So she is still in power, why?
Same reason the mayor hizzoner Kwame Kilpatrick is still in power. If youre not familiar with the details of that train wreck, a little research may shed some light.
Same reason Coleman Young was mayor for over twenty years. Look into Maverick Oil Corporation.
It's a Detroit thing. Accelerated decay of the physical, economic and societal environment fosters delusional thinking and widespread apathy. Recall Neros fiddling; Recall Let them eat cake.
Her ramblings fit fully into the Look here, Im being oppressed. This is oppression. Im being silenced model. The residents of the once-fair City of Detroit eat that stuff up, because after all, its not their fault the place is a cesspool.