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    Tag: Roger Penske M-1 rail boondoggle

    Shut up, Dan


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Fri May 31, 2013 at 12:10:35 PM EST
    Tags: Livonia, Detroit, Quicken Loans, Cavaliers, Rent Seekers, Dan Gilbert, Corporate Whores, Roger Penske M-1 rail boondoggle, Billionaire Welfare, MEDC, Republicans, Then .. there are Conservatives, Rush Limbaugh (all tags)

    via The Detroit News

    Friday's news that the PulteGroup Inc. - one of the nation's largest home builders - will move its Bloomfield Hills headquarters to Atlanta in 2014, prompted immediate public criticism from Quicken Loans' Dan Gilbert.

    "If rumor true @Pultehomes is moving HQ to Atlanta then punk CEO & intertebrate board even worse than its P&L (profit and loss) last 5 years & that's hard to do," Gilbert tweeted just before 1 a.m. Friday morning.

    Rest

    At least Pulte's relocation doesn't rape Michigan taxpayers like it does to fill YOUR WALLET along with your Downtown cronies, DAN.

    (2 comments) Comments >>

    Pure Penske


    By Corinthian Scales, Section Multimedia
    Posted on Thu May 30, 2013 at 11:47:37 AM EST
    Tags: Roger Penske, MEDC, Michigan International Speedway, $18.1M from 2008 to 2010, $1.2M in 2011, another $800000 for 2014, Roger Penske M-1 rail boondoggle, Billionaire Welfare, MDOT, needs to raise Gas Taxes and Registration Fees for road repair?, Puuure Michigan, Crony capitalism?, Corpratism?, Nah, just the Oligarch redistributing our Coerced Wealth, One Term Nerd (all tags)

    Our tax dollars at work...

    For some in this state who are enabled with stopping traffic connecting our Peninsulam Amoenam, the taxpayer trough is bottomless.  Not to mention the Federal handouts.

    Oh well... at least the dwindling Majority leadership got their jock-sniffing photo op.

    (1 comment) Comments >>

    A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

    Complete Waste of Federal Confiscated Tax Dollars


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Wed Aug 22, 2012 at 09:05:55 AM EST
    Tags: Rick Snyder, Dangerously Incompetent, Bureaucratic Tool, One Term Nerd, Progressives, Massive Federal debt is not a factor, Light Rail boondoggles, Goonion Labor Payola, Roger Penske M-1 rail boondoggle, Billionaire Welfare, Public-Private Partnerships, DRIC-NITC, Corporate Welfare, ChiComs, Globalism, Follow The Money (all tags)

    via The Detroit News

    Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood met with Gov. Rick Snyder and the state Senate Republican leader Tuesday on the long-stalled regional transit authority.

    LaHood praised the meeting with Sen. Majority Leader Randy Richardville and said progress was being made. He said he planned to meet with the state House Speaker Jase Bolger early next month.

    "I believe within the next month or so we will be able to make some announcements and we're making a lot of progress and I things are moving in the right direction," LaHood said.

    In February 2010, the Transportation Department awarded $25 million for Detroit light rail as part of a 9.3-mile, $500 million project that was to travel up Woodward to Eight Mile.

    Rest here

    Speaker Bolger, here's a chance to redeem yourself with stopping this wasteful progressive agenda by a No Go in the House on Gov JenniRick Snydholms' utopian Regional Transit Authority.

    Though, good for graft.

    (11 comments) Comments >>

    Detoilet 101: Kleptoparasitism


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Tue Aug 14, 2012 at 04:29:31 PM EST
    Tags: City of Detoilet, Corruption, Debt, Parasites, Shining City, Fur Trading Post, 1701, 2011 RIP, Dave Bing, Cowardly with Detroits Financial Disaster, Progressives, Rick Snyder, a 'Placemaking' Czar ?, Light Rail boondoggles, Roger Penske M-1 rail boondoggle, Billionaire Welfare, DIA Art Tax, Shake down, Nikes, Values (all tags)

    via CBS Detroit

    Got kicks? Every Detroit student who shows up on the cash-crucial Student Count Day will be able to answer "yes" thanks to a donation from Bob's Classic Kicks in midtown.

    BCK, 4717 Woodward, made an arrangement with the school district to give away a free pair of black leather Nikes to every student who comes to class on Oct. 3, the day when students are counted and their numbers used as the basis for per-pupil funding from the state and federal government.

    The more bodies in class, the more money schools have all year.

    Rest

    Perhaps, rewards for perfect attendance?  Oh hell no: Count Day Caaaaaash, fo shizzle.  Nice 'gaming the system' values you got there, Bob's Classic Kicks.  What's next?  Teaching the rest of the secrets to success for Detroit is written on the back of EBT cards?

    (1 comment) Comments >>

    Taking The Bus


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Tue Jul 03, 2012 at 07:49:18 AM EST
    Tags: Imported From Detroit, Hitchin a ride, Exodus, National exposure, Michigan, Detroit, Obituary, Corruption, Debt, Parasites, Shining City, Fur Trading Post, 1701, 2011 RIP, Rick Snyder, Light Rail boondoggles, Roger Penske M-1 rail boondoggle, Billionaire Welfare (all tags)

    via The Detroit News

    The union representing Detroit's bus drivers has asked the City Council to put pressure on the transit agency to help stop the spread of bedbugs on buses.

    About 50 Detroit Department of Transportation drivers have reported seeing the bugs on buses, and some have been bitten within the past year, said Henry Gaffney, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 26.

