And I thought metro-Detroit politicians were corrupt

Then along comes Illinois. From this article at Newgeography.com comes some really harsh stats on the swamp that is politics in Chicago. And I thought we were bad because Detroit's ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was removed from office after pleading guilty to several corruption related felonies as was the Detroit City Council President who is currently in prison for taking bribes and a huge federal investigation is underway in re Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano's shenanigans. That's all pretty bad I admit but then along comes Illinois: At least 27 Chicago aldermen/women have been convicted of felonies for their conduct in office in past few years. (Frosting on the cake: Four of the last six Illinois governors were convicted of felonies and went to prison too.) And yet these guys get elected and re-elected with the regularity of a well oiled machine. Go figure?

Wayne county government's swamp of corruption about to be drained?

It's starting to look that way. That festering boil of corruption is about to be lanced by the feds. Heh.

Even in perenially broke Wayne county (Detroit) they piss away taxpayer money like it was water

Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano tried to give a $200K "severance package" to a personal aide moving across the hall to a another better paying county job. Go figure? The Wayne County Board of Commissioners says they're going to investigate this. Jeez I sure hope so.
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