monica conyers could be afflicted with diagnosable insanity.

Conyers, after exiting the elevators on the 13th floor of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, stormed into council offices ranting at the news media.

“You are all evil!” she shouted. “Please leave me alone!”

Conyers’ outburst happened before a reporter asked her a question. She then asked a City Council sergeant to escort her.

And then, after entering the council chambers, she interrupted the Public Health and Safety Committee’s discussion about non-motorized transportation in the city to bemoan the presence of reporters near her house. She said a council member’s job is “part-time” and doesn’t warrant such scrutiny.
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Monday’s outburst is the latest in a long string of incidents involving Conyers. After winning election, but before taking office, Conyers was involved in a bar fight but was exonerated.

Earlier this year, she was accused of threatening mayoral appointee DeDan Milton at a pension board meeting, but was not charged. Then she taunted Council President Ken Cockrel Jr. by calling him “Shrek.” Most recently, police were called to her hotel room in Denver after she complained about it.

Council members recoiled at Conyers’ characterization of the job as “part-time.” Councilwoman Alberta Tinsley-Talabi said she considers the job not just full-time, but “overtime.”

a bar fight? holy crap i’d want to see that. monica, no one forced you to be a council member — a public official who is fair game for close scrutiny. and let’s not forget her excellent debate skills. against 8th graders.

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