2011: Detroit...bulldoze and start from scratch...

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I have written about Detroit a lot in 2011 because there was a lot to write about. I have gone from hope to despair, from seeing positive movements in the right direction only to have them fall back into the old quagmire that is Detroit.

Mayor Dave Bing did not step up to the plate as a savior of Detroit as I have hoped; he succumbed to the old incompetence and corruption disease that has plagued Detroit for decades and now he has also joined the race card playing hypocrites that seem to speak for Detroiters.

In 2011, Detroit had a chance to repair itself but as in years gone by, it failed because it did not want to; it would rather stay on welfare and let others support its incompetent and corrupt ways.

Towards the end of 2011, it became very clear that Detroit would have to be taken over by people that are competent and not corrupt and actually work for the eventual benefit of the residents of Detroit and the future of the city.

The governor has been timid in imposing this drastic condition on the city; worried he may be called racist and all, but the writing is clearly on the wall, he must do what is absolutely necessary for Detroit and the State of Michigan come hell or high water.

Detroit was given many chances to right itself and its unfortunate that it could not do what it needed to do so now it has become clear that the city needs to be bulldozed and re-built from scratch…yes it is that hard to wipe out the entrenched culture of incompetence and corruption.