Sg_creative Member Username: Sg_creative
Post Number: 48 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 8:19 am: | |
It was generally a good, but got heated at times. Free Story: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=2008805140428 Michigan Citizen Story: http://www.michigancitizen.com /default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1 &twindow=&mad=&sdetail=5794&wp age=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=& ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reop tion=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=& rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform= &sc=1070&hn=michigancitizen&he =.com Photos: http://www.detroitstockphotos. com/Production/PhotoGroupView. aspx?pbid=4&msa=1&pgid=1625169 4 |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 6646 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 12:50 pm: | |
quote:It was generally a good, but got heated at times Pun intended? |
Sg_creative Member Username: Sg_creative
Post Number: 49 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 1:21 pm: | |
Haha, no, actually... but I like it. At one point there was a guy interrupting the deputy mayor so much that it was impossible for him to even talk. Then a large part of the crowd was upset that the City Council meeting, on this topic, is going to be a closed door meeting. |
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav
Post Number: 559 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 1:28 pm: | |
sgcreative...What exactly is the deal; why all the anger? Despite protestations, twenty-some years ago, they built the searing stink-pot. What's all the nouveau fuss over? |
Sg_creative Member Username: Sg_creative
Post Number: 50 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 1:47 pm: | |
A lot of citizens are angry over the uneven cost difference per ton of trash burned. City of Detroit pays much more per ton vs. the suburbs. |
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd
Post Number: 2282 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 1:49 pm: | |
Chuck: Now's the time to decide whether to keep the stinking thing. Lease runs out soon. |
Upinottawa Member Username: Upinottawa
Post Number: 1083 Registered: 09-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 2:00 pm: | |
Maybe Metro Detroit should send its trash to Toronto.... |
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav
Post Number: 561 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 2:00 pm: | |
Burn that sucker down...down, I say. From that point forward, take the trash and mulch it for raw energy & top-soil |
Gnome Member Username: Gnome
Post Number: 1230 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 2:16 pm: | |
SG_C -- well give us a play by play. who was shouting, what were they shouting, was it organized, were the recall petition people there? Were pro-kwame people there? |
Sg_creative Member Username: Sg_creative
Post Number: 51 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 2:45 pm: | |
I would say it was very organized. Save for the handful of crowd outbursts that disrupted the flow. Basically, there was a speaker there who broke down all the numbers and details about how the incinerator works and effects Metro Detroit. Next was the deputy mayor. He was explaining that the city is bound by a contract and can't just say, "We are not using the incinerator anymore." So he brought up the fact that it might be possible for the city to buy the complex and then shut it down.. but that a whole other can of worms. Then it was brought up that there are only 2 weeks to propose an alternative plan. Otherwise the current contact renews, I believe is how it works. Then they sorta concluded the formal meeting/rally and left it open to discussion with whoever wanted to stay. |
Transitrider Member Username: Transitrider
Post Number: 64 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 4:26 pm: | |
recent MetroTimes incinerator coverage: Part 1, 4/2/2008: http://metrotimes.com/editoria l/story.asp?id=12748 Update, 4/7/2008: http://metrotimes.com/editoria l/story.asp?id=12817 Part 2, 4/30/2008: http://metrotimes.com/editoria l/story.asp?id=12836 |