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Tag: DetroitBy Rougman, Section News
is 46-57 months. If the judge is to agree with this recommendation Ms. Conyers will serve within a stone's throw of the maximum allowed as a condition of her guilty plea.
I think it would be incomplete to think of her crime as being wrapped around the illegal collection of some $60,000 or $70,000 in various shake downs. It would be more fitting to define it as her one small part in a multi-generational larceny that took a once proud city and removed from it its viability and with it, its self esteem.
I'll let others decide if this is justice for Conyers, but the city of Detroit, if it is ever to receive justice, would need a lot more jail time to be served by thousands if not tens of thousands of corrupted public officials, businessmen, teachers, and other various thugs that absconded with the peoples' trust, money, and futures through much of the past five decades. (3 comments, 271 words in story) Full Story By Theblogprof, Section News
The temperature was in the teens,the wind chill was at zero, yet dozens of tea party protesters showed up regardless of the harsh conditions to exercise their free speech right and demand a redress from Congress. The typical 45 minute drive into Detroit took me almost 3 hours this morning, but I got there. Here I was in back of the Renaisance Center that now houses Government Motors (you can hear the bitter wind):
Just so Chris Matthews knows, the tea party protesters were not all white: And here was the scene on video: So considering the weather and driving conditions, not a bad turnout at all, and far better than the 12 Muslims that showed up for a terrorism protest under much better weather and driving conditions. In any case, who shows up soon after than LaRouche supporters, possibly to taint the tea party: continue reading below the fold... (5 comments, 517 words in story) Full Story By JGillman, Section Multimedia
H/T to Steve at Motor City Times
(2 comments) Comments >> By Rougman, Section News
Who says that Detroit cannot bring home the hardware?
When test results were delivered around the nation to school districts that take part in the standardized National Assessment of Educational Progress, only Detroit merited a visit by Michael Casserly, executive director of the Washington-based Council of the Great City Schools, to help brief the media prior to the release of the results. Pretty cool huh, that Detroit Public Schools should deserve the presence of a nationally recognized educator to address the media on the school's latest measurement of academic achievement. Oh, nuts. Then the results were disclosed. (4 comments, 638 words in story) Full Story By Crippy, Section News
The United Kingdom's Times Online is reporting that bodies are literally piling up, unclaimed, in Detroit's city morgues.
From TimesOnline dot co dot uk
(4 comments, 118 words in story) Full Story By TownhallFM, Section Multimedia
The influence the Detroit Metropolitan Area has over our government is tremendous. It can only really be appreciated with numbers: the Detroit Metropolitan area controls 51 of the 110 seats in the State House, 17 of the 38 seats in the State Senate, and 5-6 of Michigan's 15 seats in the US Congress.
The DMA has lost numerous citizens because of its poor leadership. Despite this, Democrats - if they retain the majority of their power next year - will probably attempt to retain their stronghold in Detroit through redistricting after the 2010 census. This makes a Republican majority imperative for next year, to ensure fair redistricting.
(3 comments) Comments >> By JGillman, Section News
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How does the old saying go?
"You can count on Detroit to be there whenever it needs us." Or something like that. The latest Detroiter to stick out her panhandling cup is city council member Joann Watson who said in a candidate's forum that the federal government should offer the city of Detroit a one time $1 billion bailout. She reiterated her request later in an interview with Darrell Dawsey of Time who asked her, essentially, if she was serious. She was. (2 comments, 593 words in story) Full Story
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