tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25350172740881345352012-02-11T11:22:13.073-05:00John K. Bennett : I am DETROITWelcome to the John K. Bennett Blog where we share ideas and information. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are not necessarily those of the blog administrator and I reserve the right to delete any and all unwanted comments or vulgar language. Any comments deemed inappropriate may be deleted.J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.comBlogger2191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-57110579511030880452011-07-16T20:21:00.005-04:002011-07-18T11:02:53.553-04:00Click on my facebook page to comment on any subject:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/john.k.bennettJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-88331189425854965542011-07-03T10:45:00.003-04:002011-07-16T20:20:39.098-04:00Whats on your mind?J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com167tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-43308114673173983562011-06-15T17:59:00.003-04:002011-07-11T19:43:05.866-04:00Lawsuit claims Mayor Bing wanted EFM authority
The Detroit Free Press is reporting that a whistle-blower lawsuit filed by a former top aide to Detroit Mayor Dave Bing this morning alleges that the mayor had plans to be named emergency manager for the city and Detroit Public Schools, dissolving the city council and the school board. Mayor Bing's desire to become Detroit EFM was no secret here asJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com149tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-10264127933429779762011-06-11T20:15:00.002-04:002011-07-11T19:43:17.535-04:00Out of sight but not out of mindThere has been so much talk lately of cuts to Police and Fire in Detroit it seems that public safety is no longer appreciated or respected. And there are so many Police Officers and Firefighters who are either battling illness or facing other traumatic situations in their lives. We want to open up the opportunity for anyone to just let an officer or firefighter or J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com103tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-91717744118474146532011-06-08T18:36:00.003-04:002011-06-21T23:50:40.960-04:00Firefighters speak out against cuts
The Detroit Fire Firefighters through their union Local 344 have taken to the air waves to let their disappointment and disagreement be known over the City Council's desire to cute public safety. They have commercials running on local radio stations. The firefighters have shown on many occasion that they are one of the more proactive unions in the city when J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-61494015772423194262011-05-28T10:03:00.003-04:002011-06-20T18:44:14.458-04:00Chief Godbee correct to take blame for lab
What happened with the police crime lab is an embarrassment and someone should be held accountable for it and they likely will. Evidence left in a building that a reporter just walked into is not a good look for a police department with a storied history as rich as Detroit's, that is clearly seeing some trouble times. But there's some other questions J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com121tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-73117144873149117042011-05-28T10:01:00.002-04:002011-06-15T18:00:15.054-04:00Anonymous letter calls Bing appointee a Cancer
Mayor Bing's Communications Director and confidante Karen Dumas is the focus of a scathing letter that was sent to Mayor Bing back on March 26, 2011. The letter talks about how Dumas has systematically gotten rid of many appointees of the Mayor's that she didn't like. The letter implores Mayor Bing to do something about the cancer in his office J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com166tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-75341870231806222932011-05-22T22:36:00.001-04:002011-05-28T10:24:38.001-04:00Council Fiscal Analyst recommends only $6.7 million in cuts, but some Council members want blood
Detroit Fiscal Analyst Irvin Corley,Jr., has apparently told Councilmembers that they really only need to cut $6.7 million from Mayor Bing's budget. This is a stark difference from the $65 million that they claimed they needed to cut and even after Corley delivered what should appear to have been J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-24580688116140061442011-05-17T21:48:00.003-04:002011-05-28T10:25:11.464-04:00Pick a topic: express yourself..J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com116tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-2624304251700845882011-05-03T22:04:00.004-04:002011-05-17T21:32:23.535-04:00DPOA Vice -President stepping down
Paul Stewart , Vice President of the Detroit Police Officers Association announced his retirement today effective May 30th from the police department. Stewart served the city of Detroit for 32 years. An appointment to fill his position has not been announced. Stewart will also be leaving his seat as a Pension Board Trustee for the Police and Fire Pension fundsJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com80tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-69037650727471326012011-04-28T00:02:00.001-04:002011-05-17T21:32:03.299-04:00Another Kilpatrick relative facing prison
The State Attorney Generals office is set to bring charges against another Kilpatrick relative, this time its the daughter of Kilpatrick Uncle Raymond Cheeks, Nneka Cheeks, Kwame Kilpatrick's cousin. According to reports she has been accused of diverting $25,000 in charitable funds for her personal use. The FBI and Michigan State Police raided the home J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-35526796633386930602011-04-12T22:35:00.009-04:002011-05-01T22:09:42.126-04:00Brown to Bing: get rid of 1000 workers or no deal
During the budget deliberations Councilman Pro-tem told Mayor Bing that he would not vote for the budget if he does not cut at least 1,000 city workers. Brown said, I don't think we can get through this crisis without cutting heavily into our employment ranks." Those 1000 people Brown wants to eliminate have to provide food and shelter for their J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com190tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-32308923026383042852011-04-12T22:30:00.003-04:002011-04-22T19:20:11.918-04:00Additonal Book Signings:
Barnes & Noble Lakeside Mall, Shelby Township
Friday, April 22 4pm-6pm
Detroit Seafood Restaurant
(Harmonie Park)
1435 Randolph, Detroit
Wednesday, April 20th 5pm-6:30pm
Caroline Kennedy Library
24590 George Street
Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
313-791-3800
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
7:00 PM
Grosse Pointe Barnes & Noble
Thursday, April 21st, 5-J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-42429009110615173062011-03-31T23:58:00.005-04:002011-04-22T19:20:33.717-04:00
Mayor Bing looking at budget proposals that could include layoffs of police and fire
Sources tell us that the Bing administration is in the midst of preparing multiple budgets with several scenarios which could (emphasis on could ) result in the layoff of police and fire personnel. We have also learned that they have requested a modification on federal money received to hire police officers. J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com254tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-53482189560373718182011-03-21T17:01:00.002-04:002011-04-12T22:38:26.814-04:00
Is Snyder a Dictator?
