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For our recent book club, we read Pure by Julianna Baggot. To be honest, I wasn't sure what to expect other than I knew it would be a post-apocalyptic YA novel. When I started it, it was pretty scary to me, so much so that I tried not to read it before I went to sleep, but then I got so hooked that I couldn't stop reading. The only day that I put the book down was the tragic day of the Boston bombings. To me, it was too surreal to read about a world with Detonations when there were actual bombs going off at a marathon. It was too eerily similar.
While Pure was a tough read for me because of the dark places that it goes, I was drawn to the beautiful writing and the intense drama. I just had to know what happened to each character.
In the back of my copy, there are some group discussion questions so I thought it would be fun to use some of them since it has a reading group guide. My copy also had an excerpt for Fuse, which was equally gripping and scary as well.
Here's our discussion questions:
1) At first, I was scared by the doll's head on Pressia's arm, mainly because I'm scared of dolls with blinky eyes (cue the nightmares). But my perception of the doll's face in her arm changed because of how, at first, she seemed ashamed of it by hiding it with her sleeve and when she admits that she tried to cut it off. In the end, the doll's face was her ally. What did you think of Pressia's relationship to her doll's head? What about Bradwell's birds? What do you think Baggott was trying to say by creating characters that were fused to animals, objects, and even the earth?
2) In the intro to the reading group guide in the book, Baggott writes, "Pure is dedicated to my daughter. She's the age of the main character. I read her a very early snippet. She told me that it was the best thing I'd ever written and pushed me to write this novel. I don't know what struck her exactly. But it resonated. Maybe it's the idea that everyday life sometimes is polished up to look perfect—Dome-like—but, in truth, it can feel like an ashen wasteland. We all struggle at different times in our lives. Sometimes a post-apocalyptic novel simply feels like the honest emotional truth." Do you agree?
3) How does Pressia change throughout the book? Compare and contrast Pressia at the beginning versus Pressia at the end.
4) Discuss the relationship between El Capitan and Helmud. Why is El Capitan proud of Helmud when he realizes that Helmud was plotting to kill him?
5) Through various female characters, we get glimpses of the gender roles imposed by this society—the Mothers and their hatred of men, the Dome's refusal to let boys take art classes because they aren't "useful," and Ingership's wife's participation in the Feminine Feminists. What do you think of this society's ideal version of a woman? How does it compare to our world?
6) I was really struck by the relationships in this novel. Lyda and Partridge, Bradwell and Pressia, and eventually Pressia and Partridge. Each relationship sacrificed for the other. To me, it wasn't the typical teen romance because the world was so atypical, but there was still the same feelings of hope, want, and the desire to care for the other person, even if they weren't physically close. Which relationship was your favorite?
7) There are so many different worlds happening within Pure from the Dome to where the "wretches" live. I was fascinated by the perception of the past (3-D movies, Mickey Mouse, and a dog in a party hat), playing the I Remember game, and when Pressia goes to Ingership's house and she tastes oysters for the first time. How does memory play a role in this world?
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BC Women's Hockey Advances To Beanpot Finals
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Two third period goals propelled the Eagles to a 2-1 comeback victory over the Crimson.
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This year's women's Beanpot is about much more than the hardware. With 3 of the teams ranked in the top 5 in the nation, the winner could become a virtual lock to host an NCAA quarterfinal.
A look at college hockey prospects including holiday tournaments and Pietila at World Juniors
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An look into the past weekend of college action and an update on televised games next week. Coleman and Pietila were off, but a few others excelled.
Despite minor impediments such as "reality," some BC fans on the (myself included) have kicked around the idea of what would happen if the Big Ten came calling for the Eagles. We take a look at the ramifications from a hockey fan's point of view.
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Dear eMule-Users,
today ten years ago, eMule came to be. A decade . What are ten years in the internet and tech sphere?
Let's see: 10 years and 20 months ago, eDonkey2000 was released. 7 months before eMule, the first iPod hit the stores. 2 years after eMule Facebook was founded and Youtube didn't exist for another year. A decade ago the most used home desktop OS was Windows 98, AOL was a common ISP and mobile phones were used to make calls instead of shooting birds around
So times sure change, but eMule trudges along like any good mule would do. And so we are happy to celebrate its 10th birthday today. It wouldn't have been possible without the support of countless people over the years, starting at you our users to the translators, debuggers, board moderators, modders, supporters, graphic artists and of course the developers who have joined and moved on over the years. Thank you.
How will eMule's journey continue? We hope to continue working on eMule to keep it running and up-to-date. This means for the most part we will fix existing bugs which pop up, make sure eMule works well on new released versions of Windows, implement detail improvements to its core mechanics and interface and react on upcoming events in the Kad network like fighting spam. We do not expect to make many major changes in eMule anymore, like we did when adding Kad because eMule has become a mature software and the development time available is not as plentiful as it was 5 years ago anymore. In this spirit we hope to release the next version in a few months.
So lets look ahead to the next 10 years - after all, mules can get well over 50 years old
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Mr. P-teo
August 2011
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So i had a thought, what type of hacking would be required to say hack traffic lights etc. I dont plan to do this as i am no way near good enough but it got me thinking what type of hacking is this and how to things like that work?
Are they servers what you must hack, are they remote Computers that must have a vuln, are they networks that you must get inside and intercept traffic??
It's not important it was just something i was interested in, if anyone knows what type this is then please let me know.
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I would say definitely system and network security. Maybe web app security if it involved getting access to a networked system via the web.
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I know some guys had a War Driving hack where they were able to connect to the servers of the traffic lights and get green lights all the way through the city, however this was before they encrypted them.
August 2011
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Don't they have computers that control the traffic lights right next to the intersection? There's almost always a huge metal box on one of the corners. I've seen someone open one before and I saw a desktop in it.
Could be a combination of lock-picking and physical security.
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August 2011
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could be a combination of web-application,system and network security as they are being controlled in a control room kind of thing,and some times they have enabled some web interfaces/other services to get remote support.....
So i agree with "Sh3llc0d3",it is the combination of all the 3.
August 2011
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I believe it would totally depends on where you are living, starting there, the first thing I would do is to check if the traffic lights are controlled by RF (radio frequencies)or if it's using RF at all.
The easiest way to do this is checking if the police cars or ambulances turn on the green light when they need to get across, if that's the case, the next move would be to check the frequency they use.
If that's not the case, and they are just crossing it in red, then you can expect a per-programmed system with timers. This could be networking or not.
In case this is not networking, I guess there's nothing else to do than opening the street light itself (should have a box somewhere) and hacking / modifying it.
In case this is networking, then you should think about who and what for would control it. I would firstly think about the government, or any governmental agency related to traffic control. Those agencies must or could have websites, password, personal working in and wireless connections.
There's where you should proceed with:
1) Exploit Packs...
2) Remote Administration Tools, also known as RATS.
3) Remote Exploitation frameworks against their servers such as: Core Impact, Immunity Canvas, or Metasploit Framework.
4) Wireless cracking tools such as the aircrack-ng suit, netstumbler, cain&abel, or kismac, depending on your OS and other factors.
5) ARP poisoning attacks, that can be performed once inside the network with tools like firesheep for firefox, Cain&abel for win, and so many others.
As well you would need a powerfull wireless card with packet injection features such as Alfa awus036nh or the Riverbed airpcap.
Hope it helps! and Good luck making chaos!
August 2011
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i agree with makesome coffee, because in some country they only have metal boxes and in those boxes, there is a circuit plate which have a microcontroller in it to hack those metal boxes we need a program burner for appropriate microcontroller and also need a written program for that microcontroller.. and all with them we can hack the traffic light.. While some country they used the technique which shellcode specify above..
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Updated: October 30, 2012
This year, three Abilene fire stations will be handing out treats for the kids!
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What Can You See for Free at the DIA? Vermeer, Picasso, Dalí and More
Here are some of the displays that residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb county can now see for free at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
After tri-county voters passed the DIA millage in the election yesterday, the Detroit Insititue of Arts wants to make sure that residents get their money's worth.
"When we announced that we would seek the millage, we pledged that if it were to pass we would provide free admission to residents of all three counties. We are immediately following through on that pledge," said Graham W. J. Beal, DIA director, in a press release.
