Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Besides Watson, Councilmembers Kwame Kenyatta, Brenda Jones and Martha Reeves were present Friday. Absent were Councilmembers Sheila Cockrel, Alberta Tinsley-Talabi, Barbara-Rose Collins and Council President Monica Conyers.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
... 14.The vote was 5-3 against demolition. Council President Pro Tem JoAnn Watson and Councilwomen Alberta Tinsley-Talabi, Sheila Cockrel, Brenda Jones and Martha Reeves opposed demolition.Council President Monica Conyers and Councilmembers Barbara-Rose Collins and Kwame Kenyatta supported demolition.Preservationists have proposed keeping a dugout-to-dugout portion of the stadium – the...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
... time.The vote was 5-3 against demolition. Council President Pro Tem JoAnn Watson and Councilwomen Alberta Tinsley-Talabi, Sheila Cockrel, Brenda Jones and Martha Reeves opposed demolition.Council President Monica Conyers and Councilmembers Barbara-Rose Collins and Kwame Kenyatta supported demolition.Preservationists have proposed keeping a dugout-to-dugout portion of the stadium –...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
... said. “By taking over, they get a bigger cut of the dollar. This is all about money.”Councilwoman Alberta Tinsley-Talabi thanked Carr for showing council the human side of the lab’s closure.“People take a headline and run with it and castigate everyone and that’s not fair,” Tinsley-Talabi said.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
... it.Council members recoiled at Conyers' characterization of the job as "part-time." Councilwoman Alberta Tinsley-Talabi said she considers the job not just full-time, but "overtime."Some council members tried to put the best face on the latest Conyers incident. Asked whether she had confidence in Conyers to run the council, Councilwoman Martha Reeves said, "I have confidence in her...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
... it.Council members recoiled at Conyers' characterization of the job as "part-time." Councilwoman Alberta Tinsley-Talabi said she considers the job not just full-time, but "overtime."Some council members tried to put the best face on the latest Conyers incident. Asked whether she had confidence in Conyers to run the council, Councilwoman Martha Reeves said, "I have confidence in her...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
... days ahead and offering Cockrel his support.Kenyatta joined colleagues Cockrel and Councilwoman Alberta Tinsley-Talabi, along with talk radio host Mildred Gaddis, and various clergy in a call to move the city forward.Kilpatrick, who is to leave office Sept. 18, pleaded guilty to two felony charges in his perjury and obstruction of justice case and no contest in his assault case. He...
