The developer recruited by the city to re-open the majestic downtown Detroit Book-Cadillac Hotel has pulled out of the project, although “Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said he was confident the city would have a deal with another developer by next week.” I fear the project won’t happen: the city will spend millions conducting “interior demolition” and […]
Even though this event is scheduled for next Tuesday, I think it is important enough to post about now: “THE TRUE STATE OF THE UNION: A Panel of community leaders, social activists, and scholars responds to President Bush’s State of the Union address. Tuesday January 20 8:45 pm Room 126 East Quad, 701 E. University […]
“Those twenty people survived not only 53 days of bitter cold, gale force winds and pouring rain…long nights and short days…they survived 15 months of pounding by Borders since the start of the drive…the terror early on of losing their jobs or being discovered, the insecurity of not knowing how their vote would go, 12 […]
The entertainment channel Fox News is reporting Dick Gephardt has a less than perfect record on what they term “minority issues,” according to this story I was sent by a friend involved with the Kerry campaign: “Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dick Gephardt told Fox News on Sunday that it was a mistake to have attended […]
“The concern was that people were hesitant to join certain kinds of groups because they didn’t want to be publicly associated with them,” said Wesley Craig, project leader and ITCS senior technologist. “By making the groups optionally private, people will be more free to associate.” > From the Daily’s coverage of the changes to the […]
My friend Mike Grass, on the DC Edge City of Bethesda, MD: “… It was as if I were back in Michigan, driving after midnight, with nowhere to go. The slow depressingly comfortable lyrics guided me through the darkened forested exurbs. Using the Hillandale Road shortcut, I emerged at the south end of downtown Bethesda. […]
Here’s the website of Connerly’s anti-affirmative action proposal: Michigan Civil Rights Initiative. The coalition opposing the proposal is called “Citizens for a United Michigan,” and I haven’t been able to find their website, but there is some information here.