WHILE RIDING DOWN GRATIOT TODAY, I SAW A MAN RIDING ON THE BACK OF A BUS. SHIRT ON A HANGER... FLYING IN THE WIND!! FOR A BRIEF MOMENT I WAS SCARED FOR HIM, BUT THAT FEAR WAS QUICKLY REPLACED BY ENVY!! WHAT A WAY TO CRUISE DOWN ONE OF DETROIT'S MAIN VEINS! MAYBE HE KNOWS WHERE HE'S GOING, MAYBE HE HAS NO CLUE, BUT HE WAS GETTING A FREE RIDE NONE THE LESS!! THERE HAVE BEEN MANY FILM CREWS VISITING OUR DILAPIDATED CITY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. I ALMOST THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A SCENE FROM A MOVIE. MAYBE ONE DAY I'LL SEE THAT SCENE AT THE DRIVE IN. BUT.., WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS, THE FREE RIDES OVER!! THE CORRUPTION HAS TO STOP! IT HAS TO END! THE CITY HAS BEEN BLED DRY. ITS GOING TO TAKE A LOT MORE THAN A SUPER BOWL TO TURN OUR NITTY GRITTY CITY BACK INTO THE SOUGHT AFTER GEM THAT IT SO LONG AGO WAS! SOME KNEW HER WHEN SHE WAS BEING BUILT, OTHERS DURING HER PRIME... BUT MOST LIKE MYSELF HAVE GROWN UP HERE HEARING ABOUT "THE GOOD OLE' DAYS. WE CAN ONLY HOPE AND DREAM THAT WE ARE ALIVE TO SEE HER COME BACK TO LIFE!!. I HEARD TODAY THAT THE CITY MIGHT ACTUALLY GO INTO RECEIVERSHIP!! THE WORDS I HAVE DREADED TO HEAR FOR MANY MANY YEARS. ARE THEY REAL? OR JUST ANOTHER SCAM TO BRING THE MORALE OF THIS ONCE THRIVING COMMUNITY DOWN?..AGAIN.. I GUESS WE SHALL SEE. THIS BLOG WILL BE A PLACE TO VISIT AND SEE HOW IT ALL UNFOLDS.. THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY..THE BEAUTY & THE BEAST. I HOPE SOME HOW WE CAN SAVE IT TOGETHER,, & BRING HER OUT OF THE ASHES.. & TO -THE UPPER LEVEL-.......
I WROTE THIS YEARS AGO, AND NEVER SHARED IT. SO NOW YOU CAN READ IT AND IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS CITY, YOU KNOW THAT IT HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED AND THE CITY OF DETROIT IS NOW GOING THRU BANKRUPTCY!! NOTHING IS SACRED ANYMORE. EVEN OUR ART AT THE D.I.A.( DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ART) IS BEING CHALLENGED AND DISCUSSED FOR SALE AND DISBURSEMENT. PENSIONS ARE BEING CUT, RETIREES HEALTHCARE BENEFITS SLASHED! OUR OLD MAYOR KWAME KILPATIRICK IS IN JAIL ON DOZENS OF FELONY COUNTS AS LONG AS HIS CRONIES TOO!! NOW THE CITIZENS AND CITY WORKERS ARE LEFT TO DEAL WITH AND CLEAN UP THE MESS THE PRIOR OFFICIALS HAVE LEFT US TO ENDURE. TIMES ARE VERY HARD AND CHALLENGING IN OUR CITY AND ALSO OUR COUNTRY, ALONG WITH HARD ECONOMIC TIMES EVERYWHERE IN THIS WORLD. HOPEFULLY THE PEOPLE WILL COME TOGETHER AND BECOME ONE, SOONER THAN LATER. BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON THE VERGE OF GIVING UP HOPE. WE SHALL SEE HOW THIS ALL PLAYS OUT AND HOPE THAT WE ARE ALL HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW DETROIT ALMOST BECAME A MEMORY!!! KEEP THE FAITH MY FRIENDS AND PLEASE HELP THOSE IN NEED, ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. THE CHANGE MUST START WITH YOU!!
I WROTE THIS YEARS AGO, AND NEVER SHARED IT. SO NOW YOU CAN READ IT AND IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS CITY, YOU KNOW THAT IT HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED AND THE CITY OF DETROIT IS NOW GOING THRU BANKRUPTCY!! NOTHING IS SACRED ANYMORE. EVEN OUR ART AT THE D.I.A.( DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ART) IS BEING CHALLENGED AND DISCUSSED FOR SALE AND DISBURSEMENT. PENSIONS ARE BEING CUT, RETIREES HEALTHCARE BENEFITS SLASHED! OUR OLD MAYOR KWAME KILPATIRICK IS IN JAIL ON DOZENS OF FELONY COUNTS AS LONG AS HIS CRONIES TOO!! NOW THE CITIZENS AND CITY WORKERS ARE LEFT TO DEAL WITH AND CLEAN UP THE MESS THE PRIOR OFFICIALS HAVE LEFT US TO ENDURE. TIMES ARE VERY HARD AND CHALLENGING IN OUR CITY AND ALSO OUR COUNTRY, ALONG WITH HARD ECONOMIC TIMES EVERYWHERE IN THIS WORLD. HOPEFULLY THE PEOPLE WILL COME TOGETHER AND BECOME ONE, SOONER THAN LATER. BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON THE VERGE OF GIVING UP HOPE. WE SHALL SEE HOW THIS ALL PLAYS OUT AND HOPE THAT WE ARE ALL HERE TO TALK ABOUT HOW DETROIT ALMOST BECAME A MEMORY!!! KEEP THE FAITH MY FRIENDS AND PLEASE HELP THOSE IN NEED, ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. THE CHANGE MUST START WITH YOU!!
