By Steve Neavling There’s no way like promoting God than some good-old fashion bigotry. That’s what a group of Christian missionary groups did this weekend when they taunted Arab Americans with a pig’s head and signs trumpeting hatred at the Arab International Festival in Dearborn, the Free Press reports. Yea, I’m sure Jesus is down with […]
By Rev. Charles Williams II As Republican legislators seek to kill collective bargaining and lay off our teachers, firefighters, police and public service workers, we have to get up, get into it and get involved. Think Occupy Wall Street and the Wisconsin demonstrations and mobilizations. It is a well-known fact that folks, who hung out […]
Dear Detroit Council President Charles Pugh, When your constituents feel under siege by the state takeover and the rapid loss of services, it’s time to stop locking the door on Detroiters. As president of the Detroit City Council, you were elected to hear from your constituents, no matter how much you dislike their message. Once […]
Greg Murray, Editorial columnist Around this time several years ago, a group of so-called captains of industry (see former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick separation fund managers) gathered at an annual organizational meeting – or what some would call a strategy meeting – to determine who would run Detroit. Their champion then was a “transitional” figure with a […]
The great desire to breathe life into the country’s oldest-operating aquarium was on full display at the well-attended Race to Reopen the Belle Isle Aquarium Fundraiser Gala over the weekend. From the gentle melodies of a strolling violinist to flaming balls of fire, the everyday appearance of the Aquarium and Conservatory was transformed. Tents burst […]
By Editorial Columnist Greg Murray Over the last several weeks, I have made several calls to the Michigan Tax Association regarding the potential violations of the Headlee Amendment within the so called “consent agreement” between the state and the city of Detroit. I have gotten zero response from this “advocacy” organization. Leon Drolet, the chair […]
by Rev. Charles E. Williams II In the year 2000, I was a college student at Eastern Michigan University where I developed and had my first taste of engaging in electoral politics. Strange as it seems, I wasn’t a part of a GOTV machine, nobody was paying me to campaign, but I had a decent […]
By Editorial Columnist Greg Murray On Tuesday, May 1, 2012, I appeared before the Detroit City Council to share my belief that the so-called “consent” agreement between the state and Detroit actually violates the Headlee Amendment. It is my position that the “consent” agreement included unconditional terms Detroit had no choice but to acquiesce to. One […]