DETROIT - CITY COUNCIL - BROWN AND TATE, FAIL RESIDENTS AND POLICE

To all Detroiters..

Gary Brown, Detroit City Councilman and former Detroit Police Executive, has made numerous - several - deceptive and misleading statements to the media, the latest to radio am950 WWJ / Florence Walton.

He has said, that the uniformed services (ie) Detroit Police Officers (Union) havn't been asked to contribute to lowering the City Budget, false and misleading - The City and DPOA are currently in Act 312 negotiations for a new contract, with the old one long past expired. The City is offering only take backs, pay and medical benefits reductions. Recently, the DP Lieutenants and Sergeants Association lost pay and benefits in an Act 312 decision, causing many to retire and leave this City, and leaving others demoralized. I am retired from the DPD, receiving a duty disability - I have had my medical premiums - raised, since my retirement - that was wrong. I gave to the City with my service and was rewarded with increased medical costs, and life long injuries.

Police Officers have made concessions and continue to protect residents day in and day out, night after night, 24/7 even after being denigrated and taken advantage of by Mayors since Coleman Young, while remaining one of the lowest paid major police departments in the country. Their lives are in danger from the time they wake up until they wake up another day - and it is particularly dangerous for police officers that live in this City.

Gary Brown and James Tate have failed Detroit residents and Detroit Police Officers - they were insiders - they were police executives - they saw the nepotism, cronyism, favoritism and mismanagement (that I have spoken out about for years) up close and personal (Tate told me he was 'left out to the loop' - re: red Navigator) and so they should have been from Day One of their Council careers, had reforms in hand and on the Council table - to improve, repair and upgrade the Detroit Police Department. They have nothing and are failing residents and brave police officers.

Brown and Tate should have made PCs Evans and Godbee (? - unqualified) replace the Crisnet Report System that has complicated and made report writing a lengthy and unproductive report system (Haddad Memo), causing long delays to police response times.

Brown and Tate should have had the Council adopt a 'Verified Response System' to handle false B&E alarms - making profit making alarm companies responsible for the initial check of alarms. DPD have been used for years a security guards for alarm companies. It has cost Detroit $1.2 - 1.5 million dollars a year for the DPD to respond to false alarms. A report was created documenting the need for 'VRS' and the cost of false alarms in 2003. Add up the costs to date. A step has been taken is this process - but it needs to be adopted - now not later.

Brown and Tate should have taken the lead to create a Wayne County / Detroit Police medical - jail facility, which would have put Detroit in compliance with the Department of Justice Decrees, per the Federal Prosecutor. PC Warren Evans blamed PC Bully-Cummings, now we have Godbee and still no compliance and no medical - jail facility.Millions of Detroit taxpayer dollars are being spent on unnecessary and unneeded medical costs for prisoners, who know and take advantage of Detroit's failure to create this facility. A precinct has a midnight prisoner transfer crew, two officers, simply to take prisoners back and forth to Detroit Receiving Hospital. An emergency room doctor, acknowledge the costly service - but DPD executives continue this process - with no reports of costs to the public.

In addition the lack of jail space, created by x-PC Bully-Cummings (closing 50% of jail cells - precincts) leaves Detroit with insufficient jail space for police officers to arrest criminals and puts some back on the street shortly after they are arrested, because of lack of jail space - the streets of Detroit are dangerous enough without criminal - knowing that they can commit crimes and not fear arrest because - 'we don't have a cell for them'. Officers are demoralized, in part, because they can't properly do their jobs.

The Tamara Greene homicide investigation and lawsuit hangs over the City - but their seems no resolution is in sight, what with continued lies and cover ups. To many police executives remain on the job, who have things to cover up and hide - that were part of the Kilpartick police department and the DPD is now led by Ralph Godbee, a hold over and Kilpatrick fund raiser, what police officer would feel safe career wise and safety wise to come forward and divulge information that could resolve the situation?

Detroit needs the best, the brightest, and ethically unchallenged police chief available from a nation wide search - no consideration should be made for race, religion, ethnicity or sexual preference. Brown and Tate should take the lead and appropriate the money for the
search.

Brown and Tate should vigorously oppose an eleven (11) member, Detroit Board of Police Commissioners, some elected by districts. The Board is already ineffective and inefficient - adding members is wrong and dangerous to public safety.

