Maybe I am seeing conspiracies where there are none, but there was a turn of events in Detroit politics that I think are mighty funny. If you know anything about the city’s politics, then you know that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is in a bit of trouble.
One of his most vocal supporters on the Detroit City Council is Monica Conyers, wife of US Representative John Conyers, Jr. Another huge supporter is Rev. Horace Sheffield.
On Tuesday, May 13, 2008, Rev. Sheffield announced he was running for the US House of Representatives in the same district as Rep. Conyers. As soon as I heard about the announcement, I thought there might be a little trouble there.
On Friday, May 16, 2008, Rev. Sheffield announced that he was NOT running for Congress and the only reason he had considered doing so in the first place was because he had heard that Rep. Conyers was having problems getting enough signatures to get on the ballot.
Right.