I was in downtown Detroit 12/23 or 12/24 and have never seen so many forlorn, hopeless looking citizens with signs asking for help at stop lights. Many said, “family to feed, please help. god bless.” It was chilly out. They were bundled up in raggedy looking clothes. It was very depressing, disturbing.
Sounds like a good assignment for an independent reporter to give themselves: Go to a downtown area, preferably one they have covered before and is part of their “beat,” so to speak, and interview people — both the people who never had to ask for help like this before and people who still work downtown who can speak to the changes they have seen over the past 9 months.
I’m sure Gretchen Whitmer’s mighty chin approves of that. I hope they get the help that they need.