Detroit residents deserve better service from its uniformed services, but the solution is in getting better executives and Council members willing to lead - not deceive or to offer up smoke and mirrors

Detroit has lost population to below 713,000 - fact, but the City Council refuse to acknowledge this fact - and the new City Charter fails to understand this - Detroit City Council should be reduced to five (5) members to make it more effective and efficient and to lower their costs to the City. The Charter can provide for seven (7) members if Detroit gains population. Detroit does not need council elected by districts - this will lead to more corruption and not provide better representation - remember those that favored a term limited state legislators - now support a Detroit election by districts, its wrong and Brown and Tate should oppose it.

Brown and Tate should also support a reduction in the number of Detroit Board of Education members - there are too many - now, you see the results of a bloated Board now.

David L. Malhalab
Sgt DPD Retired

DETROIT CENSUS FIGURES - CHARTER COMMISSION - RIGHT SIZE CITY COUNCIL

Memo to: Detroit Charter Commission
CC: Mayor Dave Bing, Detroit City Council

It is now mandatory that the Detroit Charter Commission 'right size' the number of City Council members. The new Census figures show that Detroit has 714,000 people, down from 1,800,000.

For efficiency, economy, and a more effective city government - City Council must be downsized to five (5) members, and it will be reflected in a lower City Council budget, for staff and other miscellaneous items. City residents will be better served without superfluous ego centered council members.

Detroit must bite the bullet - see the truth, and not keep challenging it...Detroit city leaders must make better choices to move Detroit forward and a great first step would be to show that government will not stand in the way and that it recognizes the need to improve and get 'right sized'.

Detroit residents make your voice heard - keep Detroit moving forward don't look back - make Detroit better - starting with City Council. The future is ahead - start the process,with better smaller governance.

David L. Malhalab
Detroit Police Sergeant - Retired

DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CITY COUNCIL PROPOSAL - WRONG AGAIN

OMG...Apparently Detroit City Council hasn't heard the 'buzzwords' - right sizing government, downsizing government, restructuring - etc...

Detroit Public Schools - DO NOT - need a nine (9) member board of education - nor does
the Detroit City Council need nine (9) members - that feature bloated budgets, inefficiency, nepotism, favoritism, cronyism and redundancy that is no longer affordable in Detroit - that has lost over 1/2 of its residents.

Detroit now has less than 900,000 residency and the City Council and School Board should be presenting proposals to reduce member by four (4) members each. This is right and proper considering the glaring and dangerous budget deficits each has.

Detroit needs leadership that recognizes the problems and presents reasonable proposals to fix the problems and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Council and School Board. Detroit needs its political leaders to step up NOW, to do the right thing.

And Detroit need political, opinion leaders and church leaders to stand up and demand better leadership and actions.

DETROIT CITY COUNCIL TO CUT POLICE BUDGET - WRONG AND IGNORANT

What 'pain' is the Detroit City Council 'sharing' -

DPD just lost Officer Huff...they are understaffed (1000++), under equipped and undertrained and don't have enough jail space to house their prisoners..

A 7yr old girl is dead, a 17 year old is dead, a 69 yr old grandmother is dead etc etc etc
...criminals know that dpd is short jail space ...cant respond in a timely manner and the are
rewarded with even more cuts in the police budget....wrong wrong wrong

The mayor, council and pc need to sit down together and see where more money can do the most good...and what needs to be done to improve the dpd....(fed money).....
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Crime should be the #1 issue in Detroit - we need an all out war on crime and guns -
but the Detroit City Council wants to cut $6. million dollars from the police budget - that is incredibly stupid, shortsighted, and wrong and that is on top of the Mayor's cuts.

The DPD needs some structural changes to increase efficiencies:

adopt a Verified Response System for B&E alarms (to allow officers to respond faster to crimes in progress - and to stop them from being security guards for alarm companies).

get an agreement to use the WC jails/medical facilities for Detroit prisoners ( 1/2 of the jail cells were closed by xPC Cummings).

get rid of Crisnet report system (keeps officers in police stations too long / see Haddad memo)

raise the hiring standards - 2yrs college / military service, better background checks and better training...

The City Council and the Mayor must go to Washington, as a group, and get Federal funding (Homeland Security - special grants - etc) ...to get the money to hire officers, buy better equipment and to train and retrain officers.

If Council Chairman Pugh - doesn't understand this - and the Council doesn't act to improve the DPD, now - this will be indeed a bad summer for Detroit. Budget cuts is not proactive to solve Detroit's crime problem - it is a regressive - dangerous action that will cost residents lives.

