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Sounds like there may be some truth to the drastic lost of SMART bus riders. Maybe I'm wrong but I don't ever remember getting a solicitation from SMART to ride their bus.

Just received this...

I disagree with Detroit Planner about raising fares. I think most people would pay more if the service was reliable and ran at a level in which you could have reliable service the metro area. With...

I am one of the thousands that have had to completely change my schedule and use of SMART buses. I understand that change is necessary, but walking away from Detroit customers [[other than M-F 6 to...

We do have light attendance 125 - 175 between the two masses on Sunday. We do have some endowments that are pretty substantial. Allot of the old German families left quite a bit of money to St....

The city residents WITH jobs cannot continue to provide the tax base for those without jobs. We need to go full speed ahead with reducing property taxes to bring more people into the city. The new...

P.S. I disagree that it won't be Bing as EFM. I think he has a 50/50 shot. I think Snyder likes him and if sells a good story that he has tried everything but those "damn unions won't budge" story,...

Good posts Dexlin.

I agree with you that Bing's expectations are so unrealistic that they can't be given much weight as to being serious. When someone throws out seemingly unrealistic plans,...

One way to insure that pay/benefit cuts happen and unions are thwarted is to keep deficits high and keep reform to a minimum. Robert Bobb knew this and that's why he could Not improve DPS; he had to...

Interesting article about white flight - to cities.

Read it here

Decided to get off my butt and walk outside.

They are shooting Firefight, the sequel to Swat. Shooting at Marcus Market today; shooting at the Bronx on Monday, and maybe a street scene Monday...

I was awakened early this morning with a small army of trucks, trailers, generators, etc. being setup on Wayne State's parking lot. The parking lot on the corner of Prentis and Cass, across from Cass...

Linwood is another one.

Ruby Cider Mill is my favorite. I use to work there tending the animals and sitting on a tractor all day cutting grass between the trees. On the weekends the guys pressed cider while the women made...

Very well said. I couldn't agree more.

Um, I would say lot's of publications if were talking just news. I like the TV news because they actually REPORT shit and not just opine shit. I like the Metro Times if you're talking print, talk...

You just answered yourself.

Yes, they do have some great stuff occasionally, but the quality is inconsistent as you were alluding to.

I personally am SICK of so many opinion pieces. Maybe...

I was speaking with a friend last week wondering how the new marketing campaign, that is supposedly being watched by all of America, was going for the News and Freep since they started the on-lin...

I heard today from a DPS admin. friend that enrollment is way above the prediction. The DPS budget called for 84,000 students; the actual enrollment is somewhere closer to 88,000 and rising. It's...

I agree. NEWS FLASH! That's not what we are talking about.

I asked if, say, [[let's start small here), they consolidated Birmingham, Troy, and Bloomfield Hills [[I'M NOT ADDING DETROIT, I'M NOT...

Thank you. That dude has anger issues. The hate seems to being oozing out of his pours. He must have been a Palin supporter. LOL....

He must be a selective reader. My recent post was asking,...

It's not JUST about what people want, it's about what makes sense in making "the business of educating kids" smaller so the resources will be there for the classroom.

Take Detroit out of it for a minute if that makes it easier to swallow. Let's, for example, do as you suggest and keep the blacks segregated. Wouldn't you agree that consolidating, maybe, Troy,...

That's Michigan's problem: It SHOULD happen, but your probably right, it won't because we just can't put racism behind us. No matter that it keeps our state broke - segregation must continue, damn...

I see Granholm wants to extend Robert Bobb's contract. Rumor is that she will start consolidation first by merging Grosse Point South with Southeastern. Take a breath. I was joking. :D

As much as...

I hear allot about Detroit students that don't graduate. 90% of the charter schools are K-8's. Where do all these kids go to high school? Maye I missed a bunch, but I only count 6 charter high...