    After receiving a letter from Gaffney in May, DDOT chief executive Ron Freeland said Thursday he asked a maintenance crew to investigate and sent a letter to the union later in the month saying any infested bus would be cleaned.
    ....

    Their bites affect people similarly to that of a mosquito, said Erik Foster, medical entomologist for the state Department of Community Health.

    "Bedbugs have been found in public transit, school buses, public buses, airplanes," Foster said.

    Rest here.  Photo here.

    Can't say that I blame any form of civilization for trying to leave Detoilet.

    Apocalypto!

    Comments >>

    Send The Bill To Target


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Wed Jun 06, 2012 at 07:27:22 PM EST
    Tags: City of Detoilet, Rick Snyder, Anti-Right To Work, Will VETO R-T-W, DRIC-NITC, Light Rail boondoggles, Massive Federal debt is not a factor, Obamacare Health Exchange, H-1B Visas, EB-5 Citizenship, Wholesale Gas Tax, Registration Fees, Government Funding, Dave Bing, Cowardly with Detroits Financial Disaster, Progressives, Been there done that with Granholm, Roger Penske M-1 rail boondoggle, Billionaire Welfare, Target Fireworks, DIA, Other Peoples Money (all tags)

    So it goes... yesterday it's Penske, today it's Target.

    via The Detroit News

    The Target Fireworks will go off as planned this month, but the cash-strapped city will get help from county and state authorities to help keep downtown secure, Mayor Dave Bing said Wednesday.

    Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties and the Michigan State Police have committed to helping with public safety and offsetting security costs estimated at about $700,000, Bing said in a statement. This year's fireworks are set for June 25.

    "After assessing the considerable public safety costs, we have reached out to and received the support of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb sheriff's offices and the Michigan State Police to help ensure that this year's fireworks display would go on as scheduled," Bing said.

    Bing added the city will need help with other big downtown events.

    Rest here

    Is there anything that Bing and the city can do without using other peoples money?  Amazing.  Target decides it wants to get some advertising by propping up an event in a war zone, and the public gets stuck with paying for their zookeeper.

    It's so comforting to know that our money swirls into the toilet in Lansing that's known as the State Treasury.

    Comments >>

    When In A Hole One Usually Puts Down The Shovel


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Wed Jun 06, 2012 at 08:59:59 AM EST
    Tags: Anyone but Stabenow, Air America, NObama, Stimulus Bill, Jennifer Granholm, SLUT, Current TV, GreenTard Energy, Rick Snyder, Anti-Right To Work, Will VETO R-T-W, DRIC-NITC, Light Rail boondoggles, Massive Federal debt is not a factor, Obamacare Health Exchange, Foreign National Job Preference, H-1B Visas, EB-5 Citizenship, Wholesale Gas Tax, Registration Fees, Government Funding, Cowardly with Detroits Financial Disaster, Roger Penske M-1 rail boondoggle, Billionaire Welfare, Progressives, Been there done that with Granholm (all tags)

    via The Detroit News

    A123 in April received a two-year extension on its deadline to spend a $249.1 million grant from the federal government, originally received in 2009. The money was to be used for the construction of new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facilities in Michigan. A123's Livonia plant opened in 2010, and its Romulus plant opened last year. The company had $120 million left of the $249.1 million grant.

    The hiring announcement comes after the company has hit financial problems. In March, A123 said it would spend about $55 million to replace defective battery packs in five battery packages that were assembled at its plant in Livonia.

    In addition, financial losses have accelerated. In its 2011 earnings, A123's loss grew 69 percent to $257.7 million from the year earlier. And in April the company reported a first-quarter loss of $125 million -- a 133 percent increase from the  $53.6 million loss during the same quarter in 2011.

    Rest here

    But dammit, when it's a taxpayer funded hole you just put 400 new hands on the shovel to keep on digging.

    Shovel ready...

    (1 comment) Comments >>

    Roger, Do Like Warren Buffett Should: Shut Up and Write A Check


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Tue Jun 05, 2012 at 11:50:05 AM EST
    Tags: Rick Snyder, Anti-Right To Work, Will VETO R-T-W, DRIC-NITC, Light Rail boondoggles, Massive Federal debt is not a factor, Obamacare Health Exchange, Foreign National Job Preference, H-1B Visas, EB-5 Citizenship, Wholesale Gas Tax, Registration Fees, Government Funding, Dave Bing, Cowardly with Detroits Financial Disaster, Progressives, Been there done that with Granholm, Roger Penske M-1 rail boondoggle, Billionaire Welfare (all tags)

    via The Detroit News

    Mayor Dave Bing and Gov. Rick Snyder met today in Bing's office with LaHood; businessman Roger Penske, chairman of the M-1 project; and several members of the Michigan's congressional delegation to discuss the issues.
    ....
    Penske said he was "very excited" about LaHood's comments that he is in favor of the project. "We have to be sure we have all the technical information available to us," he said. "There's a concern, potentially, about who's going to run this."

    Penske said it was clear the federal government wants a regional transportation authority [think bridge] to help with the project.

    Investors with the M-1 group submitted their plans to federal officials in April. Group officials said they had raised most of the $137 million needed to build the line and pledged to pay 80 percent of the annual cost of operating it through 2025.

    The rail line would extend 3.3 miles from downtown, north to the New Center Area.

    Can y'all get over the size of the stones on those like Roger in the Billionaire Club walking around with their hand out for taxpayer money?

    All of them in Detroit.  Penske, Gilbert, Ilitch, and the Ford's.  They all talk Free Market, but sure as hell don't mind Socialism when it comes to feeding their Crony Capitalism and Corporate Welfare wallets.

    (2 comments) Comments >>

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