David L. Malhalab
Sgt DPD Retired

DETROIT - WAR ON CRIME - PO BRIAN HUFF

Detroit needs an all out - War on Crime.

The death of Detroit PO Brian Huff and wounding of four other officers should be the last straw, the final spark that will get powerful Detroit black ministers off their bibles and get them onto their pulpits and pounding them and telling their members that it is alL right to call police and 'turn in' a murderer, robber, rapist, drug house, drug pusher, a B&E man/team, car thieves.

Mayor Bing, at every Detroit church, must also get up and declare that the police are not an occupying army or an army of oppressors and that residents should not fear police officers, that are trying to protect them from criminals, who have no concern for Detroit or its residents. We must change the culture in Detroit - that make residents accept crime and fear the police.

The Mayor should tell Ron Scott to shut up - and not to denigrate officers and to cooperate with the police department to make it better - not to help spread the fear and suspicion about police officers. The Board of Police Commissioners must be more visible and active
in making the Department better and accepted by the residents.

The ministers, Mayor and City Council member should commit themselves to making crime - the number one concern that needs to be solved - and make public safety Detroit's No. 1 problem.

Former Ella Bully Cummings should be held accountable for this officers death - you can't arrest criminals - when there is not enough jail space to put them in (she closed 1/2 of the jail cells in Detroit). Cummings created a now failed Reorganization Plan, failed to supervise the progress of the DOJ decrees, and violated EEOC laws. Cummings failed police officers and residents of Detroit, and the problems she created have not been solved.

Mayor Bing and the City Council must seek federal grants to get Detroit Police - state of the are equipment, hire and train more officers and to make DPD the best police department in the country. This cant be done just at the city level - it will also take a commitment from the State and Federal governments.

I have always offered to be a resource...and spoken out about the problems and solutions that are needed to make the DPD better - hopefully someone will begin to listen now.

The news media must take an active role in examining bad policies and the lack of progress and why problems remain unsolved year after year. (crisnet / lack of jail space-medical facility/ lack of facilities and equipment/ lack of quality leadership - just a few)

David L. Malhalab
Sgt DPD Retired

CONYERS - WATSON, SHUT UP - DETROIT NEEDS LEADERSHIP ON COBO HALL.

Why don't fellow members of the Detroit City Council or friends of Monica Conyers and JoAnn Watson tell them to 'stifle it' or just plain 'shut up'.

Their comments are further damaging the image of Detroit, the Council and themselves providing further reasons to look beyond Detroit to the suburbs for leadership and intelligent city government.

Monica in a Detroit News article again tries to comment on the Cobo Hall deal and justinvites ridicule and shows her ignorance. JoAnn Watson blames the media for her ignorance and serious lack of common sense and discretion.

Detroiters will benefit from the Cobo Hall deal, as it stands - now, and even if tweaked by Mayor Bing - they will get to keep their jobs at restaurants, bars, casinos and other businesses that cater to Cobo conventioneers and visitors. Detroit will get to keep or increase the tax revenue that Cobo generates, if it remains viable and improved.

Detroit will enhance its tarnished image and reputation if a renovated and improved Cobo Hall attracts more conventions and visitors and positive comments spread, throughout the country.

Requesting set asides and special job quotas only makes Detroit look desperate and needy. A city that has to have special consideration because it has poor schools, and an uneducated work force. Rather than residents who are educated and ready to compete for any job that Cobo can create or needs. Black residents should be ashamed that Conyers and other council members thinks so little of them and their abilities, while professing to be their champions.

A succession of Detroit Mayors and Council members have allowed Cobo Hall to fall into severe disrepair - a city building engineer told me - it should closed and condemned. They have failed year after year to make necessary repairs and improvements needed to make Cobo a viable convention center. They have failed to control union contracts and costs associated with attracting and keeping convention business. How many businesses and companies have bit their tongues and used Cobo for a convention - because of loyalty to Detroit and a willingness to help it survive.

Cobo Hall is a disgrace - a negative factor in moving Detroit forward, take a walking tour for yourself, look at the ceilings (protect your eyes during rain storms), go downstairs into the basement, look at the loading docks - and you will see that any attempt to renovate Cobo would be a chore a major undertaking - and a blessing to the City of Detroit.

Detroit can only benefit...and Detroit residents need leadership to embrace the opportunity to make Cobo Hall - a great convention center.

