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Planner_dude
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Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 11:03 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

My Park & Ride Bus into Downtown gets off at I-75 to access Livernois / Dragoon as a detour for the Gateway Project.

Lately, I have noticed spray painted graffiti on utility poles & structures on the Service Drive between Livernois & Dragoon.

The funny thing is that it looks like a stenciled, 2-color version of Kwame Kilpatrick's Face! It has words on his forehead, but I can't read it.

Has anyone else seen these around town? A fellow bus rider told me she saw one near Clark Street too. Is it part of a larger campaign or just a person's interpretation of artwork?
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Yupislyr
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Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 11:13 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"Street art mocks Kilpatrick"

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=200880819066
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Ed_golick
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Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 11:24 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Is Kwame the new turdl???
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Lowell
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Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 12:03 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

There has to be better ways of protesting than defacing in-use public and private property.
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Dannyoshow
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Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 2:20 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


WWCD
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Johnlodge
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Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 2:27 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Surely things can't be so bad as to make us look back at the MFIC as the good old days? Can they?
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Johnlodge
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Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 2:27 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

WWMFICD?
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Detroitnerd
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Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 2:30 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Coleman was many things, but not the anointed scion of a money-grubbing political dynasty. He was a cab driver, airman, labor organizer and lefty brave enough to tell HUAC to go to hell.

Then he became mayor, and that's a different story.
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Vintagesoul
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Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 2:40 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

it's definitely social commentary. the guy doing it is affiliated with a clothing company run by a friend of ours that also does shirts on kwame...not the stuff you've seen here on the boards...another company...

i'm glad he's gettin noticed! :-)
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Dannyoshow
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house
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Planner_dude
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Posted on Monday, August 25, 2008 - 10:23 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Vintagesoul wrote:
"i'm glad he's gettin noticed!"
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It's funny, but it would be better if he wasn't defacing MDOT property. MDOT has nothing to do with Kilpatrick.

It is also questionable if it is really social commentary, if this guy makes t-shirts with the Kwamster. Seems more like a commercial advertisement.

It still brightens up my commute, none-the-less.

Anyway...thanks for you insight...

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