News from the D
The Bad:
Unless you live in a third-world country with a "President for Life" who hunts people for sport, you do not have as corrupt and inept a government as the City of Detroit. (And even if you do, you still may have a better government. Maybe El Presidente gets the buses to run on time!) At the most recent Detroit city council meeting (which wasn't an official meeting, because, once again, it didn't achieve quorum), City Council President Conyers told a City Council member to "Shut the fuck up," before suggesting that she "needs a man." When asked for comment, the ever eloquent Coyners said, "I don't regret nothing. I ain't done nothing worth apologizing for. I don't deal in the past." Ah, Detroit. Why can't I quit you. (Read about it here.)
The Good
Hippies are are only growth industry here in the MoTown. Someone is finally proposing something that should have been done 10 years ago--take back the vacant land in Detroit and farm it. Of course, this is already happening on a small scale--there are hundreds of community gardens, and at least two working urban farms in the D. But the new proposal would expand the size, and make Detroit a model for urban agriculture, growing everything from Christmas trees to fruits and vegetables, including a cider mill and horseback riding on an urban farm consisting of 100 city blocks, located just minutes from downtown. Read more here.
Unless you live in a third-world country with a "President for Life" who hunts people for sport, you do not have as corrupt and inept a government as the City of Detroit. (And even if you do, you still may have a better government. Maybe El Presidente gets the buses to run on time!) At the most recent Detroit city council meeting (which wasn't an official meeting, because, once again, it didn't achieve quorum), City Council President Conyers told a City Council member to "Shut the fuck up," before suggesting that she "needs a man." When asked for comment, the ever eloquent Coyners said, "I don't regret nothing. I ain't done nothing worth apologizing for. I don't deal in the past." Ah, Detroit. Why can't I quit you. (Read about it here.)
The Good
Hippies are are only growth industry here in the MoTown. Someone is finally proposing something that should have been done 10 years ago--take back the vacant land in Detroit and farm it. Of course, this is already happening on a small scale--there are hundreds of community gardens, and at least two working urban farms in the D. But the new proposal would expand the size, and make Detroit a model for urban agriculture, growing everything from Christmas trees to fruits and vegetables, including a cider mill and horseback riding on an urban farm consisting of 100 city blocks, located just minutes from downtown. Read more here.