Originally Posted by
EastsideAl
Ken Cockrel Sr. was one of the best coucilmembers of my lifetime. Whether you agreed or disagreed with him, he was an honest man who was really convinced that he could change things and make people's lives better. He was one of the few people who actually took on Coleman Young directly. Unfortunately, the pressure of it all, and the disappointment of being unable to effect much, if any, real change, drove him off the Council and probably contributed to his early death.