Tri-county voters approved a tax of 0.2 mills for the next 10 years to fund the arts authority, so admission is now free to residents of Oakland, Wayne and Macomb county residents.
Here are some of the special exhibits that residents can see:
A painting by Johannes Vermeer on loan from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. will be on display through Sept. 2. The painting, Woman Holding a Balance, is on view in the Dutch galleries, and the museum wants people to take advantage of the rare opportunity to see a Vermeer painting, as there are only 11 in U.S. museums and 35 in the world.
Two other current exhibitions also can be accessed through the free admission. Five Spanish Masterpieces features loans of paintings by Salvador Dalí, El Greco, Francisco de Goya and Diego Velázquez, along with the DIA's celebrated Melancholy Woman by Pablo Picasso. Picasso and Matisse: The DIA's Prints and Drawings showcases almost all the DIA's works by these two great modern artists.
Museum hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
Alan Stamm
1:11 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
What we can hear for free, as well as see:
* Friday Night Live, Aug. 10: Sin Hielo, a Latin / jazz / rock trio, performs in the Rivera Court at 7 and 8:30 p.m. Guitarists Wayne Gerard and Sean Blackman, joined by percussionist Rick Beamon "portray Detroit's grit" by performing modern jazz, flamenco and rock.
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Isaac Barr MD
2:05 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
For 230 millions, at least, you got free GENERAL admission, no specials or reciprocity with other museums. The cost to DIA is 3% of it's total revenue. You subsidized an institution that does not need your money and a meager 19% of the population of tricounty which uses the museum. Still you need to travel there, average 50 miles return travel at $4.19/gallon. You need to park ($10) in a not-too-safe neighborhood. Other institutions are already lining up to enjoy the Art Authority generocity provided by un informed tricounty residents.
Neal Charness
5:17 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Aesop's (Isaac Baar's) Fables: Sour grapes, again, just as in other election results. Who will he accuse of funding this campaign: Rembrandt, Vermeer?
5:23 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
I don't see sour grapes Neal, only the disappointment in our citizen electors. They are so easily manipulated into thinking that they are doing right, when in truth they are braiding the rope which will be used to hang them.
Herb Helzer
5:26 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Would you like some cheese with that whine, Doctor?
Lianne Mathie
5:30 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Ah, thanks Robert but I'm not a idiot, and because we do not all think like you I will not call you one either.
5:32 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Good old Herb, you're always on the socialism side of the argument.
Howard Baron
5:32 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Dr. Barr, this legislation was approved in Lansing, by each county government, and then by the popular vote of all three counties. You wrote an op-Ed last week telling people all of the problems with the proposal, and still people voted for the millage. Instead of blaming everyone else for being uninformed, why can't you admit that most people disagree with your position and maybe, just maybe, they are right and you are wrong.
9:06 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Quite apparent you do not know what you are talking about ----Valet parking is $8.00 and there is no reason to worry about the neighborhood ---totally safe and secure ---multitude of police regularily patrol the area. Price of gas is no where near $4.19 a gallon even with Michigan having the third highest price gas in the nation.
I guess it is just a case of the voice of a loser!
Tom Fischer
8:38 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Not a safe neighborhood? I have worked there for over 10 years and have never had an issue. Sorry you don't think the arts are important, but I for one am happy this passed.
9:05 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
@Tom this is typical rhetoric from Westsiders. I'm not saying all but for the most part people in Oakland County and western suburbs do not enjoy downtown as much as us on the East side. They also have little comprehension of which areas are safe or any of the hidden gems Detroit has to offer. Quit being such wimps and get out in the world. Many of the places worth going in Detroit are quite safe.
GP For Life
9:37 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
@Mark, Westsiders don't need cultural institutions like the DIA, they have Somerset. A quick stroll through Somerset would indicate that the West Side is just brimming with culture. Unfortunately that culture seems to be propagated mostly by the likes of the Kim Kardashians of the world.
They probably don't even know how to sail. So sad.
Patricia Kane
9:38 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
It's about as safe a neighborhood as Pontiac or Flint--
Ever drive from Detroit to the suburbs on Woodward all the way in summer on a Saturday? Stay in the middle lane, doors locked, windows up, and when you stop for a red light and have to stop for a green light because of the people standing and walking in the street yelling and acting agressive--don't look directly at any one--yes,a sense of releif as you are on the fringe area of Ferndale---Detroit is not safe.
Downtown there is barbed wires around parking lots for major insurance carriers, and many moved high volume offices out of Detroit. The hospitals(s) are overloaded with "safe" incidents, and even Pewabic Pottery has security roaming around and fenced parking..Take a look at Jefferson, better still, how about Jos Campau.? Safe?
Lelli's-barbed wire lot and security issues, the Whitney, lots of concerns voiced over surrounding area, what a shame, and the list goes on and on...It's Detroit. If Detroit is so good, why do the people running these large corporations in Detroit not live there? Anyone want to answer? And if Detroit is so safe and great, where is Detroit's money?
9:58 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Patricia I already answered your other post as to why more people aren't living there (there is a large flux of young people moving there by the way and it is increasingly difficult to find an apartment). As to your other points it is clear that you are just not cut out for Detroit. You probably should move farther away than you already are. Somerset's bland lifestyle should be able satiate your extra curricular needs.
GP For Life
10:00 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Ms. Kane, where the DIA is located is quite a safe area. I have spent a great deal of time in the area and I can attest to it. Yes, 7 mile to 8 mile on Woodward is a tough area. That said, your comments reek of ignorance.
Patricia Kane
9:18 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Somerset? Give me a break--don't make an assumption. Getting to the DIA is not as safe as you think--if it was there would be more people attending. Funny, I don't know of anyone that would allow their 18 year old daughter to drive down alone and go to the DIA-- Detroit is still losing its population--and the crime rate up, and the deterioration evident and the money and budget problems continuing, and the court cases against officials regarding whats happened to what taxpayers paid for speaks for itself. I chose to live in my community and pay taxes for it, not Detroit or an institution in Detroit that overpays a director that can't fund raise. Because the people in his community don't have the money to support the DIA--where is all the taxes from all those large corporations going? Where do all those people with all those jobs down there live? NOT IN DETROIT, and there is a reason.
9:55 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
Patty I would prefer that you give ME a break. As I stated previously it is clear you are not cut out to live in a suburb of Detroit. You better believe that if Detroit dies so will the rest of the suburbs around it. Are you kidding me with your description of driving down Woodward?? It is pathetic. I have driven through far worse areas with no issues. In all likelihood driving down the street you will be completely fine it is the people hanging around looking for drugs or prostitutes that are going to have the issues. Grow a pair and live a little. Driving through Detroit is an adventure and the reason you don't know anyone who would let their 18 year old daughter drive around there is because you are way out in the middle of nowhere Rochester. People who actually neighbor Detroit travel through areas like that on a daily basis with no incident starting at 16 or younger! No doubt vast areas are wastelands but unless you're an idiot you will be fine. You're right GP For Life there is no way these people know how to sail.
Patricia Kane
10:16 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
Oh Markey, give me a break-take your rose colored glasses off-
I think you should move to Detroit this way your wallet can support the city and its ammenties instead of us supporting both the city we choose to live in and that cities amenties that a few patronize. Really, man up!
10:35 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
Hahahah rose-colored glasses!!! I have lived directly on the border of Detroit practically surrounded for over 20 years. I know exactly how violent, corrupt and insidious the place can be. I'm not speaking from a place of ignorance like yourself I know plenty of people and have experienced first hand being a victim of crime there. None of it occurred from driving down Woodward and none of it occurred from going to the DIA. Detroit is a product of allowing the illiterate, lazy masses self govern because they violently rebuffed the thinking elite. But unlike you I know where there are beacons of light and culture in the city and I know that it is important to protect and help them.
GP For Life
12:28 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Yeah Markey, man-up, boy!
The said part of this whole abortion of a debate is that I understand Ms. Kane's frustrations. Watching Detroit try and self-govern is like watching a trainwreck. You don't want to watch, you just can't look away. What I don't understand is her militant resitance to reason and culture. While there are certainly stereotypes that are applied to Detroit there are other stereotypes applied to we humble midwestern folk and Ms. Kane is propagating these stereotypes.
