A lot has been said about Chrysler's Super Bowl ad that ran just after the half time show, featuring Clint Eastwood and Detroit. While the pundits talk about whether or not it was a campaign commercial, let me tell you what Detroiters really think about it.
Detroiters...
0 Comments | Posted January 19, 2012 | 1:33 PM
When I was communications director for the City of Detroit, I would receive calls from reporters all over the world who wanted to visit Detroit to ride around in a police cruiser or fire truck. I asked them, "Why?" Each one told me that they read stories about all the...
0 Comments | Posted January 5, 2012 | 9:35 AM
Cities throughout the United States, indeed the world, face economic uncertainty. Money cities once relied upon from the federal government no longer exists, while money that was once funneled down from the federal government to the states and passed onto cities have similarly dried up. That money many mayors once...
0 Comments | Posted December 8, 2011 | 2:22 PM
When Kenneth V. Cockrel Jr. was mayor of the City of Detroit he was often criticized for not having a vision for Detroit. As Mayor for just eight months, running in two elections and trying to restore confidence, faith, and trust back into the city of...
0 Comments | Posted November 22, 2011 | 3:51 PM
Those of us from Detroit often think we are the only place in the world where our public officials do not play by the rules, or at least take advantage of their office.
Sure we have our fill of stories to share about public officials in Detroit, Wayne County,...
4 Comments | Posted February 8, 2012 | 10:24 AM