Author Archives: Diane Bukowski

Commentary by Diane Bukowski: THE MICHIGAN SENATE JUST PASSED ITS PACKAGE OF EMERGENCY FINANCIAL MANAGER BILLS FEB. 9. THEY ARE NOW SET TO GO BACK TO THE HOUSE TO RESOLVE DISCREPANCIES, THEN TO GOV. RICK SNYDER’S DESK. HE IS FULLY … Continue reading →

PART FOUR: Bobb’s Academic Failure Bills HB 4214 and SB 153 propose to give school EFMs power over academics. DPS is the only school District that has had an EFM, one who has also exercised academic power. Bobb hired Dr. … Continue reading →

PART THREE: BOBB’S RECORD IN DETROIT When Bobb came to Detroit, he pledged to work with the elected school Board over their shared responsibilities, as the emergency financial manager law, PA 72 of 1990, requires. Governor Granholm also made such … Continue reading →

PART TWO: ROBERT BOBB’S BACKGROUND Before coming to Detroit in March, 2009, Robert Bobb had just vacated the seat of President of the Washington, D.C. school board that he been elected to in 2006. Back then the shoe was on … Continue reading →

A CASE STUDY; PART ONE By Russ Bellant  (Ed. note: Mr. Bellant submitted this report — all four sections published here — to the Michigan Senate Education Committee during its hearing on Senate Bills     Feb. 23, 2011. The House has since passed their … Continue reading →

  (and my request to abandon ship)   March 8, 2011 By Fige Bornu aka Roland Lawrence How long have we heard that the Black people in America spend hundreds of billions of dollars each and every year on goods, … Continue reading →

  SPEECH BY MICHAEL MOORE Speech delivered at Wisconsin Capitol in Madison, March 5, 2011 Click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgNuSEZ8CDw to hear Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore. Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you’ll give up your … Continue reading →

Dear parents, educators and advocates, We can no longer afford to keep “kicking the can” in the  face of our school districts by just “cutting our way to a balanced budget. Our school communities deserve better than what Governor Snyder’s … Continue reading →

     Authorities will not release name or set time for further review By Diane Bukowski DETROIT, March 5 – According to the office of Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, Michigan State Police have announced that their investigation into the … Continue reading →

  (Ed. note: In November, 2010, the Michigan ACLU filed a lawsuit, Hill et. al. v. Granholm, on behalf of nine of Michigan’s more than 350 “juvenile lifers,” who were sentenced to life without parole before their 18th birthdays.   “The lawsuit … Continue reading →