Governor Snyder needs to mind his own business
This talk of government reform by new Governor Rick Snyder is nothing more than government meddling. Snyder ran off a list of changes that he would like to see instituted for local governments and how they do business. Among those is his desire to have local governments to move away from defined benefit pension plans toward J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com71tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-8566042506707617972011-03-20T23:04:00.001-04:002011-04-12T22:38:42.836-04:00Police department needs help not political rhetoric
Gary Brown is a very ambitious man, that's obvious; he’s shown that while in the police department where he rose to Deputy Chief before falling out of favor. What's not obvious to some is why a man who appeared to have so much promise before being elected to City Council has become so familiar. The politics of deception is an aroma that J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-81619796638662838102011-03-12T18:11:00.004-05:002011-04-12T22:38:55.471-04:00Police Precincts searching for a home
The Detroit Police Department brass along with Deputy Mayor Saul Green caught a little flack last week from the press when they put out a press release announcing the shift from districts to precincts. The problem came when the press started asking questions and requesting more details like where are these precincts going to be. Suddenly silence came over J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com61tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-4169522691289967442011-03-10T19:52:00.007-05:002011-03-21T17:03:35.685-04:00Share your thoughts- Keep them clean !J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com132tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-12145101089356175572011-02-25T19:15:00.003-05:002011-03-10T19:54:46.537-05:00
Shake up in the police department puzzlingThe police department began shaking things up Friday with a carefully orchestrated meeting to announce to 12 Lieutenants that they would be placed in acting Inspectors roles and would likely be promoted to the rank of Inspector in the near future. Among those placed in acting roles were Lieutenants: Dwayne Blackmon, Roscoe Mayfield, Johnny Thomas, Robin J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com242tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-90289107644517968012011-02-18T19:14:00.001-05:002011-03-10T19:49:35.554-05:00What's on your mind- keep it clean!J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com147tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-73448239604491217132011-02-07T18:24:00.001-05:002011-02-18T19:14:01.379-05:00Mayor's residency project a good start but lacked the wow factorAs expected Mayor Dave Bing announced his initiative to get police officers living back in the city of Detroit. Officers can move back to Detroit for as little as $1,000 and to do this the city will tap federal stimulus funds to fix up to 200 abandoned houses in the Boston-Edison and East English Village neighborhoods. Mayor Bing J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com113tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-50250635182464643232011-02-05T08:44:00.005-05:002011-02-18T19:14:10.766-05:00Former Chief's girlfriend transferred to Commanding Officer positionA move that will no doubt raise many eyebrows took place on Friday when Monique Patterson was transferred to Domestic Violence and given the title of Commanding Officer. If you recall Patterson who has a long disciplinary history in the Police Department ,most recently caused a controversy when she accused current Chief of PoliceJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-9003358364665607772011-02-01T18:08:00.003-05:002011-02-18T19:14:20.038-05:00Time for city to even the playing field in the tow businessAs Mayor Bing promises a new day in terms of transparency, it seems odd that he continues to delay an open bid that would allow more companies to go after towing business with Detroit.The RFP was issued at least once—and then pulled - under Kilpatrick, and we can only speculate about what types of deals were cut with the ‘enterprise’ to J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-77657321440427301342011-01-23T22:22:00.007-05:002011-02-18T19:14:29.633-05:00Commander and Officers shot in our houseA 38 year old shooter walked into the 6th precinct at Plymouth and Warwick and open fire on officers shooting Commander Davis (pictured above), Sgt. Ray Saati, Sgt. Carrie Shultz and Officer David Anderson. Commander Davis, who is married to Police Officer Tamika Davis, is said to be critical but all the other officers are fine. The officers returned fire J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com131tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-43801853149788992912011-01-17T10:40:00.004-05:002011-02-18T19:14:43.539-05:00Mayor, Council honeymoon over?This year may bring a lot of contentious activity between the Council and Mayor and the first shot over the bow came when Mayor Bing decided to pull City Council meetings from channel 10 in Detroit. Mayor Bing said City Council does not need to be on TV every night. Council in turn halted movement on the new police/Fire headquarters. Council President Charles Pugh J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com75tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-49106593064283808832011-01-04T00:13:00.002-05:002011-01-17T10:40:09.213-05:00What's on your mind?J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com97tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-9112686014433889652010-12-30T15:34:00.002-05:002011-01-04T00:12:59.175-05:00HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!Celebrate like you've been here beforeJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-18452180782176089992010-12-15T11:38:00.006-05:002010-12-30T15:30:07.724-05:00The "Kilpatrick Enterprise" hit with a 38 count indictmentA federal grand jury has indicted what they call "The Kilpatrick Enterprise", former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his father Bernard Kilpatrick, former Kilpatrick aide Derrick A. Miller, Kilpatrick pal Bobby Ferguson and former Detroit water chief Victor Mercado. The indictment states that these individuals participated in a bribery, J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com97tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-87729286642590295732010-12-12T10:51:00.001-05:002010-12-30T15:29:58.540-05:00Detroit officers want Macomb jobThere is a report in the Macomb Daily regarding the opening in for Sheriff that was created when Mark Hackel was elected Macomb County Executive. Among those applying for the position are several former or current Detroit officers. Former Assistant Chief Robert Dunlap is listed as an applicant and he has former chief Ella Bully-Cummings and current Wayne County J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-49356439217020861342010-11-26T10:41:00.002-05:002010-12-30T15:29:49.236-05:00Shout about it...What's on your mind?J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com117tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-78062922646375024632010-11-26T10:35:00.004-05:002010-12-12T10:50:42.777-05:00It's Just a matter of timeThis speculation comes from the growing chatter that soon Kwame Kilpatrick and his father Bernard Kilpatrick will be hit with the long awaited indictments. Many believe it will happen before Christmas because of the expiration of the grand jury probing corruption. Obviously there is more than one grand jury convened and there is more than one area of corruption in the J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-85129852909048614732010-11-13T17:01:00.004-05:002010-11-26T10:41:08.597-05:00Police Deputy Chief on Pension trip to HawaiiWe will call this one not being bright. According to sources Detroit Police Deputy Chief took off this week to Hawaii with a group of Pension Board members and her husband the Joe Turner, the attorney for the Pension Board. Just last week Fox 2 Detroit reported that this trip was just another in a line of frivolous trips taken by Pension Board members.J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-37863377046275717852010-11-06T16:16:00.004-04:002010-11-26T10:38:16.789-05:00Police Department right sizing plan includes demoting executivesThe Detroit Police Department, under the leadership of its newest Chief, Ralph Godbee has begun discussions on a proposed plan that could result in the demotion of police executives. Under the plan that was presented to the Detroit Police Command Officers Association there would be a reduction in Commanders either through retirement J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com109tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-30569539970298662692010-11-02T23:00:00.002-04:002010-11-13T17:01:22.650-05:00With an indictment inching closer is it deal time for Kilpatrick?In preparation for his dance with the feds daddy Kilpatrick ( Bernard) has lawyered up with a federal attorney albeit at taxpayers expense. Now many are guessing at what this means. In the local daily some attorney's speculated that Kilpatrick may have received notification that he is the center of an investigation. That was clear J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-23358259883520141662010-10-24T10:24:00.001-04:002010-11-13T17:01:35.280-05:00What's on your mind..Shout about it...keep it clean!J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com224tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-31987105585538405142010-10-19T21:00:00.003-04:002010-11-02T22:54:32.594-04:00Bobb wants a dealThis Metrotimes story is a must read. Since arriving here to Detroit the deficit has increased under Governor Granholm's financial manager. That's not what a financial manager is supposed to do.J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-25936831670807868272010-10-14T21:39:00.004-04:002010-11-02T22:54:21.356-04:00CommentaryBing should explain statement of entitlementWhen you stop to consider Mayor Bing’s comments the other day about Detroiters having a sense of entitlement and feeling like we're owed something the first thought that comes to mind is yes he is correct. But that has to be viewed from a historical perspective. Why do Detroiters have a sense of entitlement and are they wrong for feeling that J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-1290151108009820102010-10-10T09:13:00.002-04:002010-11-02T22:54:06.450-04:00Are we looking at the new unethical leadership? He wants to be mayorYou may have heard by now that City Council President Charles Pugh fired his Chief of Staff Victor Marsh last week. We told you some months ago that Marsh probably wouldn't last with the twenty-something aged staff Pugh put together. And that it seems may have been a contributing factor in this termination. According to our J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com77tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-88268963702812155092010-10-06T21:36:00.002-04:002010-11-02T22:53:54.158-04:00Police undergoing a massive reorganizationUnder the leadership of its newest chief of police the Detroit Police Department is in the process of a massive reorganization. The plan is to move as many officers as possible from inside back to the precincts. The changes are expected to take place soon, possibly before the Angels Night task force starts. No one in the know is really talking but what isJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-13988592974225454412010-10-06T21:31:00.002-04:002010-11-02T22:53:38.535-04:00STOP THE BULLKeep Ella Bully-Cummings off the 36th District Court bench. Pass the word to Detroit voters especially seniors who