https://freerepublic.com/tag/mconyers/ en-us Sat, 7 Mar 2009 16:10:57 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201393/posts Nowhere is Michigan's brain drain on greater display than in the Detroit City Council chambers. My hopes for Detroit's future faded as I watched the tape of last Tuesday's council meeting, the one that considered the Cobo Center expansion deal. It was a tragic circus, a festival of ignorance that confirmed the No. 1 obstacle to Detroit's progress is the bargain basement leaders that city voters elect. The black nationalism that is now the dominant ideology of the council was on proud display, both at the table and in the audience. Full article on detnews.com . FR does not allow... The Detroit News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201393/posts#comment Sat, 7 Mar 2009 16:10:57 GMT