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I think is better said that Musk is 'pro-disruption'. Unions are 'anti-disruption'. The two do not mix well.

It's an unpopular opinion, but I'd like to see the money go to the lowest qualified bidder, so we can get as much work done for the money as possible. But I understand why people like to make sure...

Lies, vicious lies. Decolonization is critical to our success. Every Decolonized city is successful. Kendi was a colonizer.

Guilt by association is a weak strategy. One doesn't have to agree with every idea of anyone they've ever spoken well of.

I think Union overlords have it right. It's a far better bet to fight to keep your dues income in the short term than worry about long-term health of US Manufacturing.

Was struck by comment...

If you want more jobs per $, then you need to pay less per job. I'm just guessing that Rivian and Hyundai have lower per job costs than Ford.

Regardless, this is all just theoretical jobs. ...

Life's full of risks. Sure, let's be careful. But if DEI has taught us anything's it's that a good idea can be taken much too far. Yes to better safety. No to OCD.

Re-naming to decolonize is the Current Thing. I could live w MLK Plaza, but next time I'll be less happy with Ibrahim X. Kendi Plaza.

Ah, I see. Gotta be regional to work. Of course. Feed more money into the dysfunctional beast. That'll do the trick.

The profit motive encourages more service, not less. You don't need to...

No urgency, because they have complete control of the city right now. When was the last non-Democratic mayor? 1960?

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What's missing is incentives. Currently, the only solutions...

To tax land separately from buildings requires a good valuation of each component. And teasing the two apart fairly is difficult, but not impossible.

Assessments ultimately are based on actual...

Runway length increase was needed to continue patronage jobs and excessively expensive jet fuel sales funding re-election campaigns. [[My, am I grumpy today, but this is how the world often works.)

Elon Musk corrected this statistic. He issued a correction. 69%.

But seriously folks, the car companies will be fine. Note that the avg cost of EV is $10,000 more than non. And how much is our...

Your dad was smart. Detroit's decline began with Young.

Young addressed important, unaddressed issues. I don't blame him for his policies. But they were divisive and hurt blacks more than...

You neglected to mention the other obvious bandwagon in this story. It is also a fad that too shall pass, since its not based on a significant reality.

Sure. HP got blessed by Ford, who created massive wealth for HP. But sure, blame them.

Or maybe you could give them a credit for all the thousands of city pensions they funded for years and...

Has lasting impact.
Seems like it was targeted.
Yep.
Nothing should be done? Well, not necessarily as part of this particular project. A successful I-375 benefits residents of Detroit. ...

I'm not sure this is the best nor only solution to a real problem. But the 'real' underlying problem is that Detroit taxes are extremely high. Fix that, and you've really addressed a dramatic harm...

They say: 'We don't like anyone with high standards'. That's quite predictable.

Never let it be said that the Blue Machine in Detroit doesn't take care of each other. It 'warms' my heart.... pun intended.

BRT does seem like the sweet spot on cost vs. service.

Transit is nothing like police and fire. They are funded from taxes because they benefit everyone more efficiently than doing it yourself....

I too see challenges, but two points:

1) Lots of Ilitch announcements are never followed through, so who knows where this goes. Their announcements mostly seem to be trial balloons. See if...

Duh..... well put and oh, so correct.


I think everyone knows this is true. The issue is politics. Is it not 100% clear that Metro Airport is a funding machine for politicians? And taxis and...

I took the 'metro' to LAX at least a decade ago. Remember it being simple. Transfer to shuttle bus for the last mile or two. I try to take PT to airports whenever I can, even though my firm will...

I can't think of a major city that DOESN'T have some kind of dedicated train/tram/trolley/bus for the airport to downtown. Vienna has their CAT [[City Airport Transport, yes in English) that runs on...