will be voting absentee soon. As chief of police she :Placed the Tamara Greene case in the cold case fileLied about the Red NavigatorChanged the from Precincts to DistrictsKept pregnant women off the jobCovered for Kwame KilpatrickWithheld information on crime J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-63943243911622142972010-09-29T19:19:00.002-04:002010-10-14T21:42:07.017-04:00Grand Jury called Rev. Anthony, who's next?Rev . Wendell Anthony is the second Pastor within two weeks to be called before the Grand Jury investigating corruption in Detroit, the first was Bishop Edgar Vann. He spent more than three hours testifying today before a federal grand jury investigating City Hall corruption. Rev. Anthony's name has been mentioned in the past in connection to the SynagroJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-28798062090193525652010-09-28T23:34:00.008-04:002010-10-14T21:42:18.858-04:00AFSCME's endorsements don't pay offCouncil votes 5-3 to impose cutsCouncil's vote supporting Mayor Bing's desire to impose a 10% cut on AFSCME employees will no doubt raise a major stink with AFSCME workers and other city labor unions as it should. Among the many things that will be the center of the outrage is the $1 million council divided among themselves to pay normally contracted employees J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-46700427646233279302010-09-26T22:24:00.001-04:002010-10-06T21:30:34.541-04:00Is Ferguson the cash cow for Kilpatrick, Beatty and others?J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-24090551277113646902010-09-22T23:56:00.002-04:002010-10-06T21:30:46.696-04:00What did you think of Detroit 1-8-7 ?J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-76311475345862537622010-09-19T10:08:00.003-04:002010-10-06T21:32:17.072-04:00What's on Your Mind This Week?J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com122tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-49619283235609214972010-09-12T10:21:00.004-04:002010-10-06T21:32:32.662-04:00Has money bought the silence of our elected leaders?Last Wednesday the day after the fires that spread across the city burning 85 structures many of the citizens in those neighborhoods weren't blaming the fire department as is usually the case, they pointed their anger toward DTE Energy There were published reports of residence who called DTE Energy and complained about electricity theft and J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-59039662372085883372010-09-08T22:38:00.003-04:002010-09-19T10:11:13.878-04:00Bobby Ferguson indicted, Detroit's crime syndicate takes another hitFeds seize nearly $1 million from Ferguson..read storyBobby Ferguson's indictment, no surprise there. Anybody with a thought knew at some point he would face the music. But what's surprising is what didn't happen today.First of all lets deal with Ferguson. Ferguson was indicted Wednesday on charges of conspiracy, money launderingJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-58718371743081441932010-09-06T21:17:00.003-04:002010-09-19T10:12:11.813-04:00Who will lead Detroit?In case know one noticed Detroit is in the infancy stages of what could be revolutionary change across the board. The city's population continues to shrink along with its tax base. The charter commission is working on rewriting the the city's charter. All across the city and state there are calls for Detroit to get its act together and lead the way or get out of the way. ButJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-70750130532050239632010-09-02T23:30:00.003-04:002010-09-19T10:11:40.584-04:00Pick your poison, open forum...J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com71tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-73105578575795334732010-08-29T22:16:00.005-04:002010-09-19T10:11:53.375-04:00How do we start cleaning up?We have to find away in Detroit to get Detroiters and visitors to Detroit to love our city alot more. This is not only a Detroit problem, if you drive around the surrounding area especially on the freeways there is litter. The worst offenders appear to be drivers dumping out their car windows and grass cutters. All throughout the city and some suburbs where grass is J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-70725501906508183002010-08-22T20:31:00.002-04:002010-09-19T10:12:24.884-04:00Comment on :Bing's revolving door of chief's must come to an end soonJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com179tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-56172332880024123882010-08-10T23:10:00.006-04:002010-08-22T09:31:51.469-04:00Evans tries to get job back, adding credence to why he was firedThis story gelled early Tuesday morning when we found out about it things were already in motion for the story on channel 7 if you saw it. As reported by Bill Proctor Detroit Police Lieutenant Monique Patterson and former chief Warren Evans attempted to use some text messages to extort the city to get Evans his job back. Its not J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com213tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-73697740094265986262010-08-07T10:37:00.002-04:002010-08-22T09:32:02.547-04:00Sources: City Bankruptcy possiblePrior to last Tuesday's primary election the rumors were strong that the city of Detroit would be declared bankrupt by the Governor before she leaves office, sometime shortly after the November general election. According to sources the city of Detroit has already borrowed heavily against the property taxes its due to collect in 2011 and therefore will be declaredJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-56893884273369536252010-07-24T16:03:00.003-04:002010-08-10T22:11:17.608-04:00Whats on your mind? Those of you who want to talk about something other than Warren Evans here's your chanceJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com196tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-83900051138972736112010-07-21T20:05:00.001-04:002010-08-07T10:36:57.977-04:00Evans Fired!Chief Warren Evans resigned from his job today. After getting a visit from Deputy Mayor Saul Green this afternoon at about 12:30pm a statement was released by Evans announcing his leaving. Was he asked to go? Of course. Did he want to leave ? Absolutely not? But he had to go and the reasons are many. Evans was an immature boss who couldn't conform to the standards set by the Detroit J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com182tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-38869651337423450922010-07-18T16:26:00.002-04:002010-07-24T16:04:26.776-04:00"Welcome to Detroit Motherfucker"Soon you will finally get an opportunity to see the sizzle reel that's been discussed around town for months. This is the video that Chief Warren Evans had produced to shop around to cable networks for his own reality TV show. According to publish reports when Mayor Bing saw the 6 minute video his response was "hell no". But after viewing it ourselves we wonder J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com104tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-83780144389018947422010-07-15T18:31:00.001-04:002010-07-21T20:05:01.402-04:00Former Mayor accused of sexual misconductFormer Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been cited in prison for sexual misconduct. He apparently grabbed the breast of his wife Carlita Kilpatrick during a recent visit to the prison. Any action of this type is apparently against the Prison rules.Kilpatrick and sexual misconduct, isn't that how all of this got started in the first place?J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-74400700277277860842010-07-12T22:51:00.001-04:002010-07-21T20:05:12.350-04:00Sources: Free Press received documented citizens complaints on EvansLast week the Detroit Free Press sent its lawyers to the offices of the Chief Investigator to carry out its request through the Freedom of Information Act-FOIA to take possession of some files. Its believed the files they requested are related to the investigation of complaints against Chief Warren Evans. We previously reported J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com80tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-72979128710102599462010-07-08T22:53:00.002-04:002010-07-15T18:33:36.294-04:00For Detroit Police Officers only:Future leaders of DPDThere is a debate being waged on who the future leaders of the Detroit Police Department are so we need your input. Many believe the future leaders of the department are not in the executive ranks. What do you think? Pick who you believe are the future of the department? We ask that you limit your choices to the ranks between Sergeant and J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-48668923977652135532010-07-06T23:22:00.002-04:002010-07-15T18:33:18.550-04:00What's on your mind?City Council should take note: Officers force to move in to dilapidated buildingBig Box looking at DetroitCity late on Pension paymentCharter Commission may lose twoJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-20132721435771179822010-07-04T21:28:00.003-04:002010-07-15T18:32:49.264-04:00Did he deal?Did Bernard Kilpatrick take a deal? That's the question being asked around town this week. Bernard Kilpatrick, the father of the former mayor as reported by the Detroit Free Press some weeks ago sat in a car making a deal with, he said, the mayors blessings. But what Bernard Kilpatrick apparently didn't realize at the time and probably didn't discover until the Free Press story; he J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com63tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-30748648478602751922010-06-23T18:50:00.003-04:002010-07-15T18:33:01.257-04:00Indicted , 19 countsFormer Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick received a 19 count indictment for fraud and tax evasion. While Kilpatrick was mayor he received unreported taxable income of $640,000 between 2003 and 2008, according to a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Detroit. The income included cash, private jet flights and personal expenses paid for by the Kilpatrick Civic Fund. J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com104tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-28301632889109816292010-06-23T18:44:00.004-04:002010-07-04T16:59:08.129-04:00President Obama has a lesson for Mayor BingPresident Obama's firing or accepting the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal should have provided some clues for Mayor Dave Bing on how a situation of an insubordinate appointee should be dealt with. Obama said:The conduct represented in the recently published article does not meet the standard that should be set by a commanding general. It J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-3018349132981637592010-06-14T10:22:00.004-04:002010-06-23T17:47:03.971-04:00Did You Know ?Kwame's blood pressure: Last week it was reported that former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick had received special privileges in Jackson Prison. It was reported that he was in an air-conditioned hospital room with a private shower, an area reserved for prisoners with medical conditions. What they did not report however was that Kilpatrick's blood pressure skyrocketed when he arrived at the J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com71tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-82530976437137309102010-06-10T00:28:00.001-04:002010-06-23T17:46:51.066-04:00Threat of layoffs political gamesmanshipMayor Bing has gone public threatening to layoff over 100 police officers and firefighters because City Council overrode his budget last week. We believe Mayor Bing will do the right thing and he won't layoff because he understands even though City Council has made what he considers a