Resident Tom Prieur said the whole episode is strange, but he believes Williamson is simply trying to confuse the public. No matter what, Williamson is going back on his word, Prieur said.

"This has struck me as odd in a lot of respects," he said. "But the whole thing is very disappointing to me. I grew up on the philosophy of living up to your word."

Alas, living up to your word doesn't get you anywhere in Lefty politics, Mr. Prieur.  Exhibit B: Detroit.  The Ivory Tower reports that Democratic City Council member, former Motown sensation and current loony toon Martha Reeves is being hit with a big lawsuit because she and the (alleged) racists in her office effectively fired a whistleblower who had found, identified and sought to eliminate fraud being perpetrated against Detroit's taxpayers.  Allegedly.  

A former city employee has sued the City of Detroit and Councilwoman Martha Reeves, claiming Reeves retaliated against her for trying to alert the councilwoman about employees inflating their work hours and falsifying time records.

Carolyn D. Chambers, a former office manager for Reeves, filed the lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court in Detroit. The lawsuit also names Thomas Stephens, a former Reeves aide, as a defendant.

Chambers, who is white, alleged in the suit that Stephens, a black employee whose work hours she challenged, called her racial epithets and created a hostile work environment. The lawsuit alleges Chambers proposed a sign-in sheet to keep track of employees' hours and Reeves refused to take any action.

They cut Chambers pay by $20,000 and forced her out... but she's back.

And I'm shocked.  Absolutely shocked.  Never would have thought, not in my wildest dreams, that there'd be any inflation of work hours or falsified records in any of the City Council offices in Detroit.

Because that Detroit City Council is normally such a paragon of virtue.  Always trouble free.  Never a cross word or even a hint of misbehavior.  

But hey, if the President really wants to control a Detroit based dysfunctional operational body that's burning money faster than they can print it...