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Detroit's pistol-packin' City Council
So according to a rather interesting column in last week’s Detroit Free Press written by Rochelle Riley, it seems at least half of our incoming City Council members either already have their gun… more →
The "D" Spot
Detroit's pistol-packin' City Council
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teamowens313 wrote 1 week ago: So according to a rather interesting column in last week’s Detroit Free Press written by Roche … more →
Strip clubs are the least of Detroit's problems. Besides, we could use the jobs
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teamowens313 wrote 3 weeks ago: I say let ‘em strip. It’s been about a month since I saw any stories in the papers about … more →
It wasn't Time magazine that shot Detroit
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teamowens313 wrote 1 month ago: The reflex action exhibited by a lot of Detroiters when Time magazine made the decision to camp out … more →
Time magazine makes Detroit case study for urban disaster
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teamowens313 wrote 2 months ago: Time magazine has decided to buy a house in Detroit, where its reporters will live as they commit th … more →
Detroit schools up in smoke. Bill Cosby to the rescue
teamowens313 wrote 2 months ago: Detroit Public Schools is a disaster zone, the corruption in the administrative ranks is encrusted i … more →
In Detroit even the Chief of Police gets robbed
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teamowens313 wrote 4 months ago: As the saying goes, you just can’t make this stuff up. Just when we Detroiters were starting t … more →
It's jobs or so-long for Detroit
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teamowens313 wrote 8 months ago: We are rapidly approaching the tipping point. The unemployment rate nationwide has now reached 8.1 p … more →
Detroit to Jay Leno: We will drop dead without your jokes
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teamowens313 wrote 8 months ago: Wasn’t that long ago when I was talking about how the front page story (online) of the Detroit … more →
Dave Bing can't add, but wants to be mayor of Detroit
teamowens313 wrote 8 months ago: Maybe today will be the day that Detroit mayoral candidate Dave Bing comes up with a good and credib … more →
Who stole Detroit?
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teamowens313 wrote 9 months ago: More than 30 percent of Detroit is now vacant land. Yeah. That’s what I said. The story puttin … more →
Obama reaches out to Detroit. Is Detroit ready?
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teamowens313 wrote 10 months ago: Like a lot of folks I have been spending a huge amount of my time in recent months focusing on every … more →
Detroit's Big Three saved in the 4th quarter..?
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teamowens313 wrote 11 months ago: It’s beginning to look like daylight in Detroit. Or at least a shade brighter than midnight. A … more →
To snitch or not to snitch, to live free or die for the 'hood
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teamowens313 wrote 1 year ago: Logo courtesy of - and designed by - my friend Gary whom I met online after he responded to my origi … more →
Why Detroit needs Barack Obama
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teamowens313 wrote 1 year ago: OK, now it’s time to bring it home. Here in Detroit, it’s pretty much a given that the o … more →
Kwame Kilpatrick, the Detroit Lions, and the case for change
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teamowens313 wrote 1 year ago: Maybe it’s an omen. Sometimes when you peer deep enough into the heart of disaster, you can se … more →
Don't anoint Ken Cockrel Jr. savior of Detroit just yet
teamowens313 wrote 1 year ago: The reflex reaction is to say that Ken Cockrel Jr. is just what the city needs right now, and he may … more →
Ken Cockrel Sr., Ken Cockrel Jr.; Detroit past, present, future
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teamowens313 wrote 1 year ago: Well, I figure it’s that time again for a little Detroit history. As usual, one of the best re … more →
Is Detroit on the verge of salvation or chaos?
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teamowens313 wrote 1 year ago: “In chaos theory, ‘The Butterfly Effect’ refers to the discovery that in a chaotic … more →
Detroiters left to suffer from Mayor Kilpatrick's fallout
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teamowens313 wrote 1 year ago: The forecast calls for rain. Today, finally, after 8 months of dealing with this, Detroit Mayor Kwam … more →
