Steve Neavling – Page 180 – Motor City Muckraker

Detroit firefighters lose control of blaze because six closest fire hydrants malfunctioned

By Steve Neavling on January 24, 2013 City Government, Crime & Fire, Fire, Government, Mayor's Office, posts

Firefighters scrambled for blocks before getting lucky on the seventh hydrant.

Detroit News, Free Press abandoning historic headquarters for smaller space

By Steve Neavling on January 23, 2013 Abandoned Buildings, Buildings, posts, Real Estate

The newspapers are hunting for new office space in downtown or midtown and selling their headquarters at 615 W. Lafayette Blvd.

Veteran Detroit News reporter caught up in sex scandal with state treasurer’s ex-wife

By Steve Neavling on January 23, 2013 City Government, Government, Mayor's Office, posts, State of Michigan

The Detroit News has removed its veteran city hall reporter from his beat following allegations that he was having an affair with the estranged wife of state Treasurer Andy Dillon.

Detroit’s rundown Martin Luther King Boulevard lined with abandonment, homelessness, new housing

By Steve Neavling on January 23, 2013 Abandoned Buildings, Buildings, Lens On Detroit, posts

The boulevard is lined with abandoned buildings and homes, new public housing and a few schools and churches.

Fox 2 reporter Charlie LeDuff offends Detroiters with TV spoof about deceased Mayor Coleman A. Young

By Steve Neavling on January 21, 2013 Headline, Lens On Detroit, posts, Video

Many Detroiters say LeDuff went too far in a segment that aired Friday, and some are calling for his termination.

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his first “I Have a Dream” speech at Cobo Hall in Detroit

By Steve Neavling on January 21, 2013 History, posts

It’s hard to imagine what Martin Luther King Jr. would think of Detroit today – 50 years after his famous “March to Freedom” speech in front of 250,000 people.