Shrek?.........This is so embarrassing

Started a program this week and have not watched much TV. I missed last night TV news report and heard about this exchange on the radio and from a friend that work for the city. Once I watched the Friday City Council meeting angry exchange online today.....All I could think as I listened to the name calling and watching Monica Conyer's juvenile gesturing was:

”This is so embarrassing........................”

I must quote a Freep.com poster (recessbreak) who put it best......... when commenting on the article “Conyers defends attack on Cockrel”

“Monica Conyers should be ashamed of herself for the childlike behavior she displayed during the council's fact-finding hearing. I gasped when witnessing her temper tantrums, aggressive streets behavior, and name calling. These actions occurred when she was asked to cease interrupting others while they're speaking. If this remark caused her to become upset, I shiver with wonders on how she reacts to serious matters. She was asking for respect from her fellow council members; YET, she lacked giving them the same thoughtfulness. Throughout these hearings, she haven't presented herself professionally, she is constantly rolling her eyes and neck and continuously saying inappropriate remarks. She is embarrassing to the citizens of Detroit. I find most interesting that she is married to the long timed U.S. Rep. John Conyers. People need to look at HIS records and question is he behaviorally fit to be representing Michigan.”

Well folks, I think we should load up on the popcorn, preset the DVRs, and TiVos because we ain't see nothing yet. I now see why Sam Riddle fled from that office.............I think Monica Conyers needs a back up plan because I hope she will not hold another public office in this city again. Oops, I forget about her husband-the backup plan or cushion. Rep. Conyers is so old, that I doubt he can even check or advise his wife anyway. From her comments, I guess we can tell who is running the Conyers household. However stranger things can happen, like in Sharon McPhail's case, she could be appointed. After Lonnie Bates resurfaced to City Council and later went to jail, one never knows who my fellow city residents might elect again in the future.

Some of Conyers' notorious clashes

as reported by the Free Press

Councilwoman Monica Conyers has been in skirmishes before her verbal smack-down with council President Ken Cockrel Jr. on Friday:

Feb. 13, 2008: Mayoral staffer DeDan Milton tells police that Conyers "threatened to shoot" him "with a gun" at a pension board meeting. Sam Riddle, then Conyers' chief of staff, says Milton cursed first, but notes Conyers responded "in street lingo. It was on." No charges were filed.

Nov. 28, 2007: Conyers, temporarily chairing a council meeting, tells two colleagues to stop bickering. "Well, at least it's not at the bar," says one, Sheila Cockrel. Conyers retorts, "Did you say something about a bar? Because you drink a lot at the bar when I see you." A bit later, when Ken Cockrel returns to preside, he chides the others for arguing. "It's not that serious," Conyers replies. "Drunks always have something to say."

Dec. 20, 2006: Conyers brawls with another woman at the Crossroads Lounge on Livernois. Rebecca Mews says Conyers arrived at the bar and began asking patrons to buy her a drink, including Mews' date, which led to fisticuffs between Conyers and Mews. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy later rules Conyers acted in self-defense.

2005: The Detroit News reports that Valecia Moore, a friend of Conyers, filed for a personal protection order, contending Conyers threatened to kill her. "There was gunshots behind my house following that conversation," Moore told police. The order was denied.