foolish mistake it won't serve him on City Council well to layoff police J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-67026376439773719902010-06-05T09:22:00.004-04:002010-06-23T17:47:14.869-04:00Budget Battle looks like Council double-talkWho could really fault the City Council for cutting another $31 million from Mayor Bing's budget then overriding his veto particularly after 9 years of no balanced budgets, the city teetering on financial ruin and talk of receivership. City Council President Charles Pugh said last week , "...this is what the people elected us to do.." and he's right. J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-56276191493936998652010-06-01T23:13:00.002-04:002010-06-14T10:22:04.102-04:00Media black out on story of 17 year old Jerean BlakeAttorney Geoffrey Fieger held another press conference Tuesday this time claiming to have new evidence of how the 7 year old girl got shot. The bottom line is the little girl is dead and the city of Detroit will have to pay for her loss. But while the media was chasing Fieger around you may have missed this little nugget in the news and give J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-48286514079337357402010-05-29T12:29:00.003-04:002010-06-14T10:22:18.088-04:00No such thing as "routine"Headline in Saturdays' Detroit News : Massive police response raises new questions in Detroit cop shooting. The paper looks to be Monday morning quarterbacking the shooting that took the life of Officer Huff on May 3rd.The story repeatedly made reference to the " unusually aggressive response" and they quote a criminologist and former DC officer who said " the heavy J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com93tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-70278361091286527842010-05-28T17:29:00.003-04:002010-06-05T09:22:36.448-04:00Evans fired or quitting rumor looks like a sympathy ployWe received many calls since Thursday night regarding a rumor floating about that chief Warren Evans was soon to resign or be fired. What we can tell you is its unlikely he will be fired because we don't believe Mayor Bing is ready to acknowledge he made an error in hiring him in the first place. As for him resigning that seems unlikely alsoJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com65tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-64149047712517712332010-05-17T18:11:00.009-04:002010-05-29T12:29:31.808-04:00Fieger's comments fanning the flamesWe would like to pass on our condolences to the family of Aiyana Stanley Jones, the 7 year old girl accidentally shot, Geraldine Jackson, the 69 year old senior citizen shot through the wall of her house, Avondre Donel, the 15 year old killed in front of his house and Jerean Blake who was shot twice in the head down the street from Southeastern High School and J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com220tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-32407167680143487722010-05-10T17:55:00.002-04:002010-05-19T21:09:39.571-04:00Moonlighting Proposal Bad for DetroitI would like to go on record with my opposition to the police officers "moonlighting" plan as it is currently constructed. Let me say first of all I support the idea of officers having the right to work outside employment for obvious reasons. However the current proposal put forth by Councilman Gary Brown does not answer some important questions for me, the J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-70622427149962251682010-05-06T22:43:00.003-04:002010-05-19T21:09:52.209-04:00Evans citizen’s complaints will cost the City of Detroit millions from lawsuitsAs if Detroit didn’t have enough problems to worry about now comes information from our sources that have told us that the Chief of Police Warren Evans has received at least seven (7) and as many as ten (10) citizen’s complaints against him for a variety of activities that involve the violations of rights. And in J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com78tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-51315461417453877922010-05-03T14:34:00.005-04:002010-05-16T22:45:55.380-04:00R.I.POfficer Brian Huff Badge 4600Appointed 4-27-98Rest in Peace,My Brother, My FriendJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-89123796627106548362010-04-25T20:04:00.003-04:002010-05-06T18:00:26.729-04:00Is Lieutenant Patterson calling the shots?Here is little back drop to the story we talked about previously concerning the firing of Detroit Police Deputy Chief Herbert Moreland. According to sources Moreland had a run in with Evans boo Lieutenant Monique Patterson which lead to his dismissal. We are told that whenever Patterson complains to Evans about someone they're history. According to J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-87015533672765172872010-04-20T21:56:00.001-04:002010-05-06T18:00:37.841-04:00Can we cancel this show so Detroit can move on?When will it finally be over. For what seems like the millionth time former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was back in a Detroit Court Room and after all the histrionics the Judge again let him go back home to return yet again in May for, guess what, to find out if he is going to jail. Raise your hand if you've been waiting for years now for Kwame to go to J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-2301076998404241322010-04-08T18:22:00.003-04:002010-05-06T18:00:48.815-04:00Are We In Good Hands?Okay, so Mayor Bing ran on a platform of being a good businessman with a good track record, but now we read in the Detroit News that Mayor Bing owes creditors a lot of money. One of them accused Bing of "just walking away". Some voters might say he lied to us but here's a better explanation, maybe voters should do a better job of researching candidates before they give them J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com192tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-89494408177691858102010-04-03T10:11:00.002-04:002010-04-20T21:46:42.004-04:00Bing