A Detroit television reporter was able to confirm that the Kilpatrick Civic Fund, a nonprofit created by Detroit mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, paid the luxury La Costa Hotel and Spa $8,605.03 for two rooms for Kilpatrick, his wife and sons while the mayor, according to fund officials, was there fundraising for the group.
At the insistence of the mayor, police investigators in California have recommended felony charges against Channel 7 TV reporter Steve Wilson for obtaining Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s personal hotel and billing records by impersonating the mayor.
Mayor Kilpatrick has been involved in spending controversies throughout his administration. He is known for having his cash-strapped city pay $25,000 to lease his family a Lincoln Navigator. In May 2005, the Detroit Free Press reported that over the first 33 months of his term, Kilpatrick had charged over $210,000 on his city-issued credit card for travel, meals, and entertainment.
Time Magazine ranked him one of the three worst mayors in the country for 2005.
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