Disgusted with Detroit
Posted on July 11th, 2008 by craig
“Throw the bums out”
I’m not sure who was the original person who said the above quote, but I seem to think it or something similar when ever I catch the news lately. Seems there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think to myself that Detroit needs some serious clean-up. In case you haven’t been keeping score:
- Mayor Kwame is still in the midst of scandal over an affair and subsequent wrongful discharge of police officers and waste of taxpayer money to cover up said affair.
- The FBI is busy getting to the bottom of a “sludge contract” deal that is implicating several City Council members, several mayoral staff, a local anchorwoman, and God-Knows-Who-Else because of impropriety.
- Detroit Public Schools are experiencing a $400 million dollar shortfall, which will result in layoffs in order to compensate.
- Detroit tried to sell off the Detroit / Windsor tunnel (but thankfully Windsor is backing out of the deal because they don’t trust a scandal-ridden Detroit)
And that’s just the stories from the past few months.
Detroit deserves to be a thriving metropolis, but instead we get idiots who are motivated by self-interest rather than building up Detroit. These leeches need to be burned off, and some serious soul-searching needs to happen on the part of Detroiters.
This is bullshit, and it needs to stop here and now.
This is why I find myself repeatedly explaining that we moved back to Michigan to be close to family, friends, Ann Arbor, and Royal Oak—and that Detroit is avoided at best. Really wish it weren’t that way, but it seems like the place is run by brain damaged middle schoolers.
I fully agree… The idiots that run detroit need to just leave. Seriously detroit could be such a great city if someone just gave a damn.
We’ll be happy to loan you Mayor McCheese for a while!
Funny enough, that’s my nick-name for Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick as of late. :)
Detroit resembles Baltimore in seasons three, four and five of The Wire!
So are you going to move to Detroit and run for office? I’d vote for you, but i don’t live there either.
If I thought I had a snowball’s chance in hell of actually getting elected in Detroit, I might. As it stands, it seems there’s more emphasis on electing
“cult of personality” types rather than on electing actual leadership.
I might run for office. Give the voters a “voice of reason” to vote for.
I disagree that Detroit deserves better.
Remember, this is Mayor Kilpatrick’s 2nd term.
As for the joke that claims to be a city council, it’s not composed of freshmen members.
All the players in the farce have been reelected to their jobs. Detroiters have had years to see these folks for they really are, and have CHOSEN to let them keep their jobs.
You get the government you deserve. Don’t rail about the politicians. Rail about the denizens of Detroit who support them.
Remember: there still are no recall efforts underway by actual Detroit residents.
Doesn’t that tell you all you need to know?
I agree with Jeff….I think he hit the nail straight on the head. If Detroit wants change the people of Detroit need to wise up and make better choices. Recall all their asses…..It must be quite embarrassing to have to admit to people that you live in Detroit. Its just as embarrassing to say you live in a suburb.
Having seen the Dark Knight, i’m starting to wonder if Gotham isn’t Chicago after all. It’s Detroit.