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Tag: creepiness

Detroit descends deeper into the dangerous and bizarre

By Nick, Section News
Posted on Fri Apr 03, 2009 at 07:35:58 AM EST
Tags: Detroit, DPS, deficit, Monica Conyers, creepiness, felon, shotgun (all tags)

On the upside, the Final Four is in Detroit this weekend. Saturday at 6:07 PM they jump the ball in the first battle, between the Michigan State Spartans and the Connecticut Huskies.

And while the Green and White make their way to Ford Field,Jay Cutler won't be, which is also good news, because now I won't have to hate the Lions like I suddenly hate the Bears. (Kyle Orton and a couple of mediocre draft picks? Seriously?)

That's the good news, and folks from out-of-state who stumbled onto this website in advance of your trip to the big game should just skip ahead to the next story on the page. Because to whatever extent the rest of Detroit remains a secret to the average non-Michigander, we'd probably all be better served to preserve that naiveté.

The rest of the picture isn't pretty and it just keeps getting creepier. Worse, uglier, sure, between the record shattering unemployment, the stubborn refusal to vote for change and the mayoral candidates who sound like everyone else from the last fifty years there are a lot of adjectives we could use, but "creepy" fits this morning's news best.