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[ChiTownGuy]

First,

thanks to everyone for your suggestions on apartments in Detroit, they were a great help!!

Second,

i've been trying to keep up with the political scene in the city and i was wondering who is his Monica Conyers lady? i keep hearing that it's an uproar over her stopping a deal with Cobo Hall or something? is she a politican or activist?

[Jasoncw]

I guess she'd be a politician.

http://www.ci.detroi...rsM_content.htm

You can search youtube or google for her and learn more.


I don't have words to describe her, and if I did the definitely wouldn't appropriate for this forum.    

Edited by Jasoncw, 25 February 2009 - 03:52 PM.

[rbdetsport]

Monica Conyers is a god-awful politician who was lucky enough to be voted in to the city council in 2006. Her husband is United States Representative John Conyers. She has been stuck in many different problems in city government and has been one of the bigger embarrasments next to Kwame Kilpatrick. She is now the President of the city council after Ken Cockrel Jr became the Interim Mayor.

Here are some controversies she has been involved in-

Allegations of threats
In February 2008, details of an exchange between Conyers and an aide to Mayor Kilpatrick, DeDan Milton, were made available through The Detroit News.[6] Conyers allegedly made reference to a gun in an argument with Milton. Conyers has denied the allegations. The police reports have since been withdrawn.[7]


Repayment of travel advances
In January 2009, Detroit's General Retirement System notified Conyers that she owed $5,600 to the City, which included travel advances not spent on business class airfare to London. The pension board also claimed she hadn't submitted receipts for trips to Grand Cayman and Philadelphia.[8]


Synagro investigation
Conyers is also under FBI investigation related to illegal contracts allegedly obtained by sludge processing company Synagro; she has not been charged with wrongdoing.[9]

Personal/professional conduct
In February 2009, Conyers was allegedly restrained during a confrontation with fellow councilmember Kwame Kenyatta, after insulting Kenyatta about his hearing aid, health, and education.[10] Conyers later sent an apology letter, which was rejected by Kenyatta as insincere.

Cobo Deal Rejected
She was the leader in killing a Cobo Expansion of $279 million dollars which would have expanded and renovated Cobo Hall and transfer the property to a regional authority. It is a sad thing that this council couldnt finally get something right and allow for this to happen. The Auto Show will be gone after 2010. I guarantee it.


One of the more famous moments of Monica Conyers.... "Shrek"





Just yesterday before the Cobo Deal was killed....
http://www.clickonde...video/18784527/



What an idiot! Monica Conyers is a beotch!

Edited by rbdetsport, 25 February 2009 - 03:55 PM.

[ChiTownGuy]

rbdetsport, on Feb 25 2009, 04:54 PM, said:

Monica Conyers is a god-awful politician who was lucky enough to be voted in to the city council in 2006. Her husband is United States Representative John Conyers. She has been stuck in many different problems in city government and has been one of the bigger embarrasments next to Kwame Kilpatrick. She is now the President of the city council after Ken Cockrel Jr became the Interim Mayor.

Here are some controversies she has been involved in-

Allegations of threats
In February 2008, details of an exchange between Conyers and an aide to Mayor Kilpatrick, DeDan Milton, were made available through The Detroit News.[6] Conyers allegedly made reference to a gun in an argument with Milton. Conyers has denied the allegations. The police reports have since been withdrawn.[7]


Repayment of travel advances
In January 2009, Detroit's General Retirement System notified Conyers that she owed $5,600 to the City, which included travel advances not spent on business class airfare to London. The pension board also claimed she hadn't submitted receipts for trips to Grand Cayman and Philadelphia.[8]


Synagro investigation
Conyers is also under FBI investigation related to illegal contracts allegedly obtained by sludge processing company Synagro; she has not been charged with wrongdoing.[9]

Personal/professional conduct
In February 2009, Conyers was allegedly restrained during a confrontation with fellow councilmember Kwame Kenyatta, after insulting Kenyatta about his hearing aid, health, and education.[10] Conyers later sent an apology letter, which was rejected by Kenyatta as insincere.

