The meeting room where Detroit City Council members make decisions every week is so small that residents are wedged into a tiny seating area – if they’re lucky. Many are locked out with no chance to speak to their elected leaders about cuts to police, public lighting and other services. For those who dare speak […]
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Grosse Pointe South High School choir director Ellen Bowen was talented but often feared. After surviving several calls for her resignation in the past, Bowen may be shown the door after school officials said she struck a student on the head with a cell phone. Bowen, who has led her students to numerous national and […]
Detroit Public Schools won’t come anywhere close to the reported class sizes of 61 students, DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts assured City Council this morning. Roberts also said the long-struggling district should be deficit-free by 2016. Roberts dismissed fears that classes would bulge to 60 or more students, saying he has a plan to limit […]
If Gov. Rick Snyder gets his way, the state will help Mayor Dave Bing demolish abandoned houses in Detroit, his office said Friday. Abandoned homes are among the most nagging problems in Detroit because they attract crime, rodents and fires and drive down property values. By many estimates, about a quarter of the homes in […]
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Apparently there is no shame in Wayne County or Detroit. After County Executive Robert Ficano was exposed for giving excessive pension plans to his appointees, three of his former aids landed lucrative jobs with the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department over the past eight months, the Free Press reports. The trio will make between $100,000 and […]
By Steve Neavling “Celebrate the birth of your country by blowing up a small portion of it.” – The Simpsons Boom, boom, bang. Boom. All day. All night. It was the first Fourth of July since Gov. Rick Snyder legalized louder, more powerful fireworks. Revelers celebrated by firing off a seemingly endless supply of ear-splitting explosives. […]
By Steve Neavling It’s safe to say Detroit has never seen a council president quite like Charles Pugh. The former TV reporter with no political experience swept into city hall in 2009, collecting more votes than any of his eight colleagues. Detroit’s first openly gay councilman pledged to restore faith in a council battered by […]
By Steve Neavling Michigan civil rights leaders are organizing a historic 5-day march from Detroit to Lansing to protest a proposed state law that would keep many minorities and lower-income residents from casting ballots. At stake is a section of the law – awaiting approval from Gov. Rick Snyder – that would require residents to […]