Removal hearing set to begin for Detroit mayor (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Wed, 09/03/2008 - 6:47am

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sits in Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner's courtroom during a hearing on the mayor's bond in Detroit, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008.<br /><br />The judge said he would rule at 4 p.m. Tuesday on Kilpatrick's request to ease travel restrictions and remove an electronic tether, the key conditions of his release in the assault case.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has failed to stop Gov. Jennifer Granholm from moving ahead with an extraordinary public hearing that could cost him his job in a scandal over steamy text messages and millions of tax dollars.



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