Cobo Deal Rejected
She was the leader in killing a Cobo Expansion of $279 million dollars which would have expanded and renovated Cobo Hall and transfer the property to a regional authority. It is a sad thing that this council couldnt finally get something right and allow for this to happen. The Auto Show will be gone after 2010. I guarantee it.


One of the more famous moments of Monica Conyers.... "Shrek"





Just yesterday before the Cobo Deal was killed....
http://www.clickonde...video/18784527/



What an idiot! Monica Conyers is a beotch!

oh she's the "Shrek" lady!! i remember seeing that on the news here in Chicago, thanks for clearing up the mystery for me. well i guess it's nutty politicians everywhere!! trust me we have our share here in Chicago too.

[rbdetsport]

ChiTownGuy, on Feb 25 2009, 07:33 PM, said:

oh she's the "Shrek" lady!! i remember seeing that on the news here in Chicago, thanks for clearing up the mystery for me. well i guess it's nutty politicians everywhere!! trust me we have our share here in Chicago too.

Unfortunetly, it is alot worse here...

[urban_izzy]

ChiTownGuy, on Feb 25 2009, 07:33 PM, said:

oh she's the "Shrek" lady!! i remember seeing that on the news here in Chicago, thanks for clearing up the mystery for me. well i guess it's nutty politicians everywhere!! trust me we have our share here in Chicago too.

"If you were a nut, IF you were a nut, what kind of nut would you be?" <--- Classic

and...

Conyers getting smacked down by a middle schooler.

[ChiTownGuy]

urban_izzy, on Feb 26 2009, 06:45 PM, said:

"If you were a nut, IF you were a nut, what kind of nut would you be?" <--- Classic

and...

Conyers getting smacked down by a middle schooler.

i watched those videos and the funny yet odd thing to me was that she went ahead and reenacted the whole "Shrek" thing and she had no logical answers for the kids questioning her behavior!! is she bipolar or something?

i see that my move to Detroit will be filled with interesting characters.

[wolverine]

Seriously, Detroit needs its own sitcom....

[Allan]

I agree.  Don't even get me started on Monica....

Apparently someone asked her to run for mayor!  http://www.freep.com...e s listening

[ChiTownGuy]

Allan, on Feb 27 2009, 07:04 AM, said:

I agree. Don't even get me started on Monica....

Apparently someone asked her to run for mayor! http://www.freep.com...e s listening

oh wow!! you think she's really gonna run? the real question is will Detroiters elect her if she does.

[cnordstrom]

ChiTownGuy, the difference between the nutjobs in the city council in Chicago versus those in Detroit is that the ones in Chicago actually get things done. The council in Detroit, with the cooperation of too many mayors now, has effectively run the city into the ground. I'm really hoping Mr. Bing will be elected; the city needs new blood. If he does, one of two things will happen. Either the council will be cowed by his celebrity and start behaving better (unlikely), or they're going to get huffy about this "outsider" trying to change things (very likely).

If only the folks in Detroit would vote for a new council...

[URBbum]

This sums up Monica.

DetNews Article

[Lmichigan]

ChiTownGuy, on Feb 28 2009, 01:37 PM, said:

oh wow!! you think she's really gonna run? the real question is will Detroiters elect her if she does.

After Detroit voters just got through sending industrialist and businessman Dave Bing and self-professed/former journalist Trekie Ken Cockrel, and nearly sending the even-keeled former deputy mayor Freeman Hendrix through, no.  Monica doesn't have a chance in hell of every becoming mayor of Detroit, and especially not as a write-in candidate.

[ChiTownGuy]

Lmichigan, on Mar 3 2009, 09:43 PM, said:

After Detroit voters just got through sending industrialist and businessman Dave Bing and self-professed/former journalist Trekie Ken Cockrel, and nearly sending the even-keeled former deputy mayor Freeman Hendrix through, no. Monica doesn't have a chance in hell of every becoming mayor of Detroit, and especially not as a write-in candidate.

i've been trying to keep up with Detroit Politics (since i'll be moving there in a few months) so if Bing wins Cockrel goes back to the City Council and bumps Conyers down a notch right?

also i read that she's trying to hold a "special session" today at 5pm to try to override the veto, but for all intended purposes the "special session" might be illegal.

