Rick Snyder outsources another job Michigan has four gubernatorial campaigns worth of unemployed Republican flacks. Does famous nerd Rick “Michigan” Snyder hire any of them? Nope. He’s outsourcing work to Democrat Chris DeWitt, genius behind A Whole Lotta People Supporting John Cherry. This is what Lansing anger bear Virg Bernero warned us about. It starts with Michigan Democrats, next he’ll... Read more→

Free the DPS Four! Noted neo-fascist despot Robert “Bob” Bobb and his jack-booted lackey Kym Worthy launched a full-scale assault upon the sacred right of local control of the Detroit Public Schools, and by extension, the entire diaspora of oppressed peoples. They unjustly indicted Gwendolyn Miller, Eugenia Rose Holimon, Eric Holimon, and Robert Gibson spent DPS money without submitting to bourgeois-capitalist-suburbian... Read more→

Rick Michigan makes terribly unimportant choice There is nothing more important than selecting a running mate. Except for almost anything else. But we like to make a big deal when gubernatorial or presidential nominees make their pick because, well, because they usually do it in August and nothing else is going on. Snyder tapped 33-year-old Brian Calley to be his running mate. No one knows much about... Read more→

Atanas Ilitch is your new Fredo The Ilitch family is making a move on the Pistons. They’re offering to buy the whole operation from Moe Greene (Karen Davidson). The team, the Palace, DTE, Meadowbrook, the whole operation. Once they have the Pistons, they’ll build their downtown basketball/hockey mega arena. Then no one can touch them. The family can finally get out of the pizza rackets. The old... Read more→

DPS to stay awful After listening to hundreds of unemployables shouting dull platitudes, City Council decided to protect your right to vote by deciding you shouldn’t vote on an advisory question about re-organizing DPS. That means Reverend David Murray and his merry band of incompetents continue to play school board. But it also means the state will just hire another emergency financial manager... Read more→

“Democracy is the worship of jackals by jackasses.” - H.L. Mencken Preliminary reports say City Council experienced some prodigious hyperbole today. People with no better way to spend a Tuesday crowded the 13th floor to gnash teeth over an ADVISORY ballot question about DPS governance. Asking people their opinion will violate the will of the people. Something about slavery. If we don’t do this,... Read more→

Internal poll shows expected result A new poll from the pro-mayoral control people say the people want mayoral control. Not terribly surprising. The elected school board includes a Team Kilpatrick dirt bag, a duly adjudicated child abuser, and until last month, it was led by a barely literate pervert. Of course, releasing an internal poll showing your side is winning is dubious. No one releases an... Read more→

Even when the actual City Council is sane… Professional malcontents in the gallery make sure the 13th floor is a dump truck of crazy. Some angry lady had a stack full of petitions, so she thought she should speak first during public comment time. She was wrong, and learned that she was wrong the hard way. Then Gary Brown insulted convicted child abuser the Rev. Reverend David Murray by calling him... Read more→

Mayoral control sent back to the glue factory Bob Berg’s secret group to put mayoral control of DPS back on the ballot emerged from their secret bunker this week to talk with City Council. And fail. While no sane person supports the status quo, suggesting mayoral control as an alternative (without any alterations to an idea overwhelmingly rejected by voters just six years ago) is a little like trying... Read more→

Guy with Mullet not super-criminal genius Turns out sludgeSCAM wasn’t Guy with Mullet James “JR” Rosendall’s idea. We all wanted to believe legitimate business Synagro was innocent. If we can’t trust sludge haulers to be upstanding, what hope is there for this world? But, according the Freep, Rosendall was just an errand boy. The real masterminds were senior Synagro execs like Pam Racey.... Read more→