And JoAnn Watson - OMG, blasphemy - using a prayer session in front of her home - to invoke God - to try and fool Detroit residents into believing that God is on her side - despite her totally unbelievable story about her home assessment and failure to pay her fair share of property taxes. A council woman that is that ignorant and deceitful must resign - but won't - so Detroit residents must rise up and tell her too. Watson tries to blame the media for her serious lack of common sense and discretion - fellow council member should tell to pay up and 'shut up'.

IMPEACH MONICA CONYERS, REDUCE DETROIT CITY COUNCIL, DETROIT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS

"Impeach Conyers before it's too late"...Nolan Finley (4/5/9) Detroit News..

Doesn't go far enough...Detroit has less than 900,000 residents and nine (9) council members - too many...the residents should demand that the city charter be amended to reduce the number of council members to five or seven, which would also create a budget
savings and a more efficient council. But this in not about to happen, so the state must step in and use whatever powers it has to reduce the council membership.

Detroit has a dearth, a shortage of quality leaders - the black ministers of Detroit have failed to use their moral leadership to improve Detroit. While Detroit drifts they remain silent. Wether it was Kilpatrick or Conyers they have failed to forcefully speak out demanding ethical leadership and an end to racial baiting politics. They need to tell Conyers to 'shut up' and the rest of the Council to do their jobs ethically and efficiently.

Conyers is buoyed enough with her anti Cobo support to think she should run for Mayor -OMG - what message will that send to the suburbs, outstate residents and supporters of Detroit that his woman - race baiter - emotionally challenged would be taken seriously as a candidate.

And their is no outstanding candidate for mayor...only pretenders. Detroit it challenged and needs an ethical, intelligent, and level headed person to lead Detroit into the future. It may not happen in the next few years, but a leader for Detroit must be found.

Ps. The Detroit School Board has eleven members - Boob should reduce that number down to five to seven, and apply their pay to student improvement. And make it clear that Detroit Public Schools has a dedicated leader - the Mayor of Detroit doesn't have the time.

AUTORAMA, AS DETROIT CITY COUNCIL FIDDLES, NOVI OR PONTIAC SHOULD BUILD NEW CONVENTION CENTER.

DETROIT --
The fate of Detroit's Cobo Center remains in limbo as city council politics debate what to do with the crumbling structure.

But classic car owners and visitors to Autorama this weekend voiced their lack in patience as rain overwhelmed the tarps already hanging from Cobo's ceiling to collect water from melting snow -- creating dripping.

Leaky Cobo Dampens Autorama

On Saturday, pricey classic cars were on display at Cobo for the show. Hot rod owners who obsess over the slightest detail of their cars were irate.
"I'm cleaning, this beautiful '59 Galaxy 500, that took us 20 years to build, because Cobo is leaky nasty stuff from the ceiling. I mean this is salt water, it's rust, it's disgusting," said Roy Oberg.

"You know, I have a $50,000 car here. And this is what I come to get," added Tony Delmora.

WWJ RADIO (AM950) Beth Fisher

David7750 comments:

Detroit City Council should be required and must hold all of their future Coucil meetings at Cobo Hall, under tarps collecting rain water and corrosive liquids leaking thru the ceiling.

The Council must walk thru the crumbling loading docks, down to the deporable disgusting basement, walk up (because the escalators aren't always working) to Cobo Halls. The must sit and ponder - What should we do? What should we do?

Autorama, a premier Cobo event, visitors - and exhibitors saw the tarps, dodged the rain drops and wiped rain and corrosive liquids off their beloved customized, collectible and expensive vehicles - probably wondering - why are we here? They may not return.

WWJ radio (am950) reported on the tarps, rain drops and the escalators. What kind of image does that give Detroit?

Roger Weber of WDIV (Chl 4) has done a story on the crumbling loading docks, the downstairs area and the leaking ceilings, in a very visible horrorfying story of neglect and decay.

The City Council may win their battle with the Mayor, in court, but their is no real assurances that the regional plan for Cobo will be renogiatied - so what will the Council - win - a deplorable 'a jewel of the city', a convention facility that they can't afford to repair or afford to subsidize. A facility that more and more conventions will ignore, and reject.

If the City Council wins - the Detroit Metropolitan Area LOSES.

The Rock Financial Center (Novi) should expand, and then use buses to transport exhibitors and visitors to its modern facility, as buses were used to transport people to Detroit from the surrounding areas.