[Lmichigan]

ChiTownGuy, on Mar 5 2009, 02:13 PM, said:

i've been trying to keep up with Detroit Politics (since i'll be moving there in a few months) so if Bing wins Cockrel goes back to the City Council and bumps Conyers down a notch right?

also i read that she's trying to hold a "special session" today at 5pm to try to override the veto, but for all intended purposes the "special session" might be illegal.

There is still some question about what would happen if Cockrel loses.  He would come back to council, but its unclear if he'd be able to come back as council  president, as the charter only states that the council candidate who achieves the most votes in an election becomes council president.  Still being mayor and running for mayor, he wouldn't and couldn't be that person.

I'm not sure if the meeting, today, was illegal, but Conyers was unable to get a quorum, so no official work could be done.  It's not as if she has enough votes to override the veto, anyway.  Two-thirds of the council have to vote in favor of overriding the mayor's veto, and she doesn't have that, either.

[wolverine]

I don't even know what to say about the videos posted on a local news website.  Absolute ubsurdity as she showed viewers her cluttered home and concluded by jumping on the trampoline while her dog pissed at her feet.  I just couldn't believe I was watching this....it was like a 12 year old posting a youtube video.

[ChiTownGuy]

wolverine, on Mar 5 2009, 11:01 PM, said:

I don't even know what to say about the videos posted on a local news website. Absolute ubsurdity as she showed viewers her cluttered home and concluded by jumping on the trampoline while her dog pissed at her feet. I just couldn't believe I was watching this....it was like a 12 year old posting a youtube video.

yea i saw that, i thought it was rather odd. i also saw i think her name is Collins, all riled up about the guy Brooks Patterson!! and the people in the background started screaming they want the zoo back!! then at the end broke out into a chorus of "Onward Christian Soldiers"

this would make for great reality television!! hollywood writers can't write that kind of material.

[tracer1138]

I tend to side with the city in city-vs-suburbs debates, and as such I have never had a high opinion of L. Brooks Patterson, but this city council (or at least certain members of it) makes it all too clear why so many in the suburbs hesitate to have anything to do with the city politically.  The message coming from people like Conyers and Collins is basically "give us your money then get out".  If you want to have regional cooperation you can't hoard all of your chips and hope others will simply show you their hands.  I think that a region authority to control Cobo is an excellent idea and can really act as the first major stepping stone toward real regional cooperation.  I suppose I can understand a level of defensiveness on the part of people who have been put down and left in the cold for so long - but I would expect more from elected officials.

[Lmichigan]

tracer1138, on Mar 6 2009, 08:50 PM, said:

The message coming from people like Conyers and Collins is basically "give us your money then get out".

I watched the clip of Collin's recent antics, because it has been muched talked about, expecting to hear that sentiment, but I didn't hear that, at all.  In fact, I think Collins specifically said something very much to the effect that if a person wants a say in Detroit-owned facilities (or 'treasures' as they are always referred to as) that she's more than happy for people to move to the city so they can have that say, but that she was not supportive of non-residents dictating how Detroit-owned properties are run.

I don't necessarily agree with her, as I believe there are some facilities where it absolutely makes sense to have them ran by a regional authority, but what I didn't hear from any of the opposition on council is a message of "get out of the city," which is often how their words are construed in the media.  However, there were city activists and activists groups at the initial meeting who very much told certain speakers to "go home", and that's completely hostile and inexcusable.  The problem seems to be that Conyers (and a few others on council) knows exactly how to play to these extremist groups, and does.

[Veloise]

URBbum, on Mar 3 2009, 08:35 PM, said:

This sums up Monica.

DetNews Article

Mmmmmmm, Neal Rubin.

Best line in the piece: He has the going-to-Hudson's-with-his-mother memory, the discovering-downtown-with-his-buddies memory, and even the Tigers-win-the-World-Series memory.