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Detroit's fiscal condition has become so dire that private citizens are stepping up to provide basic services, and some experts say the volunteers and entrepreneurs are the Motor City's best hope.

Nearly $2.5 billion in debt after decades of mismanagement, the city is now being run by an independent emergency manager in a last-ditch effort to avoid bankruptcy. Just last month that city stopped payment on unsecured debt in an attempt to “conserve cash” for the police and fire departments and other city services. But the city's collision course with insolvency has created business opportunities for some and spurred a sense of civic pride for others.
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"Detroit is in desperate, desperate shape," said Peter Eisinger, professor emeritus of urban policy at New York's New School. "Detroit is a vast territory and 40 percent of it is empty. I don't see any of these efforts having any positive effects. It's a desperate, band-aid effort to make the city a little more livable for the people who stayed there."

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D1B wrote:Detroit - built by conks and destroyed by conks. Donks, as usual, will have to clean up their mess.

AZGrizFan wrote:

D1B wrote:Detroit - built by conks and destroyed by conks. Donks, as usual, will have to clean up their mess.

Yeah. There are a boatload of conks in Detroit.

D1B wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:

Yeah. There are a boatload of conks in Detroit.

They come in, fuck everything with up and loot, then leave. Kinda like what your hero W did to the nation.

AZGrizFan wrote:

D1B wrote:
They come in, fuck everything with up and loot, then leave. Kinda like what your hero W did to the nation.

Nice English, Einstein.

Gil Dobie wrote:Detroit has had a Donk mayor since 1962!

D1B wrote:

Gil Dobie wrote:Detroit has had a Donk mayor since 1962!

Sure, a conk puppet paid to keep the animals fed and supplied with mentholated smokes and booze.

Conks fucked up that city by mismanaging their companies and bleeding them dry.

D1B wrote:

Gil Dobie wrote:Detroit has had a Donk mayor since 1962!

Sure, a conk puppet paid to keep the animals fed and supplied with mentholated smokes and booze.

Conks **** up that city by mismanaging their companies and bleeding them dry.

D1B wrote:

Gil Dobie wrote:Detroit has had a Donk mayor since 1962!

Sure, a conk puppet paid to keep the animals fed and supplied with mentholated smokes and booze.

Conks fucked up that city by mismanaging their companies and bleeding them dry.

kalm wrote:Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Austin, and Missoula are all right behind.

AZGrizFan wrote:

D1B wrote:
They come in, fuck everything with up and loot, then leave. Kinda like what your hero W did to the nation.

Nice English, Einstein.

ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
Nice English, Einstein.

There is that liberal controlled public school system paying off!

grizzaholic wrote:

kalm wrote:Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Austin, and Missoula are all right behind.

Pretty soon Missoula will be a bike only town. Take a wild guess how the city council votes

Grizalltheway wrote:

grizzaholic wrote:
Pretty soon Missoula will be a bike only town. Take a wild guess how the city council votes

Nice hyperbole.

ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:Donks


If I was picking teams for a kickball game I would pick pedophiles, Clay Aiken and bobcat fans before any liberals.

D1B wrote:

ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:Donks


If I was picking teams for a kickball game I would pick pedophiles, Clay Aiken and bobcat fans before any liberals.

I'd pick your mom. She can catch balls with her pussy, like a pro. She makes Derek Jeter look like Aunt Bea.

D1B wrote:

ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:Donks


If I was picking teams for a kickball game I would pick pedophiles, Clay Aiken and bobcat fans before any liberals.

I'd pick your mom. She can catch balls with her pussy, like a pro. She makes Derek Jeter look like Aunt Bea.

AZGrizFan wrote:

D1B wrote:
I'd pick your mom. She can catch balls with her pussy, like a pro. She makes Derek Jeter look like Aunt Bea.

Man, that schtick is gettin' O-L-D.