Doc,

The relatives are at it again. I think its time you had a talk with them.

Tom Gator 851.

Today the Detroit Free Press reports that Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick has been subpoenaed by a grand jury and that one of her staffers apparently has been as well. This was announced yesterday by the Speaker’s office, but Kilpatrick and the staffer reportedly notified the Speaker’s office of this by a letter dated March 1. The Freep story provides no explanation of the delay. Kilpatrick’s son, Kwame Kilpatrick, was ousted as mayor of Detroit and sentenced to jail on charges relating to his affair with a top staffer. Her district, most of which is part of the city of Detroit, is overwhelmingly Democratic; it voted 85%-14% for Barack Obama in November 2008. But she won her Democratic primary in August 2008 with only 35% of the vote;