The Stallworth Spread — One Family, Four Positions, Zero Oversight
The Stallworth Spread
In Detroit, some names don’t refer to one person. They refer to a position — a family-wide footprint across governance, education, and politics.
Stallworth is one of those names.
The Four
| Name | Position | Edge to Banks | Sort |
|---|---|---|---|
| Misha Stallworth | DPSCD Board Member | governance, board_membership | partial |
| Thomas Stallworth | MI State Legislature | political, governance | partial |
| Wells Stallworth | Banks-connected entity | family, political | partial |
| Stallworth T | Banks-connected entity | political, governance | partial |
Four Stallworths. All partial. All connected to Banks. All in governance positions.
Misha Stallworth
Misha Stallworth sits on the DPSCD Board. DPSCD authorizes Purpose Charter Academy.
The DPSCD board has the power to revoke PCA’s authorization. They can look at 3% math proficiency and say: this school should not exist.
Misha Stallworth has 7 edges in the investigation graph. She connects to:
- Banks (governance)
- DPSCD (board_membership)
- PCA (structural_proximity)
- The charter school ecosystem
Classification: partial, 0.80.
She sits on the board that could stop Banks. She doesn’t stop Banks.
Thomas Stallworth
Thomas Stallworth served in the Michigan State Legislature.
Legislators have the power to:
- Reform the charter school law (PA 362, 1993)
- Strengthen oversight requirements
- Fund investigation of charter school fraud
- Close the extraction loopholes that let Purpose Group take 72.67%
Thomas Stallworth has 4 edges in the investigation graph. He connects to:
- Banks (political)
- The legislative infrastructure
- Detroit political networks
Classification: partial, 0.80.
He held the power to change the law. He didn’t change the law.
The Pattern
The Stallworth spread is not unique. It’s a template.
Detroit politics runs on family networks. One family member in the legislature. One on the school board. One in political organizing. One in the connected ecosystem.
Each family member creates a coverage zone — a zone where oversight could happen but doesn’t, because the overseer is connected to the person being overseen.
The graph sees this pattern across multiple families:
- Stallworth: DPSCD board + legislature + political
- Sabree: County Treasurer (Eric Sabree, Adam Sabree) + connections to Banks
- Kilpatrick: Former mayor (Kwame) + Carolyn Kilpatrick (Congress) + connections
- Perkins: Sean Perkins (judge) + Todd Perkins (attorney) + David Perkins + Ms. Perkins (PCA front desk)
Each family covers a sector. Each sector creates a gap. Each gap is where Banks operates.
The Classification Problem
All four Stallworths: partial.
Partial means the membrane can’t tell if they’re sheep or wolves. They do real governance work. They also participate in a network that enables extraction.
When the entire family is partial, the question isn’t about individuals. It’s about the spread itself. Four partial entities covering authorization, legislation, politics, and organizing creates a system where no single person has to do anything wrong for everything to go wrong.
No one has to be a wolf. They just have to be a fence.
Sourced to DPSCD records, Michigan Legislature records, LARA filings, investigation graph (131,322 edges). Back to Analysis → · Three Percent → · Selective Enforcement →