The Resume

(June 6, 1970- )
Born in Detroit, Michigan
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1996-2001)
Mayor of Detroit, Michigan (2002-2008)
Vice President of the National Conference of Democratic Mayors
Nicknamed 'The Hip-Hop Mayor'
Became the mayor of Detroit at the age of 31

Why he might be annoying:

He has a law degree, but he never became a practicing attorney.
His parents were career politicians.
He was accused of using city issued credit cards to pay for thousands of dollars worth of spa massages, extravagant dining and champagne.
In 2005, Time magazine named him one of America's worst Big-City mayors.
His father once compared criticism of his mayoral conduct to Nazi propaganda.
Shortly after that, his campaign compared criticism of him to lynch mobbing.
He reportedly hosted a party with strippers in his Mayoral mansion that was broken up when his wife came home unexpectedly.
One of the reported strippers, Tamara Greene, was murdered shortly before she was scheduled to go public with details of the party.
During his 2008 State of the City address, he used the word 'nigger' on several occasions.
In 2008, he was caught having an extra-marital affair with his chief of staff.
This was discovered through at least 14,000 text messages communicated between the two.
He would later be arrested and charged with 8 counts of perjury, misconduct in office, and obstruction of justice. He would face 85 years in prison if convicted of all charges.
He was sentenced to serve between 18 months and 5 years in prison (May 25, 2010).

Why he might not be annoying:

Some of the charges may be a bit excessive.
His campaign for the Michigan House of Representatives was operated on a shoe-string budget of $10,000, run by a couple of former high school classmates, and received no major endorsements.
He taught at Marcus Garvey Academy, a school for underprivileged children, and started their first basketball team and Boy Scout troop.
He became the first African-American to lead the Michigan House and is the youngest mayor in the history of Detroit.

Credit: Darrell

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 2008 Most Annoying 101-200 (Ranked: 105)
• 2014 - 100 Most Annoying (Ranked: 17)
• Beast's 50 Most Loathsome People in America [2008] (Ranked: 15)
• Darrell's Profiles [Series 2]
• Ebony Magazine's 58 Most Intriguing Blacks [2003]
• I am an Adulterer
• I Made a Perverted Ass Out of Myself
• I Reportedly Attended the Democratic National Convention [2004]
• I Was a Speaker at the Democratic National Convention [2004]
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Baseball Cap
• Mad Magazine's 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things [2008] (Ranked: 19)
• Mayors
• On Trial 2008
• Profiles 22751-23000 (Ranked: 22911)
• Real Time with Bill Maher Panelists
• Trump Pardons and Commutations
• Yahoo!'s Top 10 'Caught' Searches [2011] (Ranked: 6)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 250 Votes: 46.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 20 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 47 Votes: 51.06% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 1161 Votes: 83.72% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 132 Votes: 78.03% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 460 Votes: 61.96% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 2954 Votes: 78.84% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 655 Votes: 67.94% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 39 Votes: 79.49% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 45 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 508 Votes: 68.90% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 243 Votes: 72.84% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 913 Votes: 78.86% Annoying