I’m a little confused.

Where I’m from, mayor’s don’t lose office. Especially, if they suck at being mayor.

Mayor Coleman Young won re-election 4 times, serving 5 terms, despite holding office during Detroit in the 70’s and 80’s. Those were the years that the city burned down annually and it was the murder capital of America.

Good times.

Kwame Kilpatrick is another example. He may have killed a stripper in the mayoral residence. The stripper’s sister was murdered too. He won his re-election. He had an affair in office with his chief of staff (LOL-Gate). Tax fraud, mail fraud, an FBI investigation, and a host of other crimes and accusations of misconduct finally led to him resigning from office.

So how does a man who has reduced crime, raised test scores, and has kept unemployment lower on average than other cities in recession lose?

According to the Washington Post, he ran a really shitty campaign and didn’t apologize for being a bit of a dick.

Politics is a strange world and despite holding a degree in Political Science, I’m still regularly confused by it. 

At least he didn’t kill any body.