Pontiac, the Big 4 and the Governor, should consider using the Silverdome as a convention anchor for a convention, retail and hotel hub. Oakland County is the economic center of region. A more centered area, safer area with less baggage than Detroit. Even in this hard economic times it would make sense to build a new convention center in this area - leaving Cobo to attract smaller boutique conventions - after it is rehabed and refurbished - $288 million isn't enough to expand.

Novi or Pontiac - maybe regional cooperation can decide what's the best location for a new convention area. Now is the time to decide.

ps. mayber Windsor, Canada should be exploring expanding the convention facilities it has...its just a short bus ride across the border. Maybe conventioneers will have a better time South of the Border - Canadian style.

COBO HALL, DETROIT CITY COUNCIL FAILS DETROIT, STATE MUST TAKEOVER DETROIT, A FAILED CITY

Cobo Hall is a millstone around the city of detroit. it is deteriorating facility that the city hasn't properly maintained. the lower level is disgusting and disgraceful example of what Detroit has become, a city devoid quality political leadership - a city that desperately needs leadership, but a city that continually falls short.

The defeat of the cobo hall expansion proposal should be the final straw that pushes the state of Michigan into a takeover of Detroit, it showed that Detroit city council aren't capable of separating political expediency from the real needs of Detroit.

Detroit is $300 - $700 million dollars in DEBT, and cobo was another drain on city finances. with the cobo expansion offered a chance that Cobo Hall could be renovated, rehabbed so that it could be restored as a jewel of the city - rather than an scarred neglected imitation of a quality convention facility.

Hotel - convention and other small business owners must now speak out and demand better leadership. Detroit residents that rallied to the false siren song of failed politicians, that they were saving a jewel and standing up against suburban interests, must be made to understand that they have been mislead, lied to and used as pawns that doesn't serve their best interests ..

Courageous council members: Kwame Kenyatta, Brenda Jones, and Sheila Cockrel should be commended for trying to move Detroit forward, and rejecting - the race card. Detroiters should oust, recall these failed council members: Monica Conyers (maybe the feds will oust here), JoAnn Watson, Martha Reeves, Alberta Tinsley-Talabi and Barbara Rose Collins should condemned for voting against the Cobo proposal and against the best interest of Detroit.

They should have rejected - the race card - the siren song that has played and replayed for over 30 years - that whites / suburbanites are trying to steal Detroit jewels.

CUT DETROIT CITY COUNCIL / SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS - NOW

to michigan legislators - detroit residents.......

detroit is $300 - 700 million dollars in debt
the detroit school system needs an appointed state financial overseer
detroit has lost 600,000 residents....

Under Mayor Cockrel, the City of Detroit spends $15.4 million to operate the nine member City Council and another $11.8 million to operate the Mayor's Office itself. However, the Detroit Fire Department routinely has to do without the equipment and manpower that they need to do their jobs effectively. There aren't enought police officers and a need for more precinct stations and jail space.
you need to take action - reduce the number of city council member to 7 and school board members to 7....or less - to make them more efficient and to save tax payer dollars....

KEN COCKREL, JR - FUTURE MAYOR OF DETROIT - RISE UP

I voted for Kilpatrick, in 2001, because i thought he would clean up the Detroit Police Department, but he has decimated it - with poor selections of police chiefs and their poor selection of police executives. Detroit residents, visitors and police officers lives are more in danger today, than ever before. Detroit is an unsafe city, and there is lawlessness in the streets and corridors of Detroit Public Schools - this is not the path to becoming a great or world class city. I had great hope for Detroit and Kilpatrick - not any more.

I have voted for Ken Cockrel, Jr for City Council. I had great hopes for him to lift up Detroit, but he has not lived up to his potential. Over 8 years ago, he said he favored raising the age limit to 21 from 18 to become a police officer and other changes to raise the hiring standards for the Detroit Police Department. Now, the hiring standards are still too low - for a City griped by crime, and the Department was allowed to violate federal EEOC laws, creating a Department that hired because of race - not qualifications. The Department is understaffed and demoralized, Ken Cockrel would have protested loudly - but his son, says or does nothing.
Chief Ella Bully-Cummings should be fired by the Council.

