Timeline of Kwame Kilpatrick's political career

This is a timeline of Kwame Kilpatrick's political career.

;1996 - 2001: Kilpatrick serves as floor leader in the Michigan House of Representatives. [cite news | first=Free Press Staff | last= | coauthors= | title=Beatty quits, says she regrets 'devastation' caused by scandal | date=2008-01-08 | publisher= | url =http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080128/NEWS01/80128035/0/NEWS06&theme=KILPATRICK012008 | work =The Detroit Free Press | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;2001: Kilpatrick is elected Mayor of Detroit, Michigan.

;January 2, 2002: Kilpatrick takes office as Mayor of Detroit and performs inaugural address.

;March 11, 2002: Kilpatrick Performs first State of the City Address

;September 2002: Rumors of a party at the Manoogian Mansion on Labor Day surface. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=A time line in the Strawberry Case | date=March 4, 2008 | publisher= | url =http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080304/NEWS01/803040397 | work =The Detroit Free Press | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;April 30, 2003: Tamara Greene, a stripper at the rumored party at the Manoogian Mansion, is murdered. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=A time line in the Strawberry Case | date=March 4, 2008 | publisher= | url =http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080304/NEWS01/803040397 | work =The Detroit Free Press | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;May 9, 2003: Kilpatrick fires former Deputy Police Chief Gary Brown. Brown was supposed to investigate the alleged party at the Manoogian Mansion. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=A time line in the Strawberry Case | date=March 4, 2008 | publisher= | url =http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080304/NEWS01/803040397 | work =The Detroit Free Press | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;May 13, 2003: Former Detroit deputy police chief Gary Brown releases memo containing allegations of a wild party held at the Manoogian Mansion in 2002. The memo also alleged Kilpatrick's body guards of fraud and misconduct. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Mayor Dodges Allegations From Brown Memo | date=May 13, 2003 | publisher= | url =http://www.clickondetroit.com/politics/2203814/detail.html | work =Local 4 News Detroit | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;May 15, 2003: Kilpatrick denies allegations of a party at the Manoogian Mansion. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=A time line in the Strawberry Case | date=March 4, 2008 | publisher= | url =http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080304/NEWS01/803040397 | work =The Detroit Free Press | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;June 24, 2003: Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox concludes investigation into party. Cox found no evidence of a party ever occurring. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=A time line in the Strawberry Case | date=March 4, 2008 | publisher= | url =http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080304/NEWS01/803040397 | work =The Detroit Free Press | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;January 16, 2004: Michigan State Police finish investigation into the rumored party at the Manoogian Mansion. They find no evidence that the party ever occurred. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=A time line in the Strawberry Case | date=March 4, 2008 | publisher= | url =http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080304/NEWS01/803040397 | work =The Detroit Free Press | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;April 21, 2004: Detroit Police Lieutenant Alvin Brown sues Kilpatrick and the City of Detroit. He asserts that he transferred out of his homicide unit to prevent him from investigating the Tamara Greene murder.

;May 17, 2005: Kilpatrick begins second mayoral election campaign. Reports surface that Kilpatrick abused his city credit card. [cite news | first=M.L. Elrick | last=Jim Schaefer | coauthors= | title=KILPATRICK'S EXPENSES EXPOSED | date=2005-05-17 | publisher= | url =http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2005/05/kilpatrickas_ex.php# | work =The Detroit Free Press | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;November 5, 2005: Elected for second term as Mayor of Detroit with 53 percent of popular vote.

