Monica Conyers, the Detroit City Council president pro tempore who was convicted on Friday of taking bribes in a sludge deal, submitted her resignation today, effective July 6.
Conyers, the wife of John Conyers, the House Judiciary Committee chairman, had asked for more time to decide her future in the wake of her conviction. But City Council President Ken Cockrell Jr. told her that the council "would begin procedures to remove her from office if she does not quit immediately," according to the Detroit Free Press.
categories: All Politics Is Local
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