Also, Ms. Kane, I don't know to which assumption you're referring. I will say this though; if you stay away from the drug trade and other illicit activities the chances you will find yourself murdered are greatly reduced. Which leads me to the three rules of the D: 1) Mind your own business. 2) Always be polite. 3) Safeties off. Write that down.
Chad Bateman
2:27 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Anyone who thinks Detroit is a fantastic city and a great place to live is naive beyond belief. I have worked Downtown for a number of years and sure it is a nice, lively city between the hours of 9-5, but after that it is a complete ghost town. Unless there is a sporting event or concert going on, Detroit is empty after 5 pm. I was at the DAC on a Friday night a few weeks ago and decided to grab a drink at a nearby bar with a few friends. We ended up having to go to Greektown because Cheli's and Hockeytown were closed- at 11 pm on a beautiful July friday night. Also, my fellow GPers who claim Detroit is "safe" only venture there to go to the DAC or to a Tiger game, when 95% of the people downtown at those times are suburbanites. Man up and park your car along Woodward tomorrow night when there is no game going on and the thugs are out.
3:26 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Chad I can't help you if you don't properly read people's comments. In short nobody said anything that you refer to in your comment.
7:30 am on Saturday, August 11, 2012
Where did your credentials come from? "do no harm" is your motto if you are a MD.
Detoit is the most talented city in the world. The DIA is part of it! So heres to the designers, mold makers, artists,musicians, singers, finger painters etc. that make us proud.
JM Landers
12:10 am on Monday, August 13, 2012
nicely put!! and it is FREE but we pay for it in taxes so its really not even free for admission
Steve Herrington
2:17 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Why do the people of this area increasingly feel the need to have Government control their money for them? Where does it all end, what's next, the DSO, health clubs, sports stadiums, museums, all seperate additional taxes? Whatever happened to capitalism in the good old USA where people had free choice on what to spend their hard earned dollars?
Herb Helzer
5:29 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
The DIA's priceless collection of world-renowned masterpieces is worth some of my hard-earned tax dollars.
If the DSO reluctantly concluded the only way to offset a dried-up corporate donor base was a regional millage, I could see the arguments on both sides.
Sports stadiums these days are funded on a case-by-case basis, but there's always a strong cost-benefit analysis -- will the revenues generated by professional sports, from ticket sales, parking, tourism, increased patronage of restaurants and bars on game days and the reputation boost a city receives from being home to a professional team -- outweigh the cost being imposed on voters?
It's worth noting that both Comerica Park and Ford Field were funded back in the 1990s with far more private cash (from the Ilitches and Fords) than public. Both have more than paid for themselves from the economic boosts the Tigers and Lions bring to the City of Detroit and the region, from all the fans with the free choice on how to spend the hard-earned dollars.
Health clubs? Now you're just being silly.
6:47 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
I would rather have government control my money than my vagina. I absolutely would trust my money with people I can fire than your money grubbing CEOs and Snyder's overpaid Emergency Manager pals. I have never seen a political party as intolerant, hateful, resentful, ignorant, and angry as the radicals and extremists running today's Republican Party.
Joshua Hunter
1:59 am on Saturday, August 11, 2012
The problem is people think government owns all their income and out of The Government's great benevolence, its only charging 0.2 mils for great things like the DIA.
Lianne Mathie
3:57 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
I don't have children yet we pay for our area schools via taxes. Why should I have to pay to educate other peoples children? Because, living in a area with good schools makes the area more attractive, stabilizes property value and in general is good for area. I did not agree with the reasons we went to war but we all are paying for it. Within a civilized society we don't always get to pick and choose what we want to pay for.
I believe we need beauty and art within a society, luckily, a great many people agreed.Somethings are National treasures, like our National parks, some are State treasures like our lakes and the DIA, Mackinaw Bridge etc, etc.
But if Matty Marouns Michigan Train Station is a indicator of how a wonderful piece of architecture fairs under the capitalistic system, well, I can say with certainty it's not good.
5:29 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Just listened to a representative from the DIA which confirmed that their goal is to build a $350 million dollar endowment fund from the taxes and increased charity events for a model forward. Why do they need to have $300 million in the bank? They have nearly $100 million in the bank now. This is absurd and those who fell for the fraud should be ashamed of themselves. Think a little more before you vote.
Tom Fischer
8:39 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
You should learn about endowments. If you spend them, they aren't much use.
10:32 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Tom, I'd like an endowment as well. Maybe I can tax my neighbors to pay for my everyday expenses while I take my normal salary and save 100% of it for my retirement. That's about how rational the DIA's intent is.
Herb Helzer
5:35 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
The DSO nearly exhausted its endowment, and was eventually forced to make painful decisions that sparked a six-month strike by DSO musicians and a lot of changes to once again be self-sustaining. Had the endowment completely disappeared, the DSO might have disbanded as a professional organization altogether, which would have been a tragedy even if you can't stand that "longhair" music.
Jenny Greenwell
8:58 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
I think it's a good idea to READ the ballot language before you vote. ( And to understand it.) I also think it's a good idea to put requests for tax dollars on general election ballots in even-year Novembers ONLY!
It is unfortunate that this issue was on the August ballot; a poor decision by our county commission.
5:34 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Lianne, you appear to be the only one calling yourself an idiot.
Lianne Mathie
6:21 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Robert, at this point I'm investing heavily in Kimberly-Clark because I suspect your usage of Kleenex will be through the roof for some time, or you could go green and use a cotton handkerchief.
5:49 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
I'm sure Detroit will handle our money wisely. I can't wait to ride the smartbus to the murder capital of the world and look at stuff on a wall my dog could paint.
Herb Helzer
5:41 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
You are truly blessed to have such a fine animal who can accurately render masterpieces in so many styles, from Expressionism to Cubism to the Romantics of the Baroque Era. If your dog can also sculpt like Rodin and play flamenco music like Sin Hielo, then yes, you were completely justified in voting No.
6:01 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
When Wall Street sucked money out of our cities and towns (bonds) and then our Governor sucked another 1.8 billion dollars out of our cities and towns, who did you think is going to be left holding the bag?
7:20 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
I will likely go more because;
1. my children are getting to the age where they will appreciate the works
2. the increased publicity - it reminds a little of the Coleman Young days when that ad was always on the tele "You just got-ta have arrrrrrrrrt, miles and miles of arrrrrrrt..."
John Jay
8:48 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
What is the price to park your car at the DIA? Is it free, is the tax millage paying to park?
Jason Alley
10:19 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Hey, John Jay. The millage doesn't cover parking. There is limited street parking around the DIA, but the parking lot off John R that most people use costs $5.
The Duke of Royal Oak
9:20 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Watch the price of parking increase now. Free parking should have been in the proposal for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb countys.
8:22 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
I don't think the DIA owns the lot that most people use - so they couldn't make it free if they wanted to. It is $5 for a secure gated lot.
I don't live in Detroit and I do not feel comfortable in a great deal of the city, but the area right around the DIA is actually quite nice.
10:29 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
The DIA was poorly run, that is why they needed this tax. Now that they have a steady stream of money do we think they will be good stewards of our money? Given the inefficiency we see with government I can hope but not hold my breath.
walden schmidt
10:14 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
The DIA needed this millage because the state and city no longer provide any funding.
Patricia Kane
8:53 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
No the DIA is not run by the govt--so why the heck is the govt collecting taxes for it ?
Jenny Greenwell
9:02 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
The "arts authority" of each county is charged with FUNDRAISING for the DIA.
The millage approved on Tuesday is seed money for fundraising efforts.
Do you know the names of any people who have been appointed to seats on these "authorities?" I don't.
Patricia Kane
4:51 pm on Saturday, August 11, 2012
Then let them fund raise--what they did was pick low fruit--it was easier and guarantees that they can sit on their butts for 10 years while we work to pay them--
so much easier then actually getting out there and doing what they are suppose to--
10:39 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
We frequent the DIA and most recently were members. Friday nights are a blast- so many things to do, especially with the kids. I have never paid more than $5 to park- and prior to Detroit enforcing meters until 10pm, we used to park for free after 6pm. One of the lots near the back entrance offers $3 parking after 5. Just don't use the 2-hour meters- Detroit's parking enforcement will love you if you do- that could increase your parking fee to $10 (if paid within ten days of receiving the ticket.)
