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.
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