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2011-12-04 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by tipper 2011-12-04 01:12|| || Front Page|| [11142 views ] Top

#1 On the brink? Hah! The question is whether the current mayor, Dave Bing, will be able to drag the half-submerged, sodden corpse out of the water or whether a once prosperous and thriving city will quietly slip beneath the surface after half a century of Democrat mismanagement and corruption.

Nothing happens in this region outside the context of race.
Perhaps because ex-mayor Coleman Young played the race card for 20 years and made a political living pitting the city against the surrounding suburbs and the rest of the state?

Posted by SteveS 2011-12-04 02:13|| 2011-12-04 02:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Work ethic is not strong in Detroit.

Posted by Paul D 2011-12-04 06:55|| 2011-12-04 06:55|| Front Page Top

#3 if the review determines that the city is broke, white Republican officials could end up making decisions that change the fate of a predominantly African American city -- imposing cuts in employment, pay, benefits and services that will affect almost everyone who lives in Detroit.

That is the most vile paragraph I've read in a long time. Completely dodges all responsibility the Democrats have for creating the problem in the first place and tries to blame the Republicans for trying to fix it and slur them as racists in the process. Vile.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-12-04 08:18|| 2011-12-04 08:18|| Front Page Top

#4 "if the review determines that the city is broke, white Republican officials could end up making decisions that change the fate of a predominantly African American city"

Here's an idea: Ask the people who actually pay taxes to Detroit what they're willing to support. Leave race totally out of it - you pay taxes, you get to decide; you don't pay taxes, shut up, it ain't yer damn business.

Posted by Barbara 2011-12-04 13:57|| 2011-12-04 13:57|| Front Page Top

#5 you pay taxes, you get to decide; you don't pay taxes, shut up, it ain't yer damn business.

Yes, It's like a non-stock holder going going to a board meeting and voting and making decisions. Voting yourselves money is what's gonna do in this country...just like public workers unions.

Posted by Jack Salami 2011-12-04 18:31|| 2011-12-04 18:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Change from Democracy to
1 Dollar of Tax extorted = 1 Vote.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-12-04 18:32|| 2011-12-04 18:32|| Front Page Top

#7 This is what Democrat rule looks like.

Posted by Cincinnatus Chili 2011-12-04 19:49|| 2011-12-04 19:49|| Front Page Top

#8 It *is* the Democrat 'Model City'.

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-12-04 22:11|| 2011-12-04 22:11|| Front Page Top

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