Detroit Weather alternated between perfect and coolish. A surprisingly hard shower turned into hail for almost a half-hour. Red shirts were everywhere and largely good spirits abounded. Friends greeted each other who had not seen each other since the last convention in Columbus. Arquela Smith was there from Dallas with her great grandson. …
Month: June 2008
Covered Bonds
Detroit ACORN’s Convention is getting ready to roll into Detroit. Not surprisingly a huge focus of this meeting is going to be threat of foreclosure and the credit squeezes everyone for our members now. Since Detroit, the state of Michigan, and the general Midwest are ground zero for some of these problems, the ACORN …
Section 8 and Crime
New Orleans The July-August issue of The Atlantic featured an article by Hanna Rosin entitled: “Why Crime is Coming Back — and Why No One Wants to Talk about it.” The article itself is less inflammatory than the headline, but the underlying thesis of the piece probes the question of whether or not tearing …