Author Archives: Diane Bukowski

Questions legality of swaps, COPS deals; says city could be recover losses  Allows $120 M of Barclay’s loan for “quality of life” purposes, encourages continued “negotiation”  Objectors, retirees encouraged by delay in rush to cut pensions, assets  Jones Day now attacking … Continue reading →

By Wallace Turbeville, Senior Fellow at Demos  January 17, 2014  Detroit Wallace Turbeville Just three days before Kevyn Orr, the Emergency Manger appointed by Michigan Governor Snyder to run the fiscally strapped City, filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in … Continue reading →

  Protesters march outside Cobo Center where the 2014 North American International Auto Show is being held. Photos and text by James Fassinger for MintPress News January 14, 2014 Detroit–As automakers prepared to trumpet record profits and reveal new car … Continue reading →

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. marches against genocidal U.S. war on Vietnam. By Jay Janson January 15, 2014, Dr. King’s birthday On TV, the week-end before the Martin Luther King Jr.’ birthday holiday, see all the celebrities, Black, white, … Continue reading →

COPS “A ticking time bomb”  Orr claims litigation “too lengthy and costly”  Tries to gloss over evident bribery by UBS AG/SBS of former city CFO Sean Werdlow, Kilpatrick administration  By Diane Bukowski  ANALYSIS  January 12, 2014  DETROIT – The city could … Continue reading →

Detroit EM Kevyn Orr (r) appointed by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (l) under PA 436, discusses bankruptcy filing at press conference July 19, 2013. Photo by Diane Bukowski  A coalition of organizations is asking Detroiters and their supporters to pack … Continue reading →

“Jones Day is not the City of Detroit!” By Frank and Karen Hammer fkhammer@ameritech.net January 8, 2014 DETROIT — Detroit activist pastor Rev. William Wylie-Kellerman was removed from the Detroit bankruptcy court trial yesterday by security for speaking truth to … Continue reading →

First white mayor in 40 years sworn in State takes Belle Isle Trash and recycling collections privatized Birth and Death Records given to Wayne County PLD privatized as “Public Lighting Authority” By Cheryl LaBash  (Cheryl LaBash is a City of … Continue reading →

January 12, 2014 LANSING — New legislation in Lansing is designed to help inmates find a job when they leave prison. The bills would let Michigan certify felons’ skills and character to help them during the job application process. The … Continue reading →

NAACP constitutional case challenging PA 436 now in U.S. District Court Detroit is the only Chapter 9 case under unelected official Not only pensions, but key assets like Water Dept. at stake; DWSD bondholders in mediation sessions in NYC Jan. … Continue reading →