failed in attempt to secure loan from Detroit Pension fundsTwo years ago then businessman and developer of the riverfront Watermark project, Dave Bing went before the Detroit General Pension Board trustees and the Detroit Police and Fire Pension Board trustees to secure a loan for his development. Bing was initially approved contingent upon he and his partners raising additional financing. J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-74376935649474711642010-04-03T10:06:00.002-04:002010-04-20T21:46:54.454-04:00Old MGM to costly to be new police headquartersThere has been much speculation since the State of the City announcement by Mayor Dave Bing on where the new police headquarters will be located. Much of that speculation centers on the former home to MGM Casino on the Lodge Service Drive. If the speculation is correct it would make sense when you consider the many years of wrong headed decisions J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-90388008980795834832010-03-25T23:38:00.009-04:002010-04-20T21:47:05.502-04:00Pension fund takeover is a slap in the face to the people they swore to serveWe told you that the Detroit City Council should strongly oppose this attempted takeover of Detroit's Pension System. Now we will give you further evidence as to why that is the case. But first lets be clear, the fact that Saul Green went to Lansing on behalf of Mayor Bing to push this takeover is a slap in the face to J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-80266399707592926222010-03-23T19:51:00.003-04:002010-04-03T09:24:54.780-04:00Bing's speech falls shortMayor Bing's State of the City speech had more applause than it had real substance that Detroiters needed to hear. There was no talk of adding new police officers to help solve the crime problem. Mayor Bing praised officers for their work but offered nothing to help them do the job . He, however did announce a new police headquarters as if that was what officers needed J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-44611856744080060162010-03-17T18:03:00.005-04:002010-04-03T09:25:05.564-04:00Chief involved in alleged cover up of Greene case wants to be a JudgeWord has spread throughout Detroit that former Chief of Police Ella Bully-Cummings is collecting signatures to get on the ballot to become a 36th District Court Judge. Bully-Cummings oversaw leadership of the police department during most of the troubled leadership of Kwame Kilpatrick.. Under her leadership the forensic lab cameJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com82tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-67846214167941758052010-03-13T09:37:00.006-05:002010-04-03T09:25:21.076-04:00Is Beatty Blocking the Greene InvestigationThis story kind of got lost with all the hoopla over the Conyers sentencing and the Kiplatrick Carousel but why would the attorney for Christine Beatty file papers to halt the depositions in the Greene case? The filing is attempting to keep Bernard Kilpatrick, Carlita Kilpatrick, Jerry Oliver and Brooke Jordan a former staffer of Mike Cox from being J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com63tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-34853601788833403532010-03-13T09:34:00.004-05:002010-04-03T09:25:41.755-04:00It maybe time for Detroit to get out of its own wayFirst let me say I don't agree with everything DPS Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb has said or done, including increasing the deficit in his year long tenure and asking an already heavily burden tax paying population to give more to a broken school system. But we may have reached the point of no return and the only alternative left is forJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-64978301375839375342010-03-07T19:03:00.001-05:002010-03-17T21:47:16.116-04:00Bankruptcy or Receivership which will it be?Detroit runs the risk of needing to file for bankruptcy protection in the near future, according to a bondholder statement that the city filed early last week. In a preliminary offering statement related to the bond sale, Detroit told investors that the city's dire economy could cause it to file Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. The city says it would J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-44872552736534791142010-03-06T09:21:00.004-05:002010-03-17T21:47:31.510-04:00Where's My Loot?Monica Conyers is scheduled to be sentenced this week On March 10th. What will be here fate. I'm guessing probation, what say you?J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com75tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-55053746978073567772010-02-27T18:35:00.002-05:002010-03-06T09:25:34.778-05:00Comment on the current topics:Hansen Clarke for CongressPastor Winans focus of attackBing needs focus and adviceIs Ficano getting a pass ?J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com128tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-35529186369479492122010-02-20T23:23:00.008-05:002010-02-27T18:35:51.684-05:00They want to be MayorThey both have become the faces of the city willingly and by proxy, Chief Evans because Mayor Bing refuses to talk to the people and put forth a plan of action for the city, Council President Pugh because his colleagues don’t know what to say or they prefer to watch him embarrass himself and thereby embarrass them also. However it came to be these two city officials have longJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com78tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-39094649539893301722010-02-17T23:34:00.003-05:002010-02-27T18:04:26.155-05:00Playing with fireThe Detroit Fire Department has less than 1000 firefighters now due too retirements. Fire companies are being closed which puts many neighborhoods at great risk. Fire leadership has complained