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2008's Most Dubious

Published January 8, 2009, 9:14 pm, Metro Times Detroit

For a brief and delusional moment, we actually entertained the fleeting thought of offering our annual Dubious Achievement awards without having ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick as the feature's centerpiece.

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