Don Barden RIP

[eno]

With all due respect to Mr. Barden and his family.

Wasn't Mr. Barden's first move, after winning the cable monopoly in Detroit, was to sell 49% to MacNeil-Hunter of Canada who then installed a bare bones cable system that had to be improved when Comcast took over the franchise?

[Wesley Mouch]

With all due respect to Mr. Barden and his family.

Wasn't Mr. Barden's first move, after winning the cable monopoly in Detroit, was to sell 49% to MacNeil-Hunter of Canada who then installed a bare bones cable system that had to be improved when Comcast took over the franchise?

Yes, and that was precisely the plan. Mayor Young was helping black businessmen get capital that they didn't have. Per-capita wealth of blacks is about 10% that of whites [[I believe that was a national stat). CAY was simply doing his part to adjust this. [[I don't agree with method, but the rich/poor gap in this country does need some addressing, although I wouldn't chose race as the method.)

Barden seems to have made something of himself with his newly-minted wealth. That is much to his credit.

RIP

[1KielsonDrive]

Back to Mr. Barden. I knew him, not well, but enough to form the opinion he was a gentleman. He certainly was in my dealings with him. RIP Don Barden.

[1KielsonDrive]

With all due respect to Mr. Barden and his family.

Wasn't Mr. Barden's first move, after winning the cable monopoly in Detroit, was to sell 49% to MacNeil-Hunter of Canada who then installed a bare bones cable system that had to be improved when Comcast took over the franchise?

Somehow or other I doubt Comcast could or would improve anything.

[firstandten]

Somehow or other I doubt any Comcast could or would improve anything.

As a Detroiter I got sick of comcast and and its terrible customer service and I went the satellite route and I know of many others who started with Comcast and went to other options because of the terrible service.

[jerrytimes]

Somehow or other I doubt Comcast could or would improve anything.

Are you serious?