to the mayor about Fire Department leadership now they're taking their complaints to City Council members.Paying the billsSome city of Detroit accounts have a zero balance which has caused J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-14935240961736223132010-02-13T10:22:00.002-05:002010-02-27T18:04:36.276-05:00Class Action Lawsuit coming from demoted police officersDespite a court order stay delaying the demotion of 16 Detroit Police Sergeants the city and police department has decided to go forward with the demotions. The officers were informed on Friday that they would be demoted effective Monday, February 15, 2010 and stripped of their rank and pay. If you recall these officers were promoted by thenJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com64tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-69927606325069143342010-02-13T10:20:00.003-05:002010-02-27T18:04:47.894-05:00Sheriff Bouchard, Evans have something in commonA story reported in the Oakland Press, Macomb Daily and Royal Oak paper talk about someone buying a billboard on I-75 against Sheriff Bouchard - some of the allegations is a consensual relationship with an employee that worked in the sheriff's department - the website is oaklandsheriff.net. Why is this important? Because it of can happen there is J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-24059160714413723892010-02-06T21:50:00.009-05:002010-02-27T18:05:00.220-05:00Ribbons are a symbol of duty, honor and sacrificeBy my seventh year on the police department I'd been to 9 in the line of duty deaths of Detroit Police Officers. In my 14 years as a servant of the people many police officers and firefighters have met a tragic ending. Though we may not always agree we share one common thread and that is honoring the uniform out of respect for those who've come J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com128tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-73444914781192686352010-01-31T21:48:00.002-05:002010-02-27T18:05:11.604-05:00Discussion on any topicJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com69tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-21856830787543389452010-01-23T15:50:00.004-05:002010-02-13T10:16:39.859-05:00Police executives losing city cars called retaliationEffective Feb 1st all police department executive will lose their cars unless they get " special justification". Which raises the question what about removing all executive cars from the entire Bing administration and City Council. The city, as we know, is in a financial crisis so every dime that could be saved should be saved. Other than the J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-63892694234158256392010-01-17T10:56:00.007-05:002010-02-06T21:56:18.519-05:00This photo was copied from the Detroit Free Press which was taken at the Detroit Auto Shows Black-Tie gala last Friday. Chief Evans is pictured with his lady friend Monique Patterson. Gotta give the old guy credit he picked a cherry. What guy wouldn't want to be seen with Patterson who by the way looks a lot like Warren Evans ex-wife Ella Bully-Cummings. J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com82tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-42234836814578543662010-01-07T23:13:00.001-05:002010-01-31T21:49:55.393-05:00Evans to Demote officersThis may be considered among the worst indignities visited on the police department by former Chief Ella Bully-Cummings. The officers she promoted just before leaving her position will apparently be demoted by Chief Warren Evans. Bully broke some rules promoting and worse yet charter promoting before she exited. The matter has been in the courts since then and now the cityJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com233tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-33939039405101859522010-01-05T21:30:00.003-05:002010-01-17T11:05:41.983-05:00Printed from Detroit NewsJanuary 5, 2010 http://detnews.com/article/20100105/METRO/1050432Ethics board clears Detroit police chiefCHRISTINE MACDONALDThe Detroit NewsDetroit -- The city's Board of Ethics on Tuesday dismissed complaints filed by four Corktown residents against Police Chief Warren Evans over a troubled property that he owns in their neighborhood, saying they found he committed no J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-23202081884320685652009-12-31T11:11:00.004-05:002010-01-17T11:05:17.903-05:00Who's your Best and Worst of '09?J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-6477047938899360682009-12-28T15:17:00.004-05:002010-01-05T21:30:17.581-05:00When an Executive has a Relationship of a Personal Nature with a Subordinate, the Relationship MattersEvans exposing city of Detroit to lawsuit with relationship with subordinate Now that we know there was an attempt to promote Patterson does this relationship matter or is it none of anybody's business.On the job love affairs ( printed 12/6/09)How do you deal with rampant rumors and speculation J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com93tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-66198734245831078742009-12-26T12:49:00.005-05:002010-01-05T21:30:06.044-05:00Story from a Detroit News Article: Keep your eyes on this issue.Towing war in Detroit, WayneSome skeptical of vow to review, revamp operations at 2 of county's police agenciesGeorge Hunter / The Detroit NewsDetroit -- The change in leadership of Wayne County's two largest police agencies has sparked a war among towing companies scrambling for business.Allegations of cronyism have long plagued theJ Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535017274088134535.post-50117213438268737472009-12-19T19:37:00.007-05:002009-12-31T11:13:11.499-05:00Pugh wants Reeves out of her office. What are your thoughts..Discuss this and any topic of your choice.J Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00834346286802577903noreply@blogger.com22