;January 3, 2006: Kilpatrick is stripped of special administrator role. [cite news | first=Davis Shepardson | last=John Wisley | coauthors= | title=Kilpatrick out as water chief | date=2006-01-06 | publisher= | url =http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060106/METRO/601060339/1003 | work =The Detroit Free Press | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;July 8, 2006: Kilpatrick is diagnosed with diverticulitis. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Detroit Mayor Hospitalized With Diverticulitis | date=2006-07-08 | publisher= | url =http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/9499793/detail.html | work =WDIV Detroit Local News | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;July 25, 2006: Detroit City Council unanimously approves his home-owner tax relief plan. [cite news | first=Marison Bello | last= | coauthors= | title=Detroiters' efforts pay off: council approves tax relief | date=2006-07-25 | publisher= | url =http://www.ralphroberts.com/blog/2006/07/ | work =The Detroit Free Press | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;February 1, 2006: Kilpatrick accepts blame for turning in Detroit's 2005-2006 audit reports late and costing the city to lose more than half of its state funding. The remainder of the money will only be returned to Detroit when the audit reported is turned in. The 2006-2007 audit reports have yet to be turned in as well. [cite news | first=Zachary | last=Gorchow | coauthors= | title=Late audit delays funds from state | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080221/NEWS01/802210390/1003/news01 | work =The Detroit Free Press | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;August 20 - September 11, 2007: Jury trial in whistle-blower case is filed by former police officers Gary Brown and Harold Nelthrope against Kilpatrick and the City of Detroit. Former Detroit Chief of Staff Christine Beatty's text messages were subpoenaed. Kilpatrick and Beatty testify under oath that they did not have any romantic or sexual relationship. Gary Brown requests the text messages from Judge Callahan, who was presiding over the case. Brown is told that the messages were misplaced. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Chronology of $8.4 million settlement | date=February 9, 2008 | publisher= | url =http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080209/METRO/802090359 | work =The Detroit News | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;September 11, 2007: Gary Brown and Harold Nelthorpe win their case and receive 6.5 million dollars plus interest as the city settles the case. Brown's Attorney receives the text messages and plans to use them to obtain attorney fees. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Chronology of $8.4 million settlement | date=February 9, 2008 | publisher= | url =http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080209/METRO/802090359 | work =The Detroit News | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;October 19, 2007: The Detroit Free Press requests all documents related to the settlement be released to the public under the Freedom of Information Act. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Chronology of $8.4 million settlement | date=February 9, 2008 | publisher= | url =http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080209/METRO/802090359 | work =The Detroit News | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;October 29, 2007: The City of Detroit Counsel Corporation rejects the Detroit Free Press's Freedom of Information Act Request on the grounds that the settlement has yet to be reached. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Chronology of $8.4 million settlement | date=February 9, 2008 | publisher= | url =http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080209/METRO/802090359 | work =The Detroit News | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;November 1, 2007 : A new settlement agreement and general release is drafted. It states that Stefani is to turn over all original records and copies of text messages between Kilpatrick and Beatty that were obtained after the completion of the trial. It does not mention the $8.4 million exchange for silence regarding the text messages that were used to charge Kilpatrick and Beatty at the whistle-blower trial. The penalty for violating the agreement for Stefani, Brown's lawyer, is about $2.7 million. For the officers it is an amount equal to their settlement agreements. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Chronology of $8.4 million settlement | date=February 9, 2008 | publisher= | url =http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080209/METRO/802090359 | work =The Detroit News | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;December 5, 2007: Kilpatrick, Beatty, and all other parties sign the settlement agreement. Kilpatrick and Beatty sign as individuals, not officials of the city. Gary Brown's lawyer, Michael Stefani, signs a confidentiality agreement. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Chronology of $8.4 million settlement | date=February 9, 2008 | publisher= | url =http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080209/METRO/802090359 | work =The Detroit News | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-28 | language = ]

;February 19, 2008: The slander suit filed against Kilpatrick, former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty, and Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings is settled for $25,000. [cite news | first=Ben Schmitt | last= | coauthors= | title=Council OKs $25,000 settlement to cops who pulled Beatty over | date=February 19, 2008 | publisher= | url =http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080219/NEWS01/80219033 | work =The Detroit Free Press | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-30 | language = ]

;March 11, 2008: Kilpatrick delivers his seventh State of the City Address.

;March 12, 2008: Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox states that Kilpatrick should resign from office. Sam Riddle, Kilpatrick's former political adviser, says that Kilpatrick should resign. [cite news | first=Ron | last=French | coauthors= | title=Attorney General Cox: Kilpatrick should resign | date=March 13, 2008 | publisher= | url =http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080313/METRO/803130408 | work =The Detroit News | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-30 | language = ]

;September 17, 2008: Kil [atrick serves his last day as mayor of Detroit.

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