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Detroit pays high price for arson onslaught. Detroit — Arson is a raging epidemic in Detroit, destroying neighborhoods and lives as the city tries to emerge from bankruptcy. Even amid a historic demolition blitz, buildings burn faster than Detroit can raze them. Last year, the city had 3,839 suspicious fires and demolished 3,500 buildings, according to city records analyzed by The Detroit News. Burned homes scar neighborhoods for years: Two-thirds of those that caught fire from 2010-13 are still standing, records show. "Nothing burns like Detroit," said Lt. Joe Crandall, a Detroit Fire Department arson investigator, referring to the city's high rate of arson. The Detroit News researched arson for more than three months and found that it remains a huge obstacle to renewal efforts following bankruptcy.
Few neighborhoods were untouched by arson and the entire city bears its costs. "People don't realize arson is a felony. Arson Chief Charles Simms said the city is making progress in its long struggle with arson. 'Arson is like a cancer' Our Pricing. Kwame M. Kilpatrick, Former Detroit Mayor, Sentenced to 28 Years in Corruption Case. Kilpatrick Wins Second Term in Detroit. Washingtonpost.comKilpatrick Wins Second Term in Detroit By DAVID RUNKThe Associated PressWednesday, November 9, 2005; 1:02 PM DETROIT -- Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick overcame a scandal-plagued first term to fend off a challenge from a career bureaucrat, while the FBI announced an investigation into the handling of absentee ballots, including claims of ballots cast in the names of dead people.
With 99 percent of precincts reporting early Wednesday, Kilpatrick had 117,354 votes, or 53 percent, and Freman Hendrix had 103,446 votes, or 47 percent. Early returns had shown Hendrix with a 12-point lead. Detroit, the nation's 11th-largest city, is struggling with poverty, decades of population decline and a multimillion-dollar budget deficit that threatens to land it in financial receivership. Hendrix, a 55-year-old former deputy mayor under Kilpatrick's predecessor, focused on the financial troubles, blaming them largely on his flashier opponent who had been dubbed the "hip-hop mayor. " 'Lynching' Ad Roils Detroit Race. DETROIT -- A full-page newspaper advertisement depicting black corpses hanging from trees and likening media coverage of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to lynching has drawn criticism in the home stretch of his reelection campaign.
The mayor distanced himself from the ad, which was published last week in the city's largest black newspaper and echoes complaints he has made about media coverage. "This advertisement is not affiliated in any way with the Kilpatrick administration or the Kilpatrick for Mayor campaign," Kilpatrick said in a statement. "Detroiters are very passionate people, and while I appreciate the spirit of some of the content, I do not condone the images in this advertisement. " The ad states it was paid for by Citizens for Honest Government, an independent political action committee.
A message seeking comment from the committee was not returned Friday. Mayoral challenger Freman Hendrix, deputy mayor under Kilpatrick's predecessor, criticized the ad. Detroit Mayoral Debate | Video. 2016 Crime Statistics | View City of Detroit Reports | How Do I | Detroit, MI. Organized Crime In Detroit: Forgotten But Not Gone. By James Buccellato and Scott M. Burnstein DETROIT (WWJ) – The Detroit mafia lives in the shadows. It always has, now, more than ever. “They don’t chase the news cameras like in other cities and a lot of them have been very adept of veiling themselves in legitimacy,” said former federal prosecutor and organized crime task force member Keith Corbett, of the area’s ruling mob powers.
That hasn’t exactly been the case for other organized crime families around the country. Notorious Boston Irish mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger was apprehended earlier this week in California, arrested for 19 gangland-related homicides after 16 years on the run from the law. The Philadelphia mob made headlines last month when federal investigators arrested reputed godfather Joseph “Uncle Joe” Ligambi. Interestingly, the Ligambi arrest comes on the heels of one of the largest mob busts in American history when in January the U.S. This proved hardly true. James Buccellato, PhD. Scott M. Detroit Had a Corruption Scandal in 1930s That Was Bigger Than Today's – Deadline Detroit. By DAVID ASHENFELTER The federal investigation that has produced public corruption convictions against more than two dozen Detroit officials, contractors and others is big — very big. But contrary to what you may have heard or read, the ongoing probe that could send former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to prison for racketeering, extortion and bribery pales compared to a Detroit corruption probe that began in the late 1930s.
That investigation, which became known as “the Janet McDonald affair,” involved extorting payoffs from houses of prostitution, gamblers, slot machine operators and other underworld types. It produced criminal charges and convictions against more than 150 people, including an ex-mayor, a county prosecutor and sheriff, city council members, the superintendent of police and scores of Detroit cops.