Ken Cockrel, Jr told me after a meeting in Council chambers that Mike Ilitch, the billionaire owner of the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings - " your boy was right - he (Ilitch) owes the City money, and I will do everything to get it back". Cockrel was talking about the $2 - $12 million dollars that Ilitch has taken for the security and maintenance of historic Detroit Tiger Stadium, since 1999 - and there is little evidence that Ilitch has even bought a can of paint for the stadium. Cockrel called me, protesting an email to the media announcing his statement - but, Cockrel has done nothing to get the money back, maybe if he did, the City would still have more police stations and jail space for prisoners - or even a new police headquarters, or or or even a new jail with medical facilities to stem the lose of millions of dollars in excess prisoner medical costs. Ilitch is the 'emporor' of entertainment in Detroit. Ilitch who gets free police services for games is allowed to make millions without paying the City back, money that it is OWED.

Ken Cockrel, Jr. has the breeding, the education and the potential to be a great Mayor, and hopefully he will recognize that he must be take aggressive action to correct the problems of Detroit and that no one should be granted favors or free passes, just because they do business in Detroit. Kilpatrick has squandered and wasted his potential - Ken Cockrel, Jr. rise up and claim your potential - start today, don't wait for Kilpatrick to dictate your future.

MAYOR KILPARICK SHOULD RESIGN - NOW...

Mayor Kilpatrick should resign.....now...

Is the Mayor going to bring the barbershop woman to court to tell - I manicured his nails??
Is the Mayor going to bring the fur coat woman to court to tell - I wasn't naked???
Are Martin and (Lewis) err Jones going to repay the false overtime money - or for the damage police cars????? If I or any police officer other than this - bada bing duo did this we would be in jail....in jail...............as an example to all...........
Is the Mayor going to say - the panties in the car - were Carlita's?????
Why isn't Carlita going to say - I didn't assault a stripper????? and threaten my husband?

He has lied to his wife (though she knows the truth), to the people of Detroit - he should resign, at least Clinton finally admitted his lies....and faced consequences...and the Governor and Attorney General maybe accomplices....

Kilpatrick allowed $1,000,000 in unnecessary police protection for his Leslie St. house - so he could party at the Mansion for a year ( I had to sit f/o his house)..while police runs backed up in my precinct.......no media listened to me then...if they had maybe this could have been nipped in the bud / prevented...

Kilpatrick should face the consequences that Young and Archer escaped and show residents, visitors and the business community that Detroit is not a cesspool of bad leadership ( including police chief's and council members)...
Let's talk............ David L. Malhalab - Sgt DPD Retired

PS:
August 22, 2007

Stephen J. Murphy
US Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan
Detroit, Michigan

Dear Mr. Murphy,

I request a Federal investigation of Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, Michigan Attorney General Michael Cox, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Chief Ella Bully-Cummings of the Detroit Police Department.

I request that you investigate whether Cox was paid off / bought off and conspired, with the Governor, Mayor and Police Chief, to obstruct justice by interfering with the Michigan State Police investigation of a Manogian Mansion party and his failure to properly investigate the Manogian Mansion party, in which the Mayor’s wife, Carlita, was alleged to have assaulted a female exotic dancer and her eventual homicide, and the cover-up thereafter, that resulted in the current Whistleblower case in Detroit.

Cox, I believe was paid off by the Governor and Mayor by not using his admitted adultery in the recent AG election and by putting up a Democratic candidate that was weak opponent for AG. Thus, the AG declared the ‘party’ and ‘urban legend’ and failed to assist and cooperate with the MSP investigation, leading to an incomplete investigation into alleged criminal activity.

ONLY THE RICH CAN LIVE IN DETROIT? - COWS NEEDED

ONLY THE RICH CAN LIVE IN DETROIT? COWS NEEDED
Jul 27, 2007 4:17 PMCategory: News

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS....
Gardenview Estates needs some cows to maintain the overgrown grass and weeds that make it an eyesore....at Joy - Southfield roads...

Gardenview Estates - the old Herman Gardens Apt site has sat vacant for over 10 years. and promised development hasn't happened...WHY???

Can only millionaires or people who can afford $250,000 + for condos live in Dtroit??

While displaced poor and moderate income Detroiters seek a decent place to live, somewhere other than Detroit...

You worried about Tiger Stadium development, but not Herman Gardens and its displaced residents???

You ignore The Tombstone, the train depot, yet vote to tear down an historic landmark - that the City purposely dismissed development plans...

You let the DEGC lie to you, Corktown residents and the Planning Commission and reward them - with a gift of Tiger Stadium - WHY????

You ignore Ford Auditorium, which sits on very valuable and desired riverfront property and yet you - focus on Tiger Stadium - why the rush...NO MONEY...??

You failed in your duties to the people of Detroit..today...and have in the past....

Maybe, Detroit needs a more racially diverse Council !!!!