Forget about being saved from the RenCen or Cobo Hall.....

**Dexlin** · January-23-13, 06:06 AM

serpico,

What are you doing about it, and what's with all of the elipses? I mean, honestly, what's your contribution to either this board of the city beyond trolling? A cursory glance at your posting history reveals little more than bitching and moaning and then trying to discourage folks here already doing good things in the city and engaging in intelligent discussion. What's your legitimate purpose, here? Or do you not have one?

serpico · January-23-13, 06:46 AM

Originally Posted by Dexlin

serpico,

What are you doing about it, and what's with all of the elipses? I mean, honestly, what's your contribution to either this board of the city beyond trolling? A cursory glance at your posting history reveals little more than bitching and moaning and then trying to discourage folks here already doing good things in the city and engaging in intelligent discussion. What's your legitimate purpose, here? Or do you not have one?

Serpico and others have heard the "come back" story all too much over the past 40 years. It's just a ploy by a few wealthy folks using publicly backed funds to get what they want. "Normal" for Detroit is not accepted for the rest of the country. That is my point. Accepting daily rapes, murders and arson as a "fact of life" in a "big city" is not "NORMAL" especially on a scale as such as Detroit. No other city burns like Detroit...... and that is a sad fact. Stop buying into this crap about Detroit is like other cities... it is not.

**Dexlin** · January-23-13, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by serpico

Serpico and others have heard the "come back" story all too much over the past 40 years. It's just a ploy by a few wealthy folks using publicly backed funds to get what they want. "Normal" for Detroit is not accepted for the rest of the country. That is my point. Accepting daily rapes, murders and arson as a "fact of life" in a "big city" is not "NORMAL" especially on a scale as such as Detroit. No other city burns like Detroit...... and that is a sad fact. Stop buying into this crap about Detroit is like other cities... it is not.

You didn't a

You didn't answer a single question I asked or even remotely addressed the post you replied to, troll. I didn't ask you anything so that you could go back over your pre-packaged talking points. I didn't address anything about a comeback; I asked you very specific questions about your purpose on these boards, and like a common troll you are, you didn't address anything I asked you.

Troll, behind me.

serpico · January-23-13, 08:59 PM

Originally Posted by Dexlin

You didn't a

You didn't answer a single question I asked or even remotely addressed the post you replied to, troll. I didn't ask you anything so that you could go back over your pre-packaged talking points. I didn't address anything about a comeback; I asked you very specific questions about your purpose on these boards, and like a common troll you are, you didn't address anything I asked you.

Troll, behind me.

No need to Troll.... just keeping drinking that Kool-Aide and keep believing that all is "normal"..... If you havent noticied I am here to remind those Kool-Aide drinkers that the city aint "normal". As what to do about it? Talk.. Write.. and demand from those city and business leaders to change. Change direction today. Dont wait or pay for more "studies." Tear down the blight today. Stop making excuses. Detroit is a terminal patient and the doctor keeps hiring more consultants before deciding what to do [[because the consultants are family and friends being paid by the hospital). The suburbs are equally responsible for allowing Detroit to crumble. Mayors from all cities should publicly demand all burned out vacant homes be torned down today. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley in 1968 tore down ever single burned out building from that city's riot [[no sign of blight in Chicago today from the 1968 riot). Detroit? well 40+ years later after its riot in 1967 the blight has only expanded from 12th and Clairmount in all directions. Detroit decided long ago to "study" things first and maybe respond later. Finally, public funding for Wayne State University needs to stop today. I believe the last two Communists in the western world are still on campus there "studying" the cause of the 1967 riots on a government grant......

**p69rrh51** · January-23-13, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by serpico

No need to Troll.... just keeping drinking that Kool-Aide and keep believing that all is "normal"..... If you havent noticied I am here to remind those Kool-Aide drinkers that the city aint "normal". As what to do about it? Talk.. Write.. and demand from those city and business leaders to change. Change direction today. Dont wait or pay for more "studies." Tear down the blight today. Stop making excuses. Detroit is a terminal patient and the doctor keeps hiring more consultants before deciding what to do [[because the consultants are family and friends being paid by the hospital). The suburbs are equally responsible for allowing Detroit to crumble. Mayors from all cities should publicly demand all burned out vacant homes be torned down today. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley in 1968 tore down ever single burned out building from that city's riot [[no sign of blight in Chicago today from the 1968 riot). Detroit? well 40+ years later after its riot in 1967 the blight has only expanded from 12th and Clairmount in all directions. Detroit decided long ago to "study" things first and maybe respond later. Finally, public funding for Wayne State University needs to stop today. I believe the last two Communists in the western world are still on campus there "studying" the cause of the 1967 riots on a government grant......

How does public funding of a public school-WSU belong in a thread about an understaffed/under equipped DFD? And if you want WSU to stop receiving funds wouldn't that also go for UM-MSU-WMU-CMU-FSU-EMU-LSSU-GVSU-NMU just to name a few?

**Jimaz** · January-23-13, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by serpico

... I believe the last two Communists in the western world are still on campus there "studying" the cause of the 1967 riots on a government grant......

Red-baiting only undermines your own cause, whatever that is.

Nice screen name though. No one deserves more respect than a clean cop.

Stay clean.

**southen** · January-23-13, 11:56 PM

[QUOTE=serpico;363645Finally, public funding for Wayne State University needs to stop today. I believe the last two Communists in the western world are still on campus there "studying" the cause of the 1967 riots on a government grant......[/QUOTE]

i feel as though this last part sums things up nicely...

being a realist and troll are two different things. discouraging people to move here in favor of your town or poo pooing development and the people doing things here over an underfunded fire department is trolling. please don't act like your doing a service or keeping anyone grounded by only spouting negativity. most people here are realists, only difference is we want positive change and you want the place to rot.

**Armin** · January-24-13, 02:23 AM

Originally Posted by serpico

Serpico and others have heard the "come back" story all too much over the past 40 years. It's just a ploy by a few wealthy folks using publicly backed funds to get what they want. "Normal" for Detroit is not accepted for the rest of the country. That is my point. Accepting daily rapes, murders and arson as a "fact of life" in a "big city" is not "NORMAL" especially on a scale as such as Detroit. No other city burns like Detroit...... and that is a sad fact. Stop buying into this crap about Detroit is like other cities... it is not.

Serpico, please..... Don't talk about yourself in third person. I've noticed that you do that from time to time, and I don't think that there's a better way to make oneself look more like a tool.

Your relentless bitterness in every post you write is becoming very tiring.

I was thinking that maybe we could get you to take on Strong in a jello-wrestling match at the DYES picnic next summer. Are you in?

And you keep spelling "Kool-Aid" wrong. That's annoying, too. Stop that.

serpico · January-24-13, 06:56 AM

Originally Posted by Armin

Serpico, please..... Don't talk about yourself in third person. I've noticed that you do that from time to time, and I don't think that there's a better way to make oneself look more like a tool.

Your relentless bitterness in every post you write is becoming very tiring.

I was thinking that maybe we could get you to take on Strong in a jello-wrestling match at the DYES picnic next summer. Are you in?

And you keep spelling "Kool-Aid" wrong. That's annoying, too. Stop that.

Serpico wishes the city of Detroit would get a clue....instead of blaming the messengers.... Read the front page of the Detroit News... it aint just Serpico stating the facts of how bad things are in the City. I guess u could join the Bing band wagon along with the Pied Piper Dan Gilbert and keep saying things are getting better..... bang..bang.. bang... yeah right....