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• Half of Detroit Properties Have Not Paid Taxes; Update on Detroit Bankruptcy Mon Feb 25
  Mike Shedlock
  Detroit is financially and morally bankrupt yet the governor refuses to make that declaration. A Review team says Detroit faces financial crisis, has no plan to fix it so why won't the governor act? ... more
• Report: Yeah, Detroit Might Be Forced To Declare Bankruptcy Tue Feb 19
  Daniel Doherty
• Report to call for Detroit emergency manager: city official Tue Feb 19
  Reuters News
• Forget the big comeback; Detroit focuses on what can be saved Mon Feb 18
  Reuters News
• If Detroit needs emergency manager, Michigan governor has "short list" Mon Feb 11
  Reuters News
• At least three dead in multi-car crash on slippery Detroit highway Thu Jan 31
  Reuters News
• Decision on Detroit takeover within weeks: Michigan governor Wed Jan 30
  Reuters News
• Tale of Two Cities Tue Jan 29
  Mona Charen
  It isn't often that you get reading suggestions from a United States senator, but that's what happened this past weekend for those who attended the National Review Institute's summit meeting in Washington, D.C. ... more
• A Hundred Percent of Nothing Wed Dec 19
  Walter E. Williams
  JoAnn Watson, Detroit city council member, said, "Our people in an overwhelming way supported the re-election of this president, and there ought to be a quid pro quo." In other words, President Obama should send the nearly bankrupted city of Detroit millions in taxpayer bailout money. But there's a painful lesson to be learned from decades of political hustling and counsel by intellectuals and urban experts. ... more
• When School Teachers Act Like Bullies Wed Dec 12
  David Stokes
  I grew up in the downriver suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Most of that time in a community (first a township, then a city) called Taylor—a place in the news recently for having closed its public schools in the wake of a massive wave of teachers calling in “sick.” ... more
• Obama's America Will Become Detroit Wed Dec 12
  Terry Jeffrey
  President Barack Obama travelled to Michigan this week and made his case for class war in defense of the welfare state. ... more
• NewsBusted Conservative Comedy Fri Dec 7
  America
  'Pelosi Says Congress Should Give the President the Power to Raise Debt Limit to Infinity –Newsflash, Nancy, Obama’s Already Doing it Anyway' ... more
• Detroit Asks For Another Bailout Wed Dec 5
  Katie Pavlich
• Analysis: Fiscal struggle puts Detroit under credit cloud Mon Dec 3
  Reuters News
• In Four More Years We'll Be Detroit Sat Nov 17
  John Ransom
  If at a time when automakers are trumpeting record-setting sales, record profits, record bonuses for their employees, how is it possible that the community at-large is not reaping any of the benefit? Stimulus anyone? ... more
• Goals set for Detroit to obtain cash from state Thu Nov 15
  Reuters News
• Goals set for Detroit to obtain cash from state Thu Nov 15
  Reuters News
• Lakers finally show All Star class in Detroit win Mon Nov 5
  Reuters News
• Giants' Bochy hopes second time in Detroit a charm Sat Oct 27
  Reuters News
• Tigers happy to be back home in chilly Detroit Fri Oct 26
  Reuters News
• Chevy Losing $49,000 Per Volt Produced Mon Sep 10
  Katie Pavlich
• Marathon Detroit refinery said to have released unknown chemical: NRC Mon Sep 10
  Reuters News
• Obama Did Let Detroit Go Bankrupt Sat Sep 8
  Phil Kerpen
  The Democratic convention took place in an alternative universe in which Mitt Romney wanted a very ominous "bankruptcy" for General Motors and Chrysler -- a catastrophic event that would have put millions out of work. Alternatively, speaker after speaker kept telling us, President Barack Obama implemented a "rescue" that saved all those jobs and avoid that fateful "bankruptcy." It's as if, somehow, not a single Democrat remembers the historic bankruptcy filings by Chrysler on April 30, 2009 and General Motors on June 1, 2009. Which is pretty weird, because they were among the largest bankruptcies in history. ... more
• Jury selection opens in former Detroit mayor's corruption trial Thu Sep 6
  Reuters News
• Michigan judge upholds Detroit police wage cut Thu Aug 30
  Reuters News
• Detroit Schools Spending Blues: Contracts That Bind Sat May 12
  Kyle Olson
  When Detroit Public Schools were assigned an emergency financial manager by the state, we thought he would have the power to turn things around, more or less, with a snap of his fingers. ... more

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