Author Archives: Diane Bukowski

Danny Glover addresses standing-room only crowd at Timbuktu Academy Dec. 8, 2012, in opposition to Hantz. Packed community meeting featuring Danny Glover says NO to largest land sale in Detroit history Hantz Financial facing lawsuit over its recommendation of $2.5 billion Ponzi … Continue reading →

   After burying Detroit in credit grave, Wall Street gives Michigan  “historically low” rate on $100 million bond re-financing Dillon threatens EFM if Detroit doesn’t toe the line under “consent agreement” that should be dead in wake of PA4 repeal City … Continue reading →

Governor Rick Snyder, who signed PA 4, a law giving unprecedented and dictatorial powers to unelected Emergency Managers, was invited to be the Grand Marshall of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph’s annual Bloomtime Parade in Michigan. Benton Harbor is the … Continue reading →

Dear Sisters and Brothers, AFSCME Council 25 President Al Garrett and Secretary-Treasurer Larry Roehrig are holding a special tele-townhall meeting for Council 25 members tonight (Saturday, December 8th) at 6:00 PM to update you on the Right-to-Work legislation currently being … Continue reading →

  To download a copy of the information above, click on Stop Hantz Farms Land Grab. Hantz Woodlands is announcing on its website that they plan to hold a “public hearing” separate from the City Council’s at 4 P.M. Monday. … Continue reading →

VOD: Tuesday is the target because that is when legislators will take final votes on the right to work legislation. To download a copy of the flier above, click on STOP RTW LAW. Dear Sisters and Brothers, We need your … Continue reading →

Michigan unionists packed the rotunda of the state Capitol in Lansing yesterday but the House passed a right to work bill. Protests continue today. Photo: AFT Michigan.   By Alix Gould-Werth December 7, 2012   Michigan unionists rallied and lobbied in … Continue reading →

December 6, 2012 ©2012 Mitchell Jon MacKay THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER as per Jimi Hendrix version, still relevant after all these years, is a facetious hypocritical tribute, as the George Gilder saying goes, by vice to virtue. It is illogical … Continue reading →

Debt ratings drop into dungeon Council cops pummel protesting pastor Mayor plans meeting at Council Tues. Dec. 4 10 a.m.  By Diane Bukowski  December 3, 2012  DETROIT – In the wake of debt downgrades by Wall Street and Michigan officials’ … Continue reading →

  By Christopher Palmeri & Mary Jane Credeur – Nov 30, 2012 9:38 AM ET Bloomberg Business Week (VOD–the strike continues as of today, Dec. 3, 2012. Workers say they are “entitled” to their jobs, which are being outsourced. Detroit … Continue reading →