Detroit Strip Clubs: Council weighs ban on ‘pay-to-play’

June 23, 2009 at 4:24 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments

… Alabama banker Donald V. Watkins claimed then-city treasurer Jeff Beasley pressured him to donate $100,000 to then-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s legal fund in exchange for a $15 million pension investment in his now-failed airline.
• Two officials with ties to Synagro — local partner Rayford Jackson and James Rosendall, a former vice president based in Grand Rapids — pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribery. The City Council approved the sludge deal 5-4 after at least one member switched her vote. A handful of council members have been contacted by the FBI, but none has been charged.
• A strip club owner has accused Sam Riddle, a onetime aide to Councilwoman Monica Conyers, of seeking $25,000 to allow the establishment to open. Riddle denies the accusations. Conyers also faces claims of taking jewelry valued at $40,000 from a jewelry store whose owner wanted the city to ease restrictions that he said would make his business more difficult. Conyers has declined to comment.

See the full article from “The Detroit News”

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