Detroit in harsh spotlight
DETROIT (AP) — As she hurried to join fellow City Council members in a closed session regarding Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and a publicly embarrassing text-messaging sex scandal, Martha Reeves flashed a smile born mostly of exasperation.
‘‘I want to get back to the tunnel, the Livernois median. I think we should get back to Council business,’’ the former lead singer of Motown’s Martha and the Vandellas told reporters.
Reeves is one of nine members of a weary and frustrated Council that has become a major player — along with the mayor, his posse of lawyers, prosecutors and even judges — in a scandal that has caught nearly all aspects of city business in its expanding web.
Among the weighty issues facing the Council is whether to continue efforts to remove Kilpatrick, who is facing eight felony charges.
Mayor’s mother also faces challenge
DETROIT (AP) — Rep.
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