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Contact Bob Miller, the deputy supervisor in Redford Township. He used to run, and may still, a nonprofit organization that accepted Detroit homes as charitable donations.

I am extremely disappointed in Bing's reaction.

Sure, there is a lot of money and pride at stake, but nothing says "denial" more clearly than, "This can't be right" and, "We're gonna challenge...

I heard once or twice, a few years back, that estimates actually put Detroit's population at 2,000,000 in the early 1950s, a few years after the 1950 Census showed a population of 1,800,000. From...

"Stay and fight."
I've long wondered about those words, often uttered in conversations about staying in Detroit versus moving to the suburbs -- or exurbs -- for safer, supposedly greener, pastures....

I don't have a strong opinion on city/mayoral control of DPS. But I'd like its proponents to exlain this to me: How would it help?

That's not a knock on Bing, and I know such arrangements have...

Everyone, cool it, please. People are leaping to conclusions about others' motives.

I'm sure we all wish Saucy [[or Saucey, however you spell it) a speedy and full recovery.

I was attacked on...

Terryh, you're right, he is just accused. We'll see. But the guy doesn't have a good track record, his quick resignation makes him look guilty, and there's no apparent reason the superintendent would...

What a pig. The follies continue.

I had to laugh, though, at this unfortunate choice of words, given the situation, by one of his friends:

"My mouth is open."

Karmanos has invested so much in this guy, he has no choice but to polish the turd.

As my kids would say, this is so wrong on so many levels.

A "Wayne County jury" [[always a loaded term) ordered excessive restitution? No, Pete, there was no jury in this case. KK agreed to the...

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I remember hearing about Big Four, but can't rememer seeing any. When did they disband them? We need something like that today [[no, not STRESS).

Can only echo what's been said earlier. It's a sad loss, and he'll be missed

I knew Mick slightly -- introduced myself at the food co-op one day, a lifetime ago. I had seen him perform with...

Forgive me if someone's mentioned this already. I recall from my youth a street or two of houses built on a slightly smaller scale than those around them. Doors, windows were a little smaller,...

Good way of looking at it, Ray. I must admit, we did benefit from the "bubble" when we sold our house in Livonia and moved here, but, all in all, we're still on the losing end of this thing. I'd be...

Hermod, you're correct, there are many parties to blame, but we can't just throw up our hands because it's complicated.

Start by marching against a government that allowed this unchecked greed...

The above references to 1967 are misplaced. We're talking about protesting in the streets, not rioting in them.

MIWP, that's quite a list there. Ordinary stuff.

Looked across Woodward from a window at The South End back in '83 or '84 and saw a guy turn his back, drop his pants and let fly with a sheet of liquid crap. Appeared to be intoxicated. The cops...

n7hn, about that box. The ancient Greek Diogenes, who was looking for an honest man, was said to have lived in a tub. :}

Now you got me started!

Collectively, this was perhaps the biggest swindle in the nation's history. And now I read the lenders left with foreclosures and walkaways aren't even putting them on...

Welcome back ... if you make the move. Dead as the city might seem, those Detroit roots have a strong pull.

My dad sold his house in south Rosedale Park, after 30 years, for almost $200K in 2003. Hate to think of what it's worth now. ...

Paid $189K in a beautiful neighborhood Redford, near the country club, in 2003. Latest assessment -- and it may be overassessed -- put the market value at $100K. Still owe about $158K. Lost our...

My hope is that an articulate African American president can put this problem to rest by his example. Then again, maybe he's not "black enough."