Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick may soon be out of a job. 

Last week, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm denied a request from Kilpatrick's lawyers that she delay removal proceedings against Kilpatrick for two months. 

Granholm said she will enforce the Sept. 3 date for the mayor's removal hearing, telling Kilpatrick's general counsel Sharon McPhail that she had “failed to establish good cause” for the extension. 

Adding to Kilpatrick’s troubles, the mayor is also being investigated for losing his temper and shoving a cop last month. 

“His lack of sapient choices and complete lack of regard for seemingly anyone other than himself is bewildering,” Peter C. Groff, a Colorado state senator, publisher of Blackpolicy.org, and the founder and executive director of the University of Denver Center for African-American Policy, told BlackAmericaWeb.com. 

Meanwhile, Kilpatrick’s mother, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, is facing a tough reelection primary battle Tuesday. 

Her critics say her son, Kwame, is dragging the congresswoman into his mess. 

Mayor Kilpatrick and former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty were indicted earlier this year on a range of criminal charges. 

Groff said “the Kilpatrick saga” is shameful. 

“Why he hasn't ‘gracefully’ resigned and saved the state, his city, his family and his paramour's family from this removal process is shocking,” Groff said. 

“While all this is playing out, his mother, Rep. Kilpatrick, is in a fight for her political life,” he added. “For the first time in six terms she has a very difficult primary and the major issue is her son's behavior. If Rep. Kilpatrick loses on Tuesday it could be traced solely to her son's eight felon counts and petulant actions.” 

The Detroit City Council has accused Kilpatrick of violating the city charter because he did not disclose a confidentiality agreement associated with an $8.4 million police whistle-blowers' settlement and the sexually explicit text messages between the mayor and Beatty on Beatty's city-issued pager. 

In March, the Wayne County prosecutor's office charged Kilpatrick and Beatty with perjury, misconduct and obstruction of justice. Separate assault charges could also be filed against Kilpatrick, who shoved a police officer last week. 

The Michigan State Police expect to complete their probe soon into a confrontation between Kilpatrick and a Wayne County sheriff's detective who was serving subpoenas. 

The law enforcement officers were trying to serve a subpoena to Kilpatrick’s friend, Bobby Ferguson, at the Detroit home of Kilpatrick's sister when Kilpatrick started cursing and pushed one of the peace officers, according to the Free Press. 

Kilpatrick was ordered to submit to drug testing and post $7,500 for violating bond regulations in his criminal case. 

But Kilpatrick’s defense lawyer James Parkman told reporters the ruckus was about harassment of the mayor. 

In the meantime, according to the Free Press, Rep. Kilpatrick could experience a tough contest Tuesday. 

“The race between U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and her two challengers – state Sen. Martha Scott of Highland Park and former state Rep. Mary Waters of Detroit – are waging an increasingly contentious campaign,” the newspaper reported. “It’s the toughest reelection fight that Cheeks Kilpatrick has faced since she was first elected in 1996 as her challengers sense vulnerabilities because of the legal problems faced by the incumbent’s son Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.” 

“I need your help. I want your prayers,” the congresswoman recently told the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit. “I want to continue to serve. So I ask you to send me back when you go to vote.”