Oh, by the way Les, have you seen the Mobil at 8/Mack that has been charging $4.17 for gas for almost a week now? (I go to Clinton Twp. for gas- sometimes as much as $.30 cheaper than home.)
Lianne Mathie
10:50 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Wow, several people scored perfect 10's in the whining category, and the gold metal goes too?
walden schmidt
10:17 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
I wonder how many of these people live in Wayne county and forget that 2.5 mills goes to WC3? .20 mills for the DIA is more than worth it.
Patricia Kane
8:54 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
And some people don't understand waht taxation is for......
11:32 pm on Wednesday, August 8, 2012
I bet the people for this are the same people who want medical marijuana, or the ones who voted to save a job last year when the position has been filled since the 70s but had to be voted off the books. The same people who are probally so in debt they can't even afford a piece of art with out charging it. People don't care about the facts of saving and if people wanted a museum next to the ghetto to suceed they would pay to go. This is just like the zoo, we are paying for that too. Waste.
Herb Helzer
5:44 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
I'll take that bet. Ten thousand...$10,000 bet? Shake on it?
8:28 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
As a Republican I can honestly say I did not want medical marijuana, do not support the stimulus packages, and my only debts are my mortgage and student loans.
That said, I am in favor of this millage, as well as the zoo millage. If you are so anti-tax that you don't want to support things which help the community and boost property values, maybe you should try moving someplace like Wyoming... not much to pay for there!
2:33 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
To Ed stop riding the smartbus and start driving your
car around Detroit with your dog on the car roof.
Patricia Kane
7:05 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
Oakland, IF Detroit were our city, we would have some say in it--we don't. For years it has been run into the ground by the people that live there and elect people that we have nothing to do with. The hospitals are in pitiful shape. Where are the grocery stores for all those people? Look at the burned out and boarded up buildings on Jefferson along the riverfront. Give me a break. Look at the number of corporations in the little teeny tiny hub down there--where do those CEO's live? Where do the employees live? Not in Detroit. They don't want to. It is not MY city. My city allows me to participate in the governing and in a budget process with transparency and integrity. Detroit does not make SE Michigan. Even the Governors and Mayors in this State will not meet in Detroit...they have to go to Mackinaw...why don't you ask them why? Let them stay downtown Detroit next year and enjoy the "free" DIA and walk around and the jewels of that large deteriorating system that can't even manage and pay for upgrades to their own infrastructure.
8:30 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
The DIA is far from deteriorating.
Detroit is run by it's citizens, same as any other city. That said, I agree that they have made terrible choices for several decades now and have run a once-thriving city right into the ground.
Patricia Kane
4:54 pm on Saturday, August 11, 2012
Thank you JH ---just another confirmation that the DIA did not need our taxed contribution, nor did Mr. Beal---obviously his $443,000.00 annually salary was already well budgeted for---
Patricia Kane
7:01 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
443K salary, more (forced) taxation, less money to invest regardless of the sum into our own community, into our own life. We don't work for our families anymore, we don't even work for our employers anymore-we work for the government and every "bail out" out there--DIA today, can't wait to see what it will be next....probably Belle isle then after that....Detroit and the DIA never heard of the word budget, manage
or cuts like the rest of us--but the t DIA wants and got the money by spending thousands and thousands alone in mailers and still has a director making over $443,000.00 a year and we will have less money to invest right here in our community--The DIA never ever effected our community or property value--ever--and won't. But, when people start getting concerned of what's coming next they will be forced to pay for, they will hold back on spending where the money does the most good, in their own backyard. If Detroit is so wonderful, safe and full of culture, why aren't any of you living down there?
The Duke of Royal Oak
9:13 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Very much in agreement. Why are people not flocking into Detroit to live if it such a wonderful city.
9:24 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Many young people are starting to move back into Detroit. No one is saying that the entire city is safe and full of culture but the DIA is. There are still a lot of issues Detroit needs to work out before it makes sense for families to move in. There are limited grocery opens, city services spread too thinly as well as incompetency and corruption within the city government. That doesn't mean major cultural institutions aren't worth protecting or unsafe to visit. I agree with you though that considering taxpayers now support the institution they should be able to require a more reasonable salary for the director.
Sarah Franklin
9:28 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Totally agree! The DIA fees are nothing more than taxation without representation. I'll go even one step further by saying it is taxation with absolutely no benefit unless you're the Director making $443,000. This taxpayer thievery will stop when one of two things happens; either there is no money left to take from us or citizens revolt. Until then, we all will just keep bending over.
walden schmidt
10:20 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
$400k a year is not excessive for a director of a museum that has the stature of the DIA. There are directors of museums that have much smaller and less significant collections that are being paid 2, 3 and 4 times that amount. If we want a top-10 art museum, it has to be run with someone with extensive experience in the arts, not a recent grad making 20k.
Herb Helzer
5:51 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Sarah...The DIA and its supporters had to make their case to voters, rather than simply impose the tax. We all were given the chance to vote on it. Your side happened to lose -- for you to spin that as "taxation withour representation" shows that you really have no idea with the term means.
JM Landers
7:36 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Wow$ 443,000 that is crazy!! Who is this person and what does he/she do for that much $$. I also just wanted to point out that we are not visiting the DIA for free we are paying for it through our taxes.
6:52 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
If you want to worry about bloated salaries, try looking at how much Snyder's cronies are making as appointees and Emergency Managers. Snyder and the right wing extremists in Lansing just raised your taxes to give tax cuts to CEOs making 10x the 433K keeping you awake at night. Then they took money from your schools and kids to give to for-profit charters in urban areas and other communities. $14/mo to the DIA should be the least of your concerns.
Alan G. Soave
4:39 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
The tax break would designate GM's headquarters a Renaissance Zone, making GM exempt from state and business taxes along with city income and utility taxes. Ficano offered an exemption on Wayne County property taxes. The package would be worth up to $25 million.
Maximus Max
8:08 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Patricia is right. Belle Isle will be next on the ballot, you watch and see. When is enough enough?
The Duke of Royal Oak
4:21 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
What about Detroit city leaders holding the water system hostage to ' THEIR NEIGHBORS'. Belle Isle has been held hostage and has fallen into decay because of Coleman Young and the current Detroit City leaders. Nice neighbors!
6:54 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
Yeah - let's spite our noses to cut off our faces. Who needs a thriving City of Detroit! Let'em go bankrupt and take down the entire economic future of SE Michigan. (Psst - that includes Novi.)
Jenny Greenwell
9:06 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Belle Isle, the DSO, Eastern Market, Fort Wayne, Greenfield Village.....aren't these ALL "gems" that require public funding? Gee, I miss Bob-Lo and the State Fair. Too bad they did not get in on this deal.
Sarah Franklin
8:32 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
What a coup for Detroit! They can't find money to pay for services provided in their own city so now they get other Communities to help pay their bills. I wonder if they will authorize a staff of 20 cops to patrol the building we all are now subsidizing so if I elected to go down there for the 'FREE' access that I could do it without fear for my life or loss of my car when I came out. I wonder if anyone ever thought about simply moving the DIA to a safer place like Birmingham.
walden schmidt
10:23 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
The city of Detroit government owns the land, buildings and art collection. They do not control or contribute any money towards the operation or the museum.
6:56 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
Detroit is OUR city. It sets the tone and reputation world-wide for Michigan. If you teabaggers weren't so ignorant, intolerant, and myopic, we'd all be better off as a community, nation, and species.
Sarah Franklin
9:22 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
The city of Detroit (between the downtown hub and 8 mile) is so far beyond repair, perhaps the only solution is to level it all and turn it back into farmland. Great idea? But even that is not possible as all these burned out buildings that the City is so proud of demolishing are crushed into basements and then covered with two inches of dirt. So we can't even use the space for farming in the future.
The DIA needs to relocate to a safer place to ever have any chance of getting more people to use the facility.
Carol Jackson
12:42 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
3 points:
At some level, we are all neighbors, aren't we? I understand the value of disagreeing & debating, but is name calling necessary? Is anyone more likely to see the validity of another's point of view if snark is employed?
