Yeah, it's too bad because the former Mayor was by all accounts incredibly energetic, intelligent and charismatic. If he hadn't fired those cops and then lied under oath about it he would still be Mayor today. And he could be cheating to his heart's content.

Michigan in general and Detroit in particular is very insular politically. The Mayor comes from a political family. His mother is a Congressional Representative. His father worked for the (deceased) county executive Ed McNamara, who also gave the current governor, Jennifer Granholm, her start in politics. If the Mayor hadn't resigned , Granholm was on the verge of removing him from office.

As mentioned there is evidently an ongoing Federal investigation into city corruption-which already netted a few local businessmen, the former council President, has a local fixer going to trial and killed the career of a local TV anchor. So by this time next year I am betting that there will be more indictments, trials or plea bargains. It's not just Detroit. There's a few suburban politicians/businessmen getting caught in the undertow as well. So it goes...