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Another article in the Guardian on Detroit and its' "broken windows" policing policy.

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/sep/07/safer-detroit-fines-racial-profiling-black-residents?CMP=ema_565

An article in today's Guardian details the question of guns and race and the capacity of the Detroit Police to protect it's citizens.
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I live in Northville, around Seven Mile/Northville Road. A friend and I went to the Livonia AMC and came out around 6Pish to see a deluge flooding the front of the theater. The entrance off...

I lived in Westland for six years [[2006-12) and Bill Wild did what was necessary to keep the city operating despite the tax revenue cuts due to a sharp decline in home values. He managed the clean...

The photo is on page 111 of Bill Rauhauser's "Detroit Revisited". The title reads "Grand River Avenue and Woodward Avenue, 1970s". My guess is it's from around '73-'74 based on the fashion and...

Thanks for the link to the Stroh's family story. It reads like The Magnificent Ambersons. Rumor had it that you could drink beer while at work at Stroh's but it wasn't allowed to leave the brewery...

Isn't Bates Academy named after Lonnie Bates? Isn't it time to change the name of that school?

We've seen how the Republican-dominated legislature voted against their Republican governor when Matty Maroun spread the money around on the bridge issue. I expect them to do the same when the Koch...

How the mighty have fallen. Steve Hood accepts the blame for the debacle he created by not vetting those whom he hired to collect valid signatures for Rep. Conyers ballot nomination. Yet, not 11...

I'm voting for William Wild for County Executive. He's done a great job in Westland as Mayor.

I lived on Sanford between Conner and Gunston, down the street from City Airport 1976-82. The seeds of the area's decline can be found in the pages of the book about the Chambers family and their...

I was attending Wayne State too when Cush first ran for office. He was portrayed as the new, young, fresh black face from a new generation to represent the people's needs per the South End. It...

I used to walk this landscape and I find it sad to see it so barren.

Bought my first LP at that Federal's, The McCoys "Hang On Sloopy". They didn;t have the Kinks LP I would have preferred. Don't have any photos tho'. Sorry

You blaspheme.....Be upstanding for the 5th Beatle....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOW6cBSfUIE

I'm not seeing it. I believe Dondi is supposed to be an adopted refugee kid from WW2 Italy. Chuck don't look Italian to me tho his name may/may not be Italian.

Ross Jones, in the short time he has been an investigative journalist for WXYZ-TV, has broken more stories than anyone at WDIV. Scott Lewis, at WJBK and WXYZ, was essential in exposing the...

Glad to see Ben Bailey is coming back. The rest of them are what I call Chuckleheads, broadly smiling while keeping us abreast of the latest body count.

Here's a listen to the Phil Ochs song and the lyrics to follow along.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta_iKeH4tsg

http://www.theconcertdatabase.com/venues/silverbell-hideout

Here's a list of the musical acts that played the Silverbell.

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/17212185/jackie-paige

I believe I read some where that she tired of her early work hours and weekends and decided to take a break. She said she planned on...

From the GRS web page: You may elect a service retirement if you have at least 30 years of credited service; or, if hired after January 1, 1996, 30 years of service and 55 years of age; or, if you...

There was an editorial in the NYTimes today regarding Rand Paul's stand on extending unemployment benefits. He isn't a very sympathetic figure to the poor and working class.
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Here's a link to a story that originated in the Metro Times detailing Bootsey's career and current situation at that date.
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Judas Iscariot?