I supported the DIA millage, so I don't question its value to our community. However, I think it is more accurate not to refer to admission as "free." We are stakeholders; we have the opportunity to see art in which we hold a stake without an additional charge. As someone who has had a family membership for awhile, I haven't had to pay -- directly & each time -- for admission, but that doesn't mean it's free.
As for the safety of Detroit, I have lived in this area since 1994. My husband works at WSU Medical School, & I had freelance work at WSU's main campus off & on for 2 years. We go to the Joe, the Jazz Festival, the DIA, baseball games (both Tiger Stadium & Comerica Park), Belle Isle, various other museums, etc. I have also done some charity work there (e.g., Habitat for Humanity). I have been the victim of a crime in Michigan just once: my purse was stolen in Sterling Heights. Crime statistics in Detroit are sad, but if you look more closely, it's clear that they vary by neighborhood, & residents are at far more risk than visitors. I walk around at night in cultural areas without fear. People who buy drugs or prostitutes there have something to fear, but law abiding visitors aren't at more risk there than other places.
1:11 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Carol, please Google Stakeholder. We are not stakeholders; we are tax payers, period. We have no say in the governance of the DIA, no ownership, and no tangible threat if it goes away. You choose to participate in the activities in Detroit, and that's wonderful. But why should I be forced to pay for your entertainment. By the way, I feel the same way regarding cities taxing for stadiums.
Patricia Kane
5:48 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
We are not stakeholders--we are pawns--if we were stakeholders, we could get a new director, work the entire budget. We would have a say on the art, trade up, trade off, sell some in storage but the art would belong to us and not Detroit.
All we are is the free ride and bail out for yet another Detroit institution that they don't want to pay for. The money is there. They want to reduce their overall budget and let the 'burbs pay for it. So, is the DIA going to bail out my special interests? Are they going to bail out my business? Fair is fair---I just have to figure out how to manipulate a few people to put it on a ballot when most people are not around to vote and I would like Detroit to have to bail me out, my neighborhood because we make Detroit look good and it's better for them and their property values...fat chance of that uh? Detroit has never done one thing for anyone or any city including themselves for many many years. WSU -the campus is ok, all around is a very high and unsafe area- the students and residents talk about it all the time and they don't want to live there.
Unfortunate, there is something called "crossfire" in Detroit and being caught in it..
Let the DIA hang the paintings, don't paint a picture of Detroit that is not true and slanted as so safe--take a look at how it ranks and the statistics and pick up the newspapers...
Jenny Greenwell
9:08 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
You need to read the ballot language.......the millage creates three county "arts authorities." The word(s) DIA do not appear in it.
Where will the money go? Who will spend it? On what?
Maximus Max
12:45 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
I'll watch for you on Fox 2 in the not to distant future Carol...
Carol Jackson
1:09 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
One other point about "paying." People in Michigan as a whole pay a penalty in terms of our housing values & our employment rate because people outside of Michigan conflate Michigan with Detroit & Detroit does not have a good reputation. Nobody votes on that penalty, but by god, we do all pay it as surely as if it was a tax. As an outsider, I am struck by how few people who were born here realize that Detroit has some really wonderful things & that concentrating on making the suburbs lovely isn't -- by itself -- sufficient to attract outsiders.
The past is whatever it was, but what do we want to do about the future? What can we do to somehow build up Detroit so that we all benefit & stop losing out? I am not saying I know the answer to that question, but I am willing to bet that the answer isn't simply letting all that's still good in Detroit rot or relocate.
Pittsburgh is a city that had many problems that were similar to Detroit's, but Pittsburgh now has a much better reputation -- what kinds of changes did people in Pittsburgh's suburbs make to help Pittsburgh improve its reputation? & could we do any of the same? Surely our time in comment-land is better spent trying to figure that out than name calling. Life is short -- couldn't we get past this?
Mark Itall
6:16 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Pittsburgh did not have a decades long corrupt and totally incompetent government that is in complete denial of its incompetency, like Detroit has had. That helps for rebirth.
Lianne Mathie
12:34 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
If you have not been to Pittsburgh as of late, I suggest you go, because I take the same care there as I do in Detroit. If that's your comparison, well so be it.
As far as I'm concerned, I have also had a revelation this evening to never again donate, support or otherwise advance the Paint Creek Center for the Arts, or any cause related to the Rochester area again.
Thank you for you inspirational thoughts.
Patricia Kane
6:42 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
This is about being taxed for what amounts to another example of Detroit's poor management and corruption that is unable to take care of it's own. It's about more money taken in the form of taxation for a "non essential service" -it's about a bail out -I am sick and tired of every Tom Dick and Beal that makes $443,000.00 a year being part of this taxation on paintings I have no ownership in and management I have no say in. The DIA is "entertainment". It is not nor will it be"free" and the area as a whole is less than desirable. Again, look at the ratings, read the papers and see the stats on it. It means less money for my community. Less money for my essential services and less money for my family. I work for me, NOT the DIA and Not the government. Time for a big change in Michigan and Oakland County. Yup, this isn't about the past-it's about how screwed up and misguided we are heading in to an over taxed future with a boatload of economic problems-supporting people at 443K a year..
1:13 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Was Just there, In July, The DIA needs to bring in new things. When you see it a few time that is enough for awhile. The exhibit in July was a little disappointing, Maybe 5 pics. So I figure I am paying 15.00 dollars a year to much. Maybe 7.50 a year would be better to set the cost of not going for a year. Once every few years is fine.
judy Martin
3:27 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
If Detroit is so great and so much attractions to see,why do I have to pay for it,If you want to go to the DIA,pay for it same way with the zoo also,I dont go to either,How about a ride on Princess along the river,Im sure you be safe and happy,no guns or shooting their.I wish all you bleeding hearts would move back to Detroit,dont forget to pull and cut the weeds well,so you dont find a body
The Duke of Royal Oak
3:43 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
Agree, why are you not living in Detroit? home sales are very reasonable there. You can walk to the museum.
Bob Frapples
8:31 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
This issue had enough votes to pass, it's over! If you're not in favor of it, tough. Bitching on the Internet isn't going to reverse it. Please move on with your lives.
Jenny Greenwell
9:10 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Why was the election for this issue held in August?
Because it would not pass in November.
Patricia Kane
8:57 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
Bitching? So thats what you think this is? This is about taxation for a non-govt entitiy that is not essential services, that is not in my county, my city that is managed by a person making jover $443,000.00 annual. The DIA is a fat cat that whined to a few people afraid of loosing votes and thier jobs---This is a non essential service that should never have been placed on a ballot. Where do you live Bob? Bet it's not in Detroit........Also, Detroit owns the paintings, the land, etc. we are merely pawns now with the DIA in our wallets...
9:00 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
From 1950 to 1990 the population of SE MI was stagnant but we tripled our land-use area. Certainly there was going to be a loser in this equation and it was the not-yet-classicly-aged Detroit. Legacy costs bled it slowly and racial acrimony pulled the plug.
But now the same thing is starting to happen to the inner-ring burbs. The tectonic drift north and west continues, but there's greenshoots in the center again. I'd rather be a part of that. I'm going to be here too long to cluck my tongue and wait until it's perfect before doing anything. That program hasn't served us too well so far.
We still have many great things left over from the gravy days, and its short-sighted to let them fall because they aren't "ours" (tapping back of hand). The racial identity politics has got to stop on both sides.
Thanks for voting Yes.
Daryl Patrishkoff
9:00 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
The visit is not free; we all now pay more taxes for this free visit. All citizens in the tri-county area are now paying for this free visit, even the majority that will never visit the DIA. We now have another institution that could have been self sufficient on our tax dollars.
The line is growing to follow this example of getting tax dollars, when will we stop asking for government money (our tax dollars) and become self reliant?
This is not about the DIA being important part of the community, it is a great beautiful place. It is about self reliance by our citizens and organizations.
10:19 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
Before you only paid when you went. Now you pay whether you go or not. I hate when I put my hand in my pocket and too many other people's hands are already in there!
Thomas Barszczowski
10:59 am on Friday, August 10, 2012
You are "right on" in your opinion. Other organizations will follow. I, too, think the DIA is important, but should be self-reliant.
