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There will be approximately 25 seats in the hearing room available for the public on Sept. 3 and on each subsequent day, if necessary. Selection will be by lottery and citizens wishing to be considered will need to be in line at the corner of Milwaukee Street and Second Avenue in the New Center area by 7 a.m. on the hearing day. Credentials for the public will not be transferable, and photo identification will be required. Citizens seated on any given day will not be seated on following days.

Provisions will be made for television stations to broadcast the hearing live, as well as for news organizations to air the hearing live on their Web sites.

Granholm to proceed with Kilpatrick ouster hearing
By Zachary Gorchow and Todd Spangler • Free Press Staff Writers • August 26, 2008

Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced today that she will subject Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to a hearing Sept. 3 on whether to remove Kilpatrick from office.

Granholm’s decision, anticipated for weeks, sets up a historic hearing at the Cadillac Place Building in Detroit in which the mayor will have to convince the governor that his handling of a police whistle-blower settlement does not constitute official misconduct.

The mayor’s office said it was “very disappointed” with the decision.