  Ltorivia485 Member Username: Ltorivia485 Post Number: 1698 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 69.212.213.213 |
Get discouraged, or get busy The Michigan Citizen Many readers ask why we publish all the tales of corruption in Detroit politics. It discourages voting, folk say. Voter apathy is really voter discouragement. The citizens get nothing and see politicians and their families getting over. So why participate? Well, democracy is more than just the vote. The vote is the beginning. It takes irate citizens demanding that council and elected officials of all stripes do their jobs. The city needs a strict ethics ordinance, one that is worth more than the paper on which it is printed; an ordinance that has teeth in it so violators suffer punishment. The city needs an ordinance taking money out of Detroit politics. There are ways and means for candidates vying for office to get their message out without spending a million and a half of corporate America’s dollars. Do we demand such solutions or just complain to each other? http://www.michigancitizen.com /default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=9 6&twindow=Default&mad=No&sdeta il=&wpage=&skeyword=&sidate=&c cat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus= &reoption=&retype=&repmin=&rep max=&rebed=&rebath=&subname= | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 2891 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 141.217.173.155 |
Detroit politics are about to get busy by late September. GO HENDRIX!!! | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 895 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 68.255.167.168 |
Oh, this story simply hurts my head trying to think of the logic behind it. Here are a couple of examples:
Funny - they include that blast against Hendrix, but nothing against Kilpatrick. Personally, the fact that the police no longer show up when I dial 9-1-1 is an infinately more important than any financial dealings that Hendrix may have had or how many Lincoln Navigators Kilpatrick bought. But, as I skim through the pages of the Michigan Chronicle, I never see any articles about that. Why is that? | ||
Bindetroit Member Username: Bindetroit Post Number: 1205 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.117.31 |
Cost of the full page ad in the Chronic placed by the kwamester: $15,000. Endorsement of KK one week later by this "Voice of "THE" Community": -0- . Integrity and ethics: priceless. | ||
The_aram Member Username: The_aram Post Number: 4034 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 141.213.175.233 |
Frank, it's the Citizen, not the Chronicle. Saw you make the same mistake a little earlier in another thread. Thought you'd want the heads-up. | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 905 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 69.212.50.157 |
Oops! Thanks for catching that one, Aram. My apologies to the everyone at the Michigan Chronicle for mixing you up with the Citizen. |