12:39 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Thomas, the point of this millage is to allow the DIA to be self-reliant in the future. After decades of receiving funding from the city and/or state, they are asking for a one time millage to pay for operating costs so that they can focus fundraising on building up an endowment fund large enough for them to be self sustaining in the future.
Herb Helzer
4:49 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Daryl, the clear intent of the millage is that, after ten years, the DIA will have rebuilt its endowment to the point of true self-sufficiency -- and the millage will quietly expire.
If they fail in this, when they try to renew the millage in 2022 I'll join you in voting No.
Daryl Patrishkoff
6:16 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
JH and Herb,
Have you ever seen a tax proposal go away? I have seen them grow and expand and ten years is a long time for people to forget this controversy and promises. It will become normal and they will seek an increase or continuation of the millage in ten years to keep the DIA going. I was not born yesterday; I have seen this played out many times over the years.
The DIA was mismanaged on the building renovations, how about the salary of the Director being over $400 K per year at an institution that is suffering. They rose over $50 million in the past 2 years, so they can do it on their own. All they have to do is mange themselves and pay a reasonable salary for this institution that is supposed to be for all and owned by all.
This tax subsidy will take the pressure off and they will fall back into bad behavior and complacency at our expense. I enjoy the DIA; I have visited it many times over the years and have no problem paying my fair share for my entertainment. Why does this group not want to pay their fair share?
The number of attendees of the DIA is a very small percentage of the taxpayers who are going to pay for it.
Jenny Greenwell
9:12 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
$230-million over 10 years is not "free."
Taxpayers PAY that money, but "residents" get the admission.
I'd prefer to pay admission, and send a (tax-free) donation check if requested.
Christine Laikind
1:36 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Lianne, what was the revelation you had? No one seemed to notice about your revelation except me, obviously.
Lianne Mathie
7:13 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
I should have said epiphany,and that's a loaded question. Needless to say, it wasn't good.
Alan G. Soave
3:07 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Just proves that the masses are incurably ignorant
Chad Shush
3:24 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
And that would be because they don't share the same opinion as you, Alan?
Erik Roberts
3:36 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
It must be quite a burden being the smartest one in the room.
Mike Jones
3:37 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
All you whiners are hilarious. Enjoy your uncultured, backwater life in Shelby Township!
Alan G. Soave
3:39 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
If the D.I.A. needed a hand out they should of asked Government Motors being that they just gave a $559 million soccer sponsorship to United Manchester. Ford Motor and others take care of the opera house.
3:45 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
It's called "advertising" and I've heard it's even good for business!
Alan G. Soave
4:55 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
The tax break would designate GM's headquarters a Renaissance Zone, making GM exempt from state and business taxes along with city income and utility taxes. Ficano offered an exemption on Wayne County property taxes. The package would be worth up to $25 million.
You wonder why business are leaving the high taxed burbs moveing to Detroit you think Gm is the only one and you want me to pay for that twice. I will move. Suburbs you had better wake up!
Patricia Kane
3:13 pm on Saturday, August 11, 2012
Bail them out and they still take money overseas, but I guess that goes along with the jobs here, leaving less and less in Michigan, and then more in taxes to pay by those left working and then other entities coming along for more of the money we privately earn to afford them their salary of 443K (unforgivable Mr. Beal, I am sorry, but what a travesty you helped orchestrate to keep yourself in cash at our expense) and then we have less and they secure their market more overseas that we helped fund and we are without work or decent benefits and then we still have to pay for 10 years to the DIA and Mr. Beal doesn't even consider a pay cut from his 443K salary----how many people earn 443K year? I don't. My husband doesn't. Our tow incomes combined don't. We struggle with health care, retirement, rising taxes......and it just went up again due to DIA , a slick director, and a manipulative political machine that is afraid of being unemployed like a good deal of Michigan is......way to go!!!
Patricia Kane
3:21 pm on Saturday, August 11, 2012
JH-advertising is good for business--but it should be your business and for own money--not a taxpayers and not from saving because you got a "bail out".
If not, we should bail out every Main St. in Michigan and every small Mom and Pop or Independent business--heck, we did it for the DIA, we should just continue with the same thought process the govt used when in their infinite stupidity, they even allowed this on the ballot---and lets not stop there--lets get every big business with poor management too--stock holders be damned--lets bail out Sears, Kmart, JC Penny--same thing as the DIA--serves only those who choose it, and does not provide essential services---lets add some others to and continue on this slippery slope until we bankrupt every working person left in Michigan--I can see the RIP now, the Taxpayers, and the two biggest employers in the State of MI, the govt and the DIA
with a Diretor, Mr. Beal taking in over $443,000.00 annually.
Alan G. Soave
5:08 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
This is Democracy in action Mob rules. You have no right take my property by a vote.I wonder how many of you who voted yes even own your property and I mean land?
Steve Herrington
10:55 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Oakland, judging from the thought process in your responses, you should let the government control all of your money but I would like to take care of my own. Also all of your venom spewing about emergency managers wouldn't be necessary if your liberal " friends" had a clue about managing money or how to balance a budget!
Neal Charness
11:05 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Some posters seem not to recognize that the "residents" are the people paying the property taxes as part of their rent. It is a fundamental business rule within real estate. Landlords account for the taxes they submit to the governmental agencies when they set the rents. Acting like "residents" are freeloaders betrays a fundamental lack of business sense or an attempt to villify people by looking down on them.
Patricia Kane
7:31 am on Saturday, August 11, 2012
Today's Editorial again in the Oakland Press confirmed that as an employee living in Oakland County I will be paying my hard earned money to help the support the $443,000.00 a year salary of Beal. This is an insult. First I would like to know who forms the opinion on this article--no name-and next, since someone or the Oakland Press endorses this and many of these people live further north and will not be paying the tax, in order to pay the taxes, I am just going to stop my paid subscription to the newspaper, that way I can help Mr. Beal retain his $443,000.00 salary of which as a taxpayer I have no say in the management of--sure wish I could have someone bail out us and pay my salary--but then again--we are a small independent business and as an entity that is private, we must pay our own way........but I have to work more to generate more to pay Mr. Beal his $443,000.00. I won't miss the Oakland Press at all. I won't be down to the DIA because I have to work more hours to support ever increasing taxes.
2:22 am on Sunday, August 19, 2012
you must not make very much per hour if this millage is affecting you so adversely, or you have a property with an inflated taxable value. I suggest you appeal your taxable value asap, or ask your boss for a $0.007 per hour raise to cover the added burden for you.
Haulin T Male
11:12 am on Sunday, August 19, 2012
Mike: ever been inside a garbage truck, with a compacting unit? that is what it is like on a fixed income, here is my monthly stipend, and am being fee'd to deatrh, .07 here .07 there, my city alone has had so many over rides and not taxes, but so called fees, like to make out our water bill. 7.95. to make out our tax statement, why they wanted to charge me .010 per sheet, for the budget, at the budget meeting, I di fitch a ditch, on that, whoa, who paid for the, copier, the ink, the paper .0002 per, electricity , the salary for the person to press the button and stand and drink coffee while waiting, MY tax dollars , city is suppose to be non profit , along with no double taxation...... (fee charge) for what is already paid for.
Patricia Kane
12:40 pm on Sunday, August 19, 2012
Mike, I live in the real world-not your "let everyone pay for my personal entertainment and private interests venues world". It's a bailout. Instead of me asking for a raise, why didn't we just tell Beal and Detroit to take a hike and get someone in there to do the job without this bailout? I am tired of idiots that don't understand taxation or the value of the dollar. To some, that $20.00 is food on the table-to others, it's a couple of Starbucks coffee, but regardless, it is our money we worked for. How dare another city and an overpaid Beal $443,000.00 take it. Or is it that we just work now for every mismanaged entity? We all know why it wasn't on the November ballot---it would not have passed. And remember, the DIA is not free-that was a load of BS- we are all forced to pay for it now through taxation, without any say of how the entity is structured, managed, etc. etc and we do not have any vested interest int he art, or the land...stupid move. $20.00 is $20.00 that the DIA did to work for or earn or fundraise-they just took. Shame on Detroit and the DIA--how many people out there who will be forced to pay make $443,000.00 a year ??? Take a look at the medium income.
