Articles tagged: Detroit
OPINION: As Detroit plays 'Let's Make A Deal,' which door will it choose?
Posted: Apr 02, 2012Decision day looms for Detroit. By law, the governor must pull the trigger no later than April 5 on the future of the state’s largest city. The city leaders must choose or be forced to ... Read more »
OPINION: Detroit leaders offering too little, too late - it's time for the state to step in
Posted: Mar 26, 2012Detroit to State: "Trust us, we'll fix the problem." Watching the last-minute maneuvering to try to avoid fiscal accountability, which has eluded city leaders going back decades, would be humorous if not such a damaging ... Read more »
OPINION: Denial vs. reality: The time has come for painful changes for Detroit
Posted: Mar 21, 2012I genuinely like and respect both Detroit Mayor Dave Bing andMichigan Gov. Rick Snyder. It is down right painful to watch two good, decent men, who profess to want what is best for our city and state, to be tangled up in "us vs. them" issues that have the potential, if it has not already, to spill over into a racial divide with no easy way out. Read more »
OPINION: Has life lost its value in Detroit?
Posted: Feb 24, 2012We live in a sick society -- how else to explain this headline: "Baby, 9 months, killed in drive-by shooting on Detroit's West side"? Nine-month-old Delric Miller IV is dead. Someone fired 37 rounds from ... Read more »
OPINION: Time for major reform for Detroit and Wayne County
Posted: Feb 07, 2012What happens in Detroit/Wayne County impacts us all. It was 32 years ago that Wayne County voters decided to “reform” Wayne County government. Now Wayne County's largest city, Detroit, is teetering on bankruptcy with debt ... Read more »
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