[HOSTED.AP.ORG] Former bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit... ruled by Democrats since 1962...
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was locked up for the weekend Friday for violating parole in a 2008 criminal case that bounced him from office.
"How're the returns looking, Eustus?"
"We're losing the dead vote, Yer Honor!"
Kilpatrick was not nabbed but arrived on his own after another day at the federal courthouse, where he's on trial for alleged corruption in a completely separate matter.
"Your honor, my client requests a four day recess!"
"What for, Counsellor?"
"He's gotta spend a few days in jail!"
The Michigan Department of Corrections said Kilpatrick committed 14 violations related to his failure to report certain financial transactions last fall, especially money transfers to his wife, Carlita. He still owes Detroit $855,000 in restitution and is required to report gifts and other income as a condition of his parole.