Kwame Kilpatrick, the mayor of Detroit and Detroits most famous Irishman, is going to jail for perjury. A while back, he fired two Detroit police officers who were investigating his sexual activities.

The police officers sued the city, but at the trial Kwame denied the he was sexually involved with one of his staffers. Later, the local paper received copies of steamy emails that the two had sent to each other. These, of course, contradicted his previous sworn testimony. So, Kwame is going on trial.

Michigan has enough economic problems. It does not need to be portrayed as a place of graft and corruption.