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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Wayne county circuit court's "catch & release" policy for convicts

Person's who have been convicted of serious crimes and are facing hard time (i.e., more than a few years in prison) are being allowed to roam loose on bail after being found guilty at trial but before their sentencing says this story in the Detroit Free Press. And then some of them (about one in ten) decide to blow off court and run. Go figure? If you can't trust a convicted rapists, child molesters or attempted murder convicts to show up for court who can you trust? Wait. What now?