Author Archives: Diane Bukowski

Lawsuit says Countrywide removed all controls and issued ‘disastrously bad loans and stuck taxpayers with the bill.’ By Teresa at MSN Real Estate October 25, 2012 The U.S. government has sued Bank of America for “brazen” mortgage fraud, saying its … Continue reading →

From Atty. Bob Day; Paramount Homeowners Oct. 24, 2012 DETROIT— Homeowners swindled by Paramount Land Holdings in a scheme financed by the Detroit  Police and Fire Pension Board face a court hearing Friday morning, Oct. 26, which could lead to their eviction. The Paramount homeowners and … Continue reading →

 Commentary by Greg Thrasher, VOD Washington Bureau Greg Thrasher October 24, 2012 Now that the theatre of the presidential debates is behind us here in the nation’s capital, there is an eerie sense outside the beltway that Obama is a … Continue reading →

ANGELA DAVIS SPEAKING AT OCCUPY PHILLY OCTOBER, 2011

Dillon again threatens to withhold bond money Council members generally agreeable ‘State bullying’ by ‘white folks,’ one Detroiter responds  By Diane Bukowski  October 22, 2012 (VOD: photo quality is not the best because photos were taken from computer while watching session … Continue reading →

VOD notes Mayor Dave Bing, featured in story  above, with State Treasurer Andy Dillon and company, doing drastic economic violence to the people of Detroit, rushed off to a so-called “Stop the Violence” rally at Rev. Wendell Anthony’s Fellowship Chapel. October … Continue reading →

  DWSD director Sue McCormick, speaking, and (l to r) BOWC financial advisor Butler Benton, Chair Walter Fausone, DWSD COO Matthew Sheck, BOWC V-P James Thrower, and BOWC member Mary Blackmon push for Council approval of $48 million EMA down-sizing … Continue reading →

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing announces EMA contract at press conference with (front, l to r) Board of Water Commissioners (BOWC) chair Mary Blackmon, DWSD Director Sue McCormick, Bing, BOWC chair James Fausone, and Detroit City Councilman Gary Brown (a member … Continue reading →