Detroit313 Member Username: Detroit313
Post Number: 186 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 12.45.2.184
| Posted on Sunday, September 03, 2006 - 9:29 pm: | |
If I were Mayor of Detroit I would........... 1. Reorganize the transit system and build a new one. A. Sell city land, raise money and borrow to build a new transit system. A LIGHT RAIL ALTERNATIVE. "THE MEGA-BUS" THE MEGA-BUS WILL BE BUILT IN DETROIT, FOR DETROIT, BY YOU GUESSED IT......DETROITERS! B. Comission GM, Ford & Chysler to build the new MEGA-BUS that will run along the main streets. These MEGA-BUSes will either run local or express to the suburbs. They MEGA-BUS will run in the middle of the large streets and have designated stops every 1,500 feet. C. New, smaller, standard sized buses will connect the outer lying neighborhoods to the MEGA-BUS routes. D. The main hub for the new Detroit MEGA-BUS system will be located at the newly renovated Michgan Central Station on Michigan Ave. THE MEGA-BUS WILL BE ENVIROMENTALLY FRIENDLY BECAUSE IT WAS DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEW TECH TOWN CENTER'S HYDROGEN RESEARCH TEAM AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY. |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 4341 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.177.81.18
| Posted on Sunday, September 03, 2006 - 10:04 pm: | |
Yeah, because what Detroit needs (and wants) right now is another bus system, right? BTW, caps lock. |
Psip
Member Username: Psip
Post Number: 1155 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 68.60.45.70
| Posted on Sunday, September 03, 2006 - 10:54 pm: | |
We need a monorail
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1953 Member Username: 1953
Post Number: 967 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 65.54.154.115
| Posted on Sunday, September 03, 2006 - 11:01 pm: | |
I'm with Psip. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 4299 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.236.229.212
| Posted on Monday, September 04, 2006 - 12:28 am: | |
Psip, you be da man. The Fenkell Middlebelt would be a great start. Then the Eastside could come over and oogle us. jjaba, Westsider. |
Itsjeff
Member Username: Itsjeff
Post Number: 6754 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.136.149.133
| Posted on Monday, September 04, 2006 - 9:02 am: | |
I, for one, welcome our mega-bus overlords. |
Paulmcall Member Username: Paulmcall
Post Number: 27 Registered: 05-2004 Posted From: 68.40.119.216
| Posted on Monday, September 04, 2006 - 10:07 am: | |
Well, you wouldn't be more than a one term mayor. It would take a miracle to pull it off. |
Detroit313 Member Username: Detroit313
Post Number: 187 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 72.229.136.103
| Posted on Monday, September 04, 2006 - 11:44 am: | |
It's a game......come on let's play. Kwame can't have all the fun. |
Damon Member Username: Damon
Post Number: 676 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 172.130.129.158
| Posted on Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 1:33 am: | |
RESIGN! |
Tkshreve Member Username: Tkshreve
Post Number: 18 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 12.32.128.68
| Posted on Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 10:05 am: | |
Pipe dream, but it's mine. I would tear down all homes that were burnt out, abandoned, or condemned. I would also attempt to destroy or repossess any crack houses. I would hold gun buyback programs every two weeks. Each time the price doubles for each gun. You obviously don't tell the gangstas that you will be holding periodic buybacks, but instead, keep saying, last chance to cash in on the buyback program. Eventually, you would get a lot of guns off the streets. I would start ticketing wreckless drivers who apparently feel they are immune to traffic control. (I-94 on weekend nights, Jefferson, I-75 on the weekend nights) I would start handing out loitering tickets for junkies and trouble makers who camp out in front of liqour stores. What on earth are they doing for the good to be standing out there? I would look into development of a cost effective mass transit system. Traffic sucks in this city. I would then sting out any corrupt council members and police administrators/officers and exile them to belle isle. Let the wolves have them. Then once I had earned a little bit of acclaim, I would scam this city for everything I could. Afterall, you should only take what you put in, right? Kwame don't play that. |
Xphillipjrx Member Username: Xphillipjrx
Post Number: 137 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.75.240.133
| Posted on Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 12:04 pm: | |
I would figure out what the teachers want for a raise and call it X. I would authorize an immediate raise of .75X and create performance bonuses so they could earn another .75X if they get their acts together. Expand Detroit's convention space to get it on par with cities like Chicago's McCormick Place. Find a way to bring more real grocery stores back to the city. Rapid Transit like Detroit313 proposes. Is John TV still on cable? If not then I would expose all the non-Detroiters who use the city to get high and get laid. And make sure Sheriff's Deputies have permission to enforce city ordinances ;) Create a forum where even hare-brained ideas like mine can get heard my the masses. |
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man
Post Number: 95 Registered: 05-2006 Posted From: 69.221.80.238
| Posted on Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 12:35 pm: | |
Why expose only the non-Detroiters? Is it ok for Detroiters to be a John? |
Outoftowner Member Username: Outoftowner
Post Number: 146 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.223.214.2
| Posted on Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 12:56 pm: | |
What's so bad about being a john? Brings money into the city. Look what legalized prostitution has done for Winnemucca. Tourism. |