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Deregulation – Detroit Style

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100

On August 30, 2005, the headline of an article of the Detroit News read “Detroit to trim 150 cops, precincts.” Then chief of police, Ella Bully Cummings, merged the city's 12 precincts into six district stations. Cummings said, “Response time can only go down.”

The council has held hearings in response to the many citizen complaints about a police response time that rivaled the speed of a sloth in heat.

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Political Corruption in Detroit

ramsey@protocol-systems.com — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100

I am going to explore corruption as practiced by city politicians in the United States right now, with emphasis on the City of Detroit. Chicago may have been synonymous with resolute corruption; the City of Detroit is not far behind. Recent indictments, trials and possible convictions involving bribery, graft, and kickbacks indicates that little has changed with the mindset of some unrelenting corrupt Detroit politicians. Detroit’s politics is so elusive, there is no dou [...]

Us versus Them

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100

I was surprised on a recent trip into the heart of Dixie. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is very much alive and buzzing with prosperity. The home of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide is not unlike Ann Arbor, Michigan, home to the University of Michigan Wolverines.

According to Wikipedia, Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. It is the sta [...]

MotorCity Politics

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:00:00 +0100

Welcome, to Blogger Dunlap. I hope you will find our discussions enlightening, entertaining, educational and addictive. We will broach subjects ranging from politics, race, and religion, to generational changes and infidelity.

In this, our inaugural posting, let’s agree to a couple of ground rules. Biting, kicking, screaming, and punching are all ok. However, words can cut…sometimes very deeply. Please refrain from typing cuss wo [...]

Welcome to Detroit Politics Blog!

admin@detroitpolitics.org — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:00:00 +0100

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