Bing closing 50 parks

**jcole** · February-01-13, 12:37 PM

Yeah for the rapists and muggers who will have more cover to lurk about in.

**Zacha341** · February-01-13, 07:22 PM

And more places to dump bodies in the worst case scenario...

Originally Posted by jcole

Yeah for the rapists and muggers who will have more cover to lurk about in.

**Kevgoblue** · February-01-13, 07:28 PM

The State of Michigan has never financially supported the maintenance of Belle Isle. How did these state dollars become part of any city of Detroit budget? How can not doing what has never been done cause Bing to need to close 50 unrelated city parks?

**Honky Tonk** · February-01-13, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by Kevgoblue

The State of Michigan has never financially supported the maintenance of Belle Isle. How did these state dollars become part of any city of Detroit budget? How can not doing what has never been done cause Bing to need to close 50 unrelated city parks?

Probably, [[in Bing's mind), a tactful political move.

**313WX** · February-01-13, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by Kevgoblue

The State of Michigan has never financially supported the maintenance of Belle Isle. How did these state dollars become part of any city of Detroit budget? How can not doing what has never been done cause Bing to need to close 50 unrelated city parks?

This is exactly why nthe old senile dingbat needs to go back to Franklin yesterday.

First off, the money for Belle Isle has already been budgeted out, along with the money for the other parks. All the fool's doing now is giving the people he already harbors contempt for even more reason to hate him.

Second, while he's making these grandiose announcements to the media, I'm not even sure he can do this without approval from the city council.