4:42 pm on Sunday, August 19, 2012
You really have to give up on the november ballot thing. You have no idea whether or not it would have passed then, although given the initiative's success a few weeks ago, it would likely have passed then as well.
If you have a home in Berkley with with a taxable value of $150,000, then you have either a gigantic house, a house you way over paid for, or a serious error on your property tax statement. The average Berkley homeowner will be paying a lot less than $15 per year. If that small amount of money is likely to put you on the street, then you have problems a lot bigger than an tiny millage increase.
Patricia Kane
4:54 pm on Sunday, August 19, 2012
I don't live in Berkley-and it doesn't matter--it is just more taxes shoved on the backs of those who are still working in this State-and only in SE Michigan--not the entire State. It is "selective" taxation, Tax is tax--cripe, how much more do they want us to pay? Nothing is going down. Paychecks may increase, but so has water from Detroit, DTE, cable, food, gas and health insurance. It's the principal and the ethics. There is no extra money for a lot of people. This whole thing was mishandled intentionally so they could grab the bucks and they did to a select group-living in a select area.
And they wonder why people leave Michigan--it's taxation, poor management and jobs.
6:26 pm on Sunday, August 19, 2012
Patricia are you still talking? The people have spoken and the millage passed. Time to take your ball and go home. You can write on here until you develop carpal tunnel but it won't change the fact that you now pay taxes to support the DIA. I will think of you fondly as I hang out in Kresge Court.
6:31 pm on Sunday, August 19, 2012
It was not a "grab." They asked the residents of the three counties that provide some 70% of the museums patrons to approve a millage increase. In all three counties, voters approved the measure. How is this undemocratic? How is this a grab? A clear majority of voters decided this incredibly small expense was more than worth it.
If an emergency manager decided that this was the only option to save the DIA and by executive fiat decreed that the three counties would have to increase tax rates by 0.2 mils, well then your argument would make sense, and I would agree with you. But, as you know, 63% of Oakland County residents decided to vote for the increase. The democratic process worked. How you can see this any other way is beyond puzzling.
Patricia Kane
5:06 pm on Saturday, August 11, 2012
How much you want to make a bet, Mr. Beal gets an increase in his compensation package?.....it was probably already in the works---he is able to retire better and sooner than those that are supporting him now for the next 10 years-- guaranteed---
How old is Mr. Beal anyway?? I bet he just scored a "coup" with some heavy hitters who are patrons of the art and due to the economy can not afford the same yearly contributions to feather his little nest, so to keep them happy and able to enjoy this amenity he went outside the circle to the taxpayers to ensure his friends can still enjoy the DIA and ensure them by taxation they are pretty well guaranteed this-no questions asked and no voice in management. He doesn't have to embarrass them by asking for donations--He got a revenue stream guaranteed. The "rich" are also feeling the pinch, only at a more "up scale" level then the working class--Imagine the resident making $17.00 hr. before Fed, State, SS#, Health Care, etc. imagine how he feels working a couple of extra hours to feather the nest of the DIA for a few people whose interest is the arts and to help offset the $443,000.00 salary of the Director? We are really one screwed up over taxed Sate and County--time for change.
6:33 pm on Sunday, August 19, 2012
There is no factual basis for any of your speculations about the DIA in this post.
JM Landers
8:24 pm on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Patricia I agree totally!! I commented eariler and someone mentioned the city manager issue and charter schools. Charter schools are great I see kids all day long and many of the charter schools are indeed doing a better job educating our kids So I'm Ok with a "for profit" ...its not a bad word ...school as long as they do the job atnlrast its not going for union dues to fund Obamas relection.. As for the appointed city managers,run your cities responsibility and they wouldn't be needed..Why should other communities have to fund communities through our state taxes because they aren't managing their $$ properly. If everyone worried more about being responsible and we started understanding the difference between NEEDS and Wants the whole country would be in better shape!! There now I feel better!!
Brian Q
9:23 pm on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Get ready for the DSO, Detroit Zoo, Police and Fire, ahhh what other mills may be passed so easily -
Patricia Kane
9:59 pm on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Looks like the "easiest way" to take care of the Belle Isle mess is to allow the State to take it over as a park. This way, we all pay for it in our taxes and Detroit again has the ability to market it as part of Detroit to enhance their own PR. It will be made presentable, fixed up and cleaned up courtesy of the taxpayers in Michigan after Detroit ran it in the ground. Most cities keep up their city parks-especially in larger cities as it offers respite for the residents from all the bricks and mortar-not Detroit--if you don't have the suburbs to bail you out, you have the State---taxes have deep pockets.
In this case, I do know that many little kids in Detroit use the park as they have no where else to go, so it does appeal to and is used by a heck of a lot more people than the DIA--But then to keep the park safe-you have to get rid of the vandalism, gangs, drugs, etc. which is a problem on Belle Isle.
You are so right Brian, I think there is a "laundry list" coming our way from Detroit.
Haulin T Male
10:35 pm on Saturday, August 18, 2012
Oh we can't do that, cause detroit council says we know how to gov. the Island. well ever been down there on a sunday morning> thousands of plastic cups, on the ground... if your afraid to sit on a comforter in a motel room, then don't use a table top on sunday.
I for one would welcome the DNR, State Park system take it over, when is the last time youv been in a bad state park? have you been to the new one, down atwater,st. towards the river walk.......... pretty nice and they have maintained it also...... yep as a long time camper, I don't know why this as not been done already.
6:36 pm on Sunday, August 19, 2012
The last time a "laundry list" was put before the voters, it was voted down. Give the residents of southeast Michigan some credit for being able to determine what is worth there time and money and what is not. A majority of voters in three counties decided that paying a few more dollars per year for 10 years was worth it in the case of the DIA.
Patricia Kane
6:59 pm on Sunday, August 19, 2012
The only reason I have commented is you keep commenting as well. So, give it a rest as well--you obviously will benefit as the DIA is your personal go to pace--should be less expensive for you now--why don't you just thank the rest of us that are going to ante up the money--a lot of voters were confused by the language on the ballot as well and August is known to be a poor turnout for voters Enough said-time to think how to get the people that are taxing us to death out of office---and how to get control of both assets and management for what we are paying for through taxation before they disappears like a lot of other tax paid things in Detroit--
I use to support the DIA, that was voluntary-but now forced through taxation-no way-
$443,000.00 a year in salary for one man alone is too much to stomach in these economic times.
8:59 pm on Sunday, August 19, 2012
'Fraid not Madame. The last time I posted on here (most recent comment to you excluded) was nine days ago. You have been blathering all over the place ever since.
Daffy Noodnicks
8:29 pm on Sunday, August 19, 2012
We saw the Vermeer and the Patti Smith photography today. We parked on the street for free right across Woodward. There was a huge event at the African-American history museum and we still found parking pretty easily. A pretty good bluegrass combo was even playing. The DIA was pretty busy. It was nice to see lots of people enjoying the museums.


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Since writing his first song at the age of 14, Paul McCartney has dreamed and dared to be different. In the sixties, as the writer and co-author of their greatest songs, he changed the world of music with The Beatles. Legendary albums include: Please Please Me, Revolver, Help!, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and The White Album. Paul has continued to push boundaries over the last 30 years, first as a solo artist, then with Wings (with albums that included Band On The Run and Wings at The Speed Of Sound) and following that as a solo artist again, with recent highlights including 2007's Memory Almost Full. In 2008 he received high critical acclaim as The Fireman (a collaborative project between Paul and revered producer Youth) with their Electric Arguments album, which topped the Billboard Independent Album Charts.
Paul McCartney is also an accomplished award winning classical composer. His most recent classical album Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart) was released in September of 2006 and won the 2007 Best Album Award at the Classical Brit Awards.
Paul was awarded with a special Outstanding Contribution Award at the 2008 BRIT Awards at Earls Court in London. He was given a standing ovation by the UK music industry as he received his award and closed the prestigious ceremony with an incredible performance. Months later, Yale University presented Paul with an honorary doctorate of music. As he received his diploma, President Richard C. Levin told him, "Your songs awakened a generation, giving a fresh sound to rock, roll, rhythm and blues. We admire your musical genius and your generous support of worthy causes."
