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There's something humorous about the hirings and firings of some of the on-air talent on 910 AM Superstation.
The station has hired public figures convicted of felonies or who were publicly shamed for doing something pretty unethical. Then, when they screw up and do something unethical (shocking!) or say something really stupid, the station gets on its high horse and fires them.
The latest example is ex-Detroit City Council member and ex-convict Monica Conyers, wife of Congressman John Conyers, who was fired this week from her Sunday afternoon show for "violating corporate policy."
In 2009, she pleaded guilty to receiving at least $6,000 for her deciding vote on the city council on a 2007 Synagro Technologies Inc. sludge contract. She drew a 37-month sentence.
"Monica Conyers is still the same old-same old, she hasn’t been rehabilitated. Monica Conyers is the same person you saw in City Council with her sense of entitlement," station owner Kevin Adell wrote in an internal memo to staff, WDIV's Dave Bartkowiak Jr. reports.
Adell writes about Conyers:
1. Attempted to use a corporate benefit that didn’t exist for you. Example, using my executive assistant to book a room at The Peninsula in Chicago for $750/night when it wasn’t approved.
2. Attempted to garner a discount using her husband’s Federal Government ID when he was never a part of this trip. She has a Federal ID number, but it isn’t the Federal ID number that people want.
3. Being loud and obnoxious in the hallways of The Word Network and partying down like its 1999!
4. Bother the CEO while he is on vacation with his family. Calling him about refreshments because her husband, the highest ranking member, is coming in to do a radio interview with his wife on her radio show (give me a few minutes to throw up before I continue…).
5. Banging on the CEO’s door. It is closed for a reason, either I’m on the phone or meeting with someone…I am not looking for you. She bangs on the door until I open it!
6. Didn’t properly register as a lobbyist. She wanted to be included as a lobbying firm, but we discovered later that she never did register properly.
7. Swag for all three companies is used for marketing. She cleaned out our swag for all three companies! It is not to replace her wardrobe and not used for her personal sleepwear, etc.