“In almost every decade you can find evidence of corruption in Detroit,” says Thomas Klug, a history professor at Marygrove College and director of the Institute of Detroit Studies. How corruption deepened Detroit's crisis. Who's to blame for Detroit's collapse? - latimes. A for-lease sign on a building in downtown Detroit. The city filed for Chapter… (Bill Pugliano / Getty Images ) Detroit filed for bankruptcy Thursday, making it the largest U.S. city to ever seek Chapter 9 protection.
It’s sad news for the once-great city. Still, the headline seemed to have delighted many. Just check out The Times' comments section, with several readers gleefully blaming Democrats. In a 2011 Op-Ed about Detroit’s collapse, Scott Martelle, author of “Detroit: A Biography,” gave readers a view of the Michigan city through a different lens. The collapse of Detroit has roots in intentional de-industrialization by the Big Three automakers, which in the 1950s began aggressively spider-webbing operations across the nation to produce cars closer to regional markets, and to reduce labor costs by investing in less labor-friendly places than union-heavy Detroit.
Racism plays a significant role too. So, what’s next for Detroit? No federal bailout, period. Rush Limbaugh: Detroit Went Bankrupt Because Blacks Drove Out Whites. By Alan Pyke and Igor Volsky Economists are attributing Detroit’s recent bankruptcy filing to problems facing the entire Rust Belt region: a shrinking tax base, high health and pension costs, sprawl, and general dysfunction.
But on Tuesday, Rush Limbaugh added another cause to the long list of factors that have contributed to the city’s downfall: black people. During an appearance on Fox News’ On The Record with Greta Van Susteren on Tuesday, Limbaugh claimed that “unchecked” Democratic rule “since the last Republican mayor [in] 1957” created a lazy and bloated culture of out-of-control spending and corruption.
LIMBAUGH: You have massive welfare states where citizens are given things left and right in order to buy their votes. And in the case of the — you throw race into the mix and you bring on Mayor Coleman Young who causes riots in 1967 in Detroit and Mayor Young caused a white flight to suburbia, and Detroit is left with nothing but liberal Democrats running it.
Lies. Decision Making: Factors that Influence Decision Making, Heuristics Used, and Decision Outcomes - Inquiries Journal. Every day, people are inundated with decisions, big and small. Understanding how people arrive at their choices is an area of cognitive psychology that has received attention. Theories have been generated to explain how people make decisions, and what types of factors influence decision making in the present and future. In addition, heuristics have been researched to understand the decision making process. Several factors influence decision making. These factors, including past experience (Juliusson, Karlsson, & Gӓrling, 2005), cognitive biases (Stanovich & West, 2008), age and individual differences (Bruin, Parker, & Fischoff, 2007), belief in personal relevance (Acevedo, & Krueger, 2004), and an escalation of commitment, influence what choices people make.
Heuristics serve as a framework in which satisfactory decisions are made quickly and with ease (Shah & Oppenheimer, 2008). People make decisions about many things. There are several important factors that influence decision making. Text Of Kwame Kilpatrick's Speech (Detroit Mayor) Skip to comments. Text Of Kwame Kilpatrick's Speech (Detroit Mayor) ClickonDetroit ^ | January 30, 2008 Posted on Thu 31 Jan 2008 03:29:47 AM CET by ShadowDancer Text Of Kwame Kilpatrick's Speech POSTED: 7:42 pm EST January 30, 2008 UPDATED: 7:57 pm EST January 30, 2008 Mayor Kilpatrick Good evening, Detroit. To all of you who have believed in what we have been doing in this city since 2002 … to all of you who have believed in me and my leadership … to all of you who have stuck with me through difficult times … to all of you who have prayed for me … I’m sorry. For the embarrassment and disappointment the events of the past few days have caused you … For what you, as my supporters, have had to hear when you go to the beauty shop or the barber shop … Most of all tonight, I want to make a public apology to my entire family, and specifically to the four people who I love the most in this world.
Our marriage has not been perfect, but it has been great. I have truly been hurting. Carlita Kilpatrick. Kwame Kilpatrick facts, information, pictures. Former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was the youngest mayor to lead the city of Detroit, Michigan, and the city's first mayor to resign the office after being charged with a felony. What began as an administration full of promise for both Kilpatrick and the beleaguered city in 2002 ended in scandal, ignominy, and near financial disaster after several years of rumors and reports that tied the mayor to everything from lying under oath to the murder of an exotic dancer.
When Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to two felony counts in a plea agreement in September of 2008, he addressed the people of Detroit: "For those who have supported me through the years … I thank you with all my heart…. I know supporting me has not always been easy, but you have to know that it has not been boring, either. " Raised in a Politically Active Family Kwame Malik Kilpatrick was born in Detroit and raised on the city's west side. Kilpatrick attended the arts-focused magnet school Lewis Cass Technical High School. At a Glance … Detroit Mayor Runs on Hip Hop.
