Detroit pension trustee wanted payoff

From the annals of the ivory tower: "An Alabama businessman claims in paperwork filed recently in a federal lawsuit that he was asked to provide free jet transportation, a job, cash for political campaigns and a contribution to former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's legal defense fund in exchange for a sizable investment by Detroit's two pension funds in his airline."

How is this different than Blago's pay-to-play scandal? Also, further down in the article, who shows up but Jeremiah "chickennnnnns have come home to rooooost!" Wright. Hmmmmm...