The National Conference of Black Mayors will bring its annual convention to New Orleans in June after deciding to relocate it from Detroit in the wake of a scandal involving that city's mayor, the group's president said last week.
St. Gabriel Mayor George Grace, who also serves as the mayors association president, said the convention will be held in New Orleans June 4-8. The event initially had been scheduled to take place in Detroit in April.
George said the group was concerned that the controversy surrounding Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick would distract from the event.
Since uncovering it in January, the Detroit Free Press has been reporting on an alleged affair between Kilpatrick and his now former chief of staff, Christine Beatty.
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