Equally renowned as a live performer as he is a songwriter, Paul McCartney has spent much of the last five years performing sold out concerts to millions of people all over the world including places he'd never previously visited, winning rave reviews along the way. Stand out moments have included 2003's performance to over 500,000 people outside the Coliseum in Rome and Paul's first show in Red Square, Moscow. In 2004 he gave the Glastonbury Festival its most legendary moment to date. 2005 saw him making history again as he performed live to the International Space Station to wake-up NASA astronauts. Paul performed a string of secret and surprise gigs in intimate venues in London, New York, LA and Paris throughout 2007.
2008 was a year to remember with Paul performing a series of special one off event concerts. He started by headlining the Liverpool Sound concert at Anfield Stadium, then gave the Ukraine its largest ever outdoor music event in Kiev with over 400,000 people lining the street to watch his 'Independence Concert'. He found time to join Billy Joel on stage for the 'Last Play At Shea' show in July, marking the last concert ever at New York's famous Shea Stadium, then travelled to the city of Quebec for yet another huge headline-making event as he performed to 300,000 people in the city's national park, The Plains Of Abraham, to help celebrate Quebec's 400th anniversary.
The final special one-off event concert took place in September, when he played his 'Friendship First concert in Tel Aviv, Israel. This was Paul's first ever visit to Israel. The Beatles were banned from performing there at the height of Beatlemania in the 60s.
Paul kicked off 2009 by teaming up with Dave Grohl to perform "I Saw Her Standing There" at the Grammys, where Paul was nominated for two awards. In April, Paul performed in New York at the David Lynch Foundation's benefit concert, "Change Begins Within". He was joined on stage with Ringo Starr for a special finale. Paul also headlined the Coachella Festival (his first US festival appearance) and performed a show to mark the opening of The New Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, a gig which sold out in seven seconds, setting a new sales record with tickets selling at a rate of 600 a second! July 11th took Paul to Halifax, Nova Scotia for his first ever concert there, which took place on the Halifax Common. The mayor of Halifax described the show as the largest and most exciting concert in its 260 year history.
Following Halifax, Paul embarked on a five-week tour of the US; 'Summer Live '09'. The tour commenced with the inaugural run of shows at New York's Citi Field Stadium, which was the site of the former Shea Stadium where The Beatles made history in 1965 when they played a concert that set the precedent for the modern day stadium rock show. Critics hailed the Citi Field performances, seen by over 100,000 people, as the concert experience of a lifetime. The tour concluded in Dallas on the 19th of August.
The Citi Field show was immortalised on the multi disc CD/DVD special package 'Good Evening New York City', which was released in November in the US and December in the UK.
After returning from his summer in the US it was announced that Paul had specially written and recorded the title track, '(I Want To) Come Home', to the Miramax movie 'Everybody's Fine', starring Robert De Niro and Drew Barrymore. The track was later nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Critics Choice Award in their Best Song categories. Paul wrote the song after being asked by director Kirk Jones. The film ends with '(I Want To) Come Home' starting up before the final credits and provides the perfect backdrop to a film that explores many different areas of family life and relationships.
On October 22nd Paul announced he was bringing his tour home. He announced a special December 8-date European tour entitled 'Good Evening Europe'. The tour began in Hamburg, a place that Paul originally visited with The Beatles almost 50 years ago, putting it on the map as a musical Mecca for millions of music pilgrims over the years. The tour came to a climactic and memorable finale at London's O2 Arena, his only UK show of 2009. Reviews for the show were phenomenal and prove that Paul McCartney is a live experience that no-one should miss. "The man is living history and the way he continues to bring new energy to his past is incredible,' reported the UK's largest Sunday paper, News Of The World. The Telegraph exclaimed, "Paul McCartney used his only UK concert of 2009 as a showcase for an epic display of back-to-back basics music-making. Armed only with his four-piece band and the greatest collection of hits in pop history, he travelled back and forth across the decades like the Dr Who of rock and roll. Whatever elixir the 67-year-old Macca is running on remains a mystery, but he seems to get a huge charge from performing to an audience, especially one that is bombarding him with waves of adoration."
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2010 started with Paul announcing his 'Up and Coming 2010' tour, which commences in Phoenix on March 28th.
A freeman of The City Of Liverpool and Lead Patron of The Liverpool Institute Of Performing Arts, Paul McCartney was appointed Fellow of The Royal College of Music in 1995 by The Prince Of Wales. In 1996 Paul McCartney was knighted by H.M. The Queen for his services to music.
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- Lesley Jane2 days ago
Hi I'm Lesley Jane and I am the Most Famous Person In The WORLD. xx ~L
American Lesley Jane
BEATLESEX - Ändy2 days ago
a fabulous musician from Germany has released a great album.
Can't get enough listening him singing the beautiful songs written by John Lennon: Cry Baby Cry
- Mikhail Burlak2 days ago
Hello, my dear Sir James Paul McCartney, learned that you sent to the Russian authorities two letters in which expressed in support of the condemned participants of Pussy Riot punk group. These swine arranged dances in church. They danced on graves of our parents. They wanted themselves to show and it everything that they wanted to make. During court they refused to apologize and laughed at our feelings. God taught us to forgive, but in this case we didn't receive repentance and we won't receive it. To tell that someone it should is necessary to arrange dances in church! Yours faithfully. Mikhail Burlak
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That's great Mate, they'll actually read yours! Much Love, ~L, PS. here's me nw 1
Venus Girl" by American Lesley Jane
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grazie per l'amicizia Paul, sei mitico!
- Lesley Jane8 days ago
John & Vanessa (formerly my wife you know) are happy and send this message:
"No Calico Flies On Frank" - Michelle J.8 days ago
Hello, my dear Paul,
am for two weeks in Scotland :))))))))
have a dreamlike Friday,
sweet surprises
with big & small miracles
an enchanting weekend.
*warm hug in your heart*
✿God bless you and yours✿
my smile :)))))))
As nicely these are
if one remembers like love is
and they farther gives away.
A picture it in your heart is -
you forget it never more.
One sometimes wants to say a lot,
words do not occur to you,
sometime it can happen —
is lonesome,
thus completely alone.
To feel warm hands still —
which hold you &
which carry you.
If love may always win —
this is important for the peace.
Warm hands
holds she —
they give strength,
they fortify,
one day it will happen —
you cannot see the hands any more.
Later will words be quiet
which cannot hear them other,
now you will suffer to full grief —
changes this and remember!
What you give with warm hands —
you will still experience the joy
where some dear word —
is heard only in the life.
If love may always win —
this is important for the peace!
Warm hands...
carry you —
accompany you by every day,
still you can feel the heartbeat
and what only is capable of love.
Find time and is not quiet
with it not too late,
because sometime it will
be sometimes the other then goes.
And if you still want to say so a lot,
these hands hold,
now for it is too late,
can fold only the warm hands.
If love may always win,
this is important for the peace.
☆.....( @ @ ).....☆...
Only who gives love,
will she receive!
Past is a history...
Future a secret.......
… and every moment
...... at present.
Maybe we should simply
sometimes do this,
what to ourselves
makes happily
… and not that what is the best!!!
Maybe we sometimes should
simply do, what to us is that best.…
… and not that what
… other expect from us!!!
Maybe we sometimes had to go.
simply do this, what ours
Feeling to us says …
… and not that
… what for the feelings
… of the others is the best!!! - Victor Hannover Barros9 days ago
Paul, Fortaleza jamais esquecerá sua passagem por aqui. Um show inesquecível. Exuberante. Único.
- MARTIN NEWMAN9 days ago
The road goes ever on. Here's wishing you a safe & blistering tour ! X : )
Martin Newman - Lesley Jane11 days ago
Calico what? Oh mine was better'n that. See you have been listening again. You really do love that song, Paco Delker Pifferskimp, which I named after one of your
many Nom De Plumes... really sounds like a Parallel Universe song from
Revolver or something. If BEATLESEX ever rises again, and if it does it'll be
because you and Ringo joined us, we'll have to do that one since you like it so much eh? I think so. Jolly Good. Spifferific. And Von Dupriney Duprin. x ~L