The thing I don't understand is this, if a city's school system is sh*t and has self proclaimed it's sh&t...then OF COURSE "empty nesters" are all that's going to live in the area.
I'm not going to get into an 'education rant' here- but shame on the mayor and more shame on the people higher up on the state level for putting their own school system in the crapper, putting the children who NEED stability the most at even more risk, and taking faith in learning away from teachers and students. When I was doing graduate work in tourism my "thing" was that people need to understand that cities are like people. If one is going to rebuild themselves properly they need to start from the inside out. Start on the mind (education/schools), awareness (museums,points of culture such as theater and music venues) and the soul (the people, jobs, etc). Sure, it's easier said than done. But no matter how many people a broken person surrounds themselves with through casinos and festivals...those surrounding and visiting people will always leave if the person remains broken from the inside. Detroit can build as many casinos, lofts,ice rinks and corporate buildings and throw as many festivals as it wants. But very few people will stay as long as it remains broken from the inside. A crisis is usually defined as a turning point. If so, Detroit should of had it a long time ago...seems that the right people weren't listening. --- Ian Malbon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "I'd buy that for a dollar!" > > On Feb 3, 2005, at 10:04 AM, George Jones IV - > logic7 wrote: > > > Soon... Really soon... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brian Prince [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 5:00 PM > > To: atomly > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: (313) The Crisis in Detroit > > > > atomly said: > >> http://tinyurl.com/4nagx > > > > How long until OCP takes over the city government > and starts installing > > ED-209 units downtown? > > > > -bp > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.4 - > Release Date: 2/1/2005 > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.4 - > Release Date: 2/1/2005 > > > > > > > -- > Ian > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
