Monday, May 12, 2008

a city spinning its wheels

I wonder about this WXYZ news, I really do.  The mayor of Detroit has instituted a level of corruption here that makes Chicago look like a Swiss village.  Now at last the city council is finally, FINALLY censuring mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (ooh!) and is trying to figure out what comes next.

They can try to force him out, but it will get hung up in the courts and cost a lot of $$ which the city doesn't have (b/c Kwame's spent it all on Hawaiian vacations and giving his relatives jobs). Or they can ask the governor to fire him, which seems like the most expedient thing, but what would that involve?

Well we don't know, because the goddam local news cannot be bothered to give this story more than 2 minutes, even when it's their top story.  God forbid they should interview anybody who might give some context or interpretation of what it would mean for the city to try and force him out, or for the governor to get involved.  No, we can't get into that whole liberal-arts thing of actually thinking about this or trying to break it down for you, because we've got other fish to fry in the city of Deetroit -- 

Pointless shooting outside a laundromat this evening -- some guys in a burgundy sedan shot at a guy waiting for his girlfriend to come out with the laundry.   No one knows why.  Grazed his face, otherwise no one hurt (for once).

Vandals covered every inch of Phoenix Academy in SW Detroit in graffiti.

Progress in the American Axle strike -- this is another major story of national importance, but we get no details on what the progress consists of.  Ten seconds of footage of strikers on the picket line.

Gas is $3.82 a gallon, record high; traffic tie-ups; and the weather is going to get warm and sunny tomorrow -- it's been cold and rainy the last 2 days.  

Obama's coming to MI Wed., for a town hall meeting in McComb County (where, please) and some event in Grand Rapids (what? where? when?? jesus christ!) -- fifteen seconds total, the least informative news "story" in history.

Onward!  Thieves caught on tape stealing from a church.  Airport employee caught stealing passengers' luggage at Metro airport.

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