THROUGH THE MINDS EYE

Thursday, November 3, 2011

DETROIT GOING INTO RECEIVERSHIP!?

           WHILE RIDING DOWN GRATIOT TODAY,  I SAW A MAN RIDING ON THE BACK OF A BUS.  SHIRT ON A HANGER... FLYING IN THE WIND!!  FOR A BRIEF MOMENT I WAS SCARED FOR HIM, BUT THAT FEAR WAS QUICKLY REPLACED BY ENVY!!  WHAT A WAY TO CRUISE DOWN ONE OF DETROIT'S MAIN VEINS!  MAYBE HE KNOWS WHERE HE'S GOING, MAYBE HE HAS NO CLUE,  BUT HE WAS GETTING A FREE RIDE NONE THE LESS!!  THERE HAVE BEEN MANY FILM CREWS VISITING OUR DELAPITATED CITY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.  I ALMOST THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A SCENE FROM A MOVIE.  MAYBE ONE DAY I'LL SEE THAT SCENE AT THE DRIVE THRU.  BUT.., WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS, THE FREE RIDES OVER!! THE CORRUPTION HAS TO STOP! IT HAS TO END. THE CITY HAS BEEN BLED DRY.  ITS GOING TO TAKE A LOT MORE THAN A SUPER BOWL TO TURN OUR NITY GRITY CITY BACK INTO THE  SOUGHT AFTER GEM THAT IT SO LONG AGO WAS!  SOME KNEW HER WHEN SHE WAS BEING BUILT, OTHERS DURING HER PRIME... BUT MOST LIKE MYSELF HAVE GROWN UP HERE HEARING ABOUT "THE GOOOD OLE' DAYS.  WE CAN ONLY HOPE AND DREAM THAT WE ARE ALIVE TO SEE HER COME BACK TO LIFE!!.  I HEARD TODAY THAT THE CITY MIGHT ACTUALLY GO INTO RECEIVERSHIP!!  THE WORDS I HAVE DREADED TO HEAR FOR MANY MANY YEARS.  ARE THEY REAL?  OR JUST ANOTHER SCAM TO BRING THE MORALE OF THIS ONCE THRIVING COMMUNITY DOWN?..AGAIN..  I GUESS WE SHALL SEE.  THIS BLOG WILL BE A PLACE TO VISIT AND SEE HOW IT ALL UNFOLDS.. THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY..THE BEAUTY & THE BEAST.  I HOPE SOME HOW WE CAN SAVE IT TOGETHER,, & BRING HER OUT OF THE ASHES.. & TO -THE UPPER LEVEL-.......