A Politician Who Runs on Hip-Hop Detroit mayor's use of rap lures young voters and suggests the music has electoral juice. By Geoff Boucher, Times Staff Writer DETROIT — Amid thundering rap music and the cheers of 8,000 young fans, the handsome star moved to center stage and, the way hip-hop heroes usually do, called out the name of that night's arena crowd. The man at the microphone, though, was no rapper. Rap music is already one of the most potent forces in American youth culture, and its imprint has changed the rhythms in film, advertising, fashion and television.
At the arena appearance last month, for an event billed as a "hip-hop summit," the towering Kilpatrick hailed the local energy of rap, youth and inner-city political activism, and said it could be a model for urban hubs across the nation. "Detroit," the mayor announced to loud cheers, "is a shining example in this world of revolutionary change. " Amid Scandal and a Potential Break with the EAA, DPS has a Lesson to Learn | Green And Write - Education Policy Research Insights.
By Kacy Martin More Mess in DPS: Principal Kickbacks The federal government uncovered an alleged $1 million kickback scheme that involved 12 Detroit Public School (DPS) principals, a district administrator, and a vendor on Tuesday. For the past 13 years, businessman Norman Shy has reportedly been paying bribes to principals and skimming money off the top of exchanges involving school supplies. Shy apparently made a habit of submitting falsified invoices and delivering only a portion of what was ordered while keeping the remaining revenue for himself and the co-conspiring principals. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons This is bad timing for scandal of this magnitude as DPS’s future is already in flux.
Governor Rick Snyder has created a plan for the district’s future that has at least tentative support among experts. Learning from the Mistakes of the EAA If the system seems confusing, that’s because it is. New Legislation: Reason to be Optimistic? In the conclusion to her opinion piece, Dr. Nine Reasons Why Detroit Failed. My hometown of Detroit has been studied obsessively for years by writers and researchers of all types to gain insight into the Motor City’s decline. Indeed, it seems to have become a favorite pastime for urbanists of all stripes. How could such an economic powerhouse, a uniquely American city, so utterly collapse? Most analysis tends to focus on the economic, social and political reasons for the downfall.
One of my favorite treatises on Detroit is The Origins of the Urban Crisis by Thomas Sugrue, who argues that housing and racial discrimination practices put in place after World War II played a primary role in the decline of Motown. Everyone seems to know the shorthand narrative for Detroit’s fall. But here’s the thing. So why has Detroit suffered unlike any other major city?
Detroit’s decline has been going on far longer than most people realize, because of the city’s lack of attention to creating a pleasant built environment. Emphasis added. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Pension Bribery Scandal Leads to More Indictments in Detroit, Including Funds’ Former General Counsel. May 2013 The longtime general counsel and a former trustee of Detroit's pension funds are the latest two city officials to be indicted in a bribery and kickback conspiracy that has been under investigation for several years and cost the pension funds $84 million in losses. Ronald Zajac, who served as General Counsel of Detroit's General Retirement System and Police and Fire Retirement System for more than 30 years, allegedly forced people seeking business with the pension funds to spend thousands of dollars on entertainment and other gifts for certain pension trustees involved in the scheme. Zajac also allegedly organized “birthday parties” for certain pension trustees, at which people with pension fund business would give cash gifts to the trustees.
In return for directing cash, lavish vacations and other items of value to the pension trustees involved in the bribery and kickback conspiracy, the trustees voted to raise Zajac's salary by a substantial amount. Detroit Race Riot (1967) The Intersection of 12th Street and Clairmount, Saturday, July 23, 1967 Image Courtesy of the Detroit Free Press Image Ownership: Public Domain The Detroit Race Riot in Detroit, Michigan in the summer of 1967 was one of the most violent urban revolts in the 20th century. It came as an immediate response to police brutality but underlying conditions including segregated housing and schools and rising black unemployment helped drive the anger of the rioters. On Sunday evening, July 23, the Detroit Police Vice Squad officers raided an after hours “blind pig,” an unlicensed bar on the corner of 12th Street and Clairmount Avenue in the center of the city’s oldest and poorest black neighborhood.
A party at the bar was in progress to celebrate the return of two black servicemen from Vietnam. Although officers had expected a few patrons would be inside they found and arrested all 82 people attending the party. At 2:00 a.m. Sources:Allen D. The Other Detroit - The Atlantic. Rhodes: Community feels ‘outrage’ over DPS corruption. Corruption schemes ran deep at DPS. Kwame Kilpatrick Scandal: Former Detroit Mayor Appeals Corruption Case Heads To US Supreme Court.