm

  Tags: Black Mayors, Black Political Corruption, Black Politics, Christine Beatty, Detroit Politics, Kwame Kilpatrick, Perjury, Politics, Power Games, Political Expediency, Sex Scandal

  Hat Tip: Detroit Free Press, by Jim Schaefer and M.L. Elrick Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his chief of staff, Christine Beatty, lied about their relationship last summer during a police whistle-blower trial that has cost the cash-strapped city more than $9 million, according to records obtained by the Free Press. The false testimony

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• Kwame Apologizes

  Published: January 31, 2008, 1:56 am

  Tags: Bamboozled, Black Mayors, Black Political Corruption, Black Politics, Carlita Kilpatrick, Christine Beatty, Detroit Politics, Humor, Kwame Kilpatrick, Politics, Power Games, Black Bourgeoisie, Marital Troubles, Political Expediency, Sex Scandal

  Full text of Kilpatrick’s speech (Revised by Skeptical Brotha) January 30, 2008 MR. KILPATRICK: Good evening, Detroit. I want to start tonight by offering an obligatory, disingenuous Clintonian apology, I’m sorry. To all of you stupid enough to have believed in what we’ve been doing here since 2002, to all of you stupid enough

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• Mama’s Baby

  Published: February 28, 2008, 9:22 pm

  Tags: Black Mayors, Black Political Corruption, Black Politics, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, Congressional Black Caucus, Detroit Politics, John Conyers, Kwame Kilpatrick, Monica Conyers, Politics, Power Games, Black Bourgeoisie, Political Expediency, Sex Scandal

  Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, has some explaining to do now that Mama’s Baby has been revealed to be a liar, philanderer, and unquestionably corrupt. Kwame, a scion of political family, was elected based on the credibility of his mother and that of his father, a former chief of staff to the Wayne County Executive and Mrs.

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• Fired cop may challenge Kwame’s Mama

  Published: March 28, 2008, 12:48 am

  Tags: 2008, Black Mayors, Black Political Corruption, Black Politics, Campaign Shake Up, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, Detroit Police Department, Detroit Politics, Gary Brown, Kwame Kilpatrick, Obstruction Of Justice, Perjury, Politics, Power Games, Secret Lovers, U S House Of R

  Hat Tip: Robert Snell and Charlie LeDuff / The Detroit News DETROIT — Fired Deputy Police Chief Gary Brown, fresh from beating Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick during the police whistle-blower trial, is mulling a campaign for mayor or against the mayor’s mother, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick. Brown and one of his consultants confirmed

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• Playa Mayor and his Ho plead not guilty

  Published: March 25, 2008, 3:19 pm

  Tags: Black Mayors, Black Political Corruption, Black Politics, Christine Beatty, Detroit Police Department, Detroit Politics, Homewrecking Whore, Kwame Kilpatrick, Obstruction Of Justice, Perjury, Politics, Power Games, Secret Lovers, Black Voters, Political Expediency, Sex

  Hat Tip: BY DAVID ASHENFELTER AND JOE SWICKARD DETROIT FREE PRESS Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff Christine Beatty stood mute at their arraignments on charges of perjury, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and misconduct today, and a magistrate entered not guilty pleas on their behalf. They each were released

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• Secret Lovers Indicted

  Published: March 24, 2008, 1:46 pm

  Tags: Atlantic Starr, Black Mayors, Black Political Corruption, Black Politics, Carlita Kilpatrick, Christine Beatty, Detroit City Council, Detroit Police Department, Detroit Politics, Homewrecking Whore, Kwame Kilpatrick, Kym Worthy, Obstruction Of Justice, Perjury, Politic

  Hat Tip: By DAVID ASHENFELTER and JOE SWICKARD DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and former chief of staff Christine Beatty were charged today in a 12-county indictment with perjury, obstruction of justice, misconduct in office and conspiracy because of their conduct in last year's police whistle-blower trial,

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