Although Bobby Ferguson and his local lawyers were able to come out of the bid-rigging trial with a hung jury, Ferguson is still feeling the heat. He has hired high profile attorney Susan Van Dusen, who is the attorney who represented purported mob boss John Gotti (who died in prison!) Van Dusen will be a part of Ferguson’s legal team in the Kwame Kilpatrick racketeering case coming up in September.
Make no mistake about it. Gerald Evelyn, Ferguson’s lead attorney for the bid-rigging, is an excellent attorney in his own right. However, Ferguson knows that he has to hire a top-of-the-line attorney such as Van Dusen to help him get out of this hole he has dug himself in.
The bid-rigging case has been scheduled to be tried again with a date of August 21st. That date will probably be pushed back because of the pending September trial for the racketeering case. The bid-rigging case will pale in comparison with what Ferguson has coming to him in September.
Where there’s smoke, there’s usually fire. Ferguson was a major player in the Kilpatrick administration when it comes to securing contracts for large commercial projects. He and Kilpatrick had “keys to the city”. The keys I’m referring to opens the treasure chest that is called the Detroit Building Authority, where many commercial contracts are won or lost.
This is only my opinion, and Ferguson and Kilpatrick will get their day in court to prove me wrong. However, if you would actually take a poll of Detroiters, they will tell you that they think Ferguson, Kilpatrick, his dad and Victor Mercardo, are probably going to prison.
When that day comes, just drop off the key at City Hall.
S.Ray Harris
Live From Detroit
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