Hell IS other people
Today's designee is: Kwame Kilpatrick, former Mayor of Detroit
Basis: At a October 29, 2009 court hearing regarding his failure to pay required restitution, KK said with a straight face that he doesn't know who pays the rent on his mansion in Texas. He also said, under oath, that he doesn't even know if his wife, Carlita, has a job! For these and countless other reasons, Kwame Kilpatrick has earned his very special place in Hell.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Council By Districts
Letter to the Editor
Detroit News, April 14, 2009
Wards foster accountability
Changing Detroit's City Council from an at-large to a district or ward system would be the single most important step to reinventing Detroit: ("Council wards could revive 'forgotten Detroit,' " April 2). Our at-large system means that no one on the City Council is held accountable. Council members routinely say Detroit's "strong mayor" form of government makes council districts unnecessary, since council members have no real power. If that's true, then we should disband the entire council and rely solely on the mayor. I need someone to be responsive to my neighborhood's needs, and to be held accountable. And politicians are held accountable through the ballot. Thomas E. Page, Detroit
Letter to the Editor
Detroit News, April 14, 2009
Wards foster accountability
Changing Detroit's City Council from an at-large to a district or ward system would be the single most important step to reinventing Detroit: ("Council wards could revive 'forgotten Detroit,' " April 2). Our at-large system means that no one on the City Council is held accountable. Council members routinely say Detroit's "strong mayor" form of government makes council districts unnecessary, since council members have no real power. If that's true, then we should disband the entire council and rely solely on the mayor. I need someone to be responsive to my neighborhood's needs, and to be held accountable. And politicians are held accountable through the ballot. Thomas E. Page, Detroit
Letter to the Detroit News
April 13, 2009
Dear Editor,
The old Michigan Central Train station must not be demolished. It is an iconic building that's become an international tourist attraction. It's also become a frequent movie setting as well as a print advertising element. There's an old saying that when you have lemons, you should make lemonade. Detroit has many ruins of the industrial 20th century. Those ruins that can't be adaptively reused should be cleaned, the grafitti removed, and converted into architectural and industrial museums. We can make them into great ruins.
If the Detroit City Council were the Rome City Council I predict they'd want to demolish the great Colliseum since it's a ruin that's outlived its economic usefullness.
Here are two suggestions for adaptively reusing the Michigan Central Station: Make the grand lobby into a transportation/auto museum; An alternative use would be a market/bazarre similar to the Philadelphia Terminal Market.
April 13, 2009
Dear Editor,
The old Michigan Central Train station must not be demolished. It is an iconic building that's become an international tourist attraction. It's also become a frequent movie setting as well as a print advertising element. There's an old saying that when you have lemons, you should make lemonade. Detroit has many ruins of the industrial 20th century. Those ruins that can't be adaptively reused should be cleaned, the grafitti removed, and converted into architectural and industrial museums. We can make them into great ruins.
If the Detroit City Council were the Rome City Council I predict they'd want to demolish the great Colliseum since it's a ruin that's outlived its economic usefullness.
Here are two suggestions for adaptively reusing the Michigan Central Station: Make the grand lobby into a transportation/auto museum; An alternative use would be a market/bazarre similar to the Philadelphia Terminal Market.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Detroit Metro Airport Transportation a disgrace
October 19, 2009
Last week, the taxi contract for service to and from Detroit's Metropolitan airport was canceled, supposedly due to delay in payment of the contract fee. That leaves limousine service through Metro Cars as the only transportation service serving the airport. Here's my letter to the Detroit News:
Re: Taxi contract cancelled at Metro airport
Let's review one's ground transportation options to downtown Detroit from Metro Airport. There are no trains. No express buses. No door to door vans like Super Shuttle. No hotel shuttles. And now, a traveler doesn't even have the right to take a taxicab, at $50 plus one-way, to downtown. The only option left, outside of renting a car, is the Metro Car limousine. Laughably, Detroit fancies itself as a transportation hub, even a so-called "aerotropolis."Heck, the ground transportation alternatives at Metro Airport don't even rise to Third world status. This is an absolute disgrace. And one more reason to say No to Michigan.
On October 28, 2009 the Detroit News printed this letter:
"Airport choices a disgrace
"About the Oct. 14 story "Taxi drivers ask judge to block airport contract cancellation": Let's review the ground transportation options to downtown Detroit from Metro Airport. There are no trains, express buses, door-to-door vans or hotel shuttles. And now a traveler doesn't even have the right to take a taxicab, at $50-plus one-way, to downtown. The only option left, outside of renting a car, is the Metro Car limousine. Laughably, Detroit fancies itself as a transportation hub, even an "aerotropolis." Heck, the ground transportation alternatives at Metro Airport don't even rise to Third World status. This is a disgrace.
"Thomas E. Page, Detroit"
Also, I returned to Detroit today (Oct 28, 2009)after a week in Boston. Sure enough, there were signs posted at Metro Airport stating that no walk-up taxi service was available. Ground transportation options listed were the limousine service, rental cars, and SMART (buses). Truly a disgrace.
October 19, 2009
Last week, the taxi contract for service to and from Detroit's Metropolitan airport was canceled, supposedly due to delay in payment of the contract fee. That leaves limousine service through Metro Cars as the only transportation service serving the airport. Here's my letter to the Detroit News:
Re: Taxi contract cancelled at Metro airport
Let's review one's ground transportation options to downtown Detroit from Metro Airport. There are no trains. No express buses. No door to door vans like Super Shuttle. No hotel shuttles. And now, a traveler doesn't even have the right to take a taxicab, at $50 plus one-way, to downtown. The only option left, outside of renting a car, is the Metro Car limousine. Laughably, Detroit fancies itself as a transportation hub, even a so-called "aerotropolis."Heck, the ground transportation alternatives at Metro Airport don't even rise to Third world status. This is an absolute disgrace. And one more reason to say No to Michigan.
On October 28, 2009 the Detroit News printed this letter:
"Airport choices a disgrace
"About the Oct. 14 story "Taxi drivers ask judge to block airport contract cancellation": Let's review the ground transportation options to downtown Detroit from Metro Airport. There are no trains, express buses, door-to-door vans or hotel shuttles. And now a traveler doesn't even have the right to take a taxicab, at $50-plus one-way, to downtown. The only option left, outside of renting a car, is the Metro Car limousine. Laughably, Detroit fancies itself as a transportation hub, even an "aerotropolis." Heck, the ground transportation alternatives at Metro Airport don't even rise to Third World status. This is a disgrace.
"Thomas E. Page, Detroit"
Also, I returned to Detroit today (Oct 28, 2009)after a week in Boston. Sure enough, there were signs posted at Metro Airport stating that no walk-up taxi service was available. Ground transportation options listed were the limousine service, rental cars, and SMART (buses). Truly a disgrace.
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