Wonderfull Idea......right up to the point of realization that they would be unable to find jobs.
With all respect, does Detroit really need more non-productive welfare recipients? Unfortunately, the majority of the refugees from N.O. are as described above. I hope they can turn their lives around but I can't see this option working out to anyone's advantage...SSZ
That's nice of Mayor Kilpatrick. Had he been as alert to his constituents' well-being during the past 3 years as he has been to the hurricane victims, he would have breezed to reelection; as it is, he will certainly lose in the run-off.
Not a good idea to send 10's of thousands of democrats to a swing state.
This will get Detroit off the top spot on The Poorest Cities In America list-- 30,000 crawfish fishermen and shrimp shellers. And they can make Bullets and Rice with real bullets.
Trying to hide the fact that he is a criminal?
Detroit, in the next census, will have been shown to have shrunk well under the 1 million person mark - and when that occurs there are certain Federal funds that will not be available. But if they import 100K more people ...
If I had to choose between staying in New Orleans or going to Detroit, I think I'd stay in New Orleans...
Detroit will absorb LA children into their school system?! Absorb?! Yikes! Kwame speaks the truth and he is doing the math. He has proven himself a VERY slick politician. DPS has lost at least half of their 200,000+ students steadily for the last decade. Detroit Federation of Teachers are worried about coasting to retirement. They need students and Katrina will prove to be a gravy train for many slick politicians along with the slick teacher unions holding them up.
Generosity is free as long as you don't have to come up with the money and Detroit is supported by out-state Michigan besides Kwami wants to be reelected.
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Mr. MaggieCarta wondered aloud whether there is any room in the Manoogian Mansion (the Mayor's residence) for these people.