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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: txradioguy on July 18, 2013, 03:44:46 PM
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Detroit—The city of Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history Thursday afternoon, culminating a decades-long slide that transformed the nation’s iconic industrial town into a model of urban decline crippled by population loss, a dwindling tax base and financial problems.
The 16-page petition was filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Detroit.
Gov. Rick Snyder’s office was making plans this afternoon to hold a Friday morning news conference at the Maccabees Building, 5057 Woodward in Midtown, according to a source. It’s the same location where the governor declared a financial emergency for Detroit on March 1.
Under state law, Snyder is required to approve a Chapter 9 filing. As of Wednesday, Snyder said he had not received any such request from Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr. Sources close to the governor said the situation is fluid, adding that Snyder intends to study Orr’s recommendations and related documents “for a couple of days†before making his decision.
A bankruptcy filing would come as an Ingham County judge is preparing Monday to hear arguments from retirees to block any attempt by Snyder to authorize a bankruptcy. A filing would produce an automatic stay of all pending litigation and would cap a month of intense talks between Orr’s team and creditors, which largely have failed to restructure as much as $20 billion in debt and long-term liabilities.
News of an imminent filing prompted lawyers for the city’s pension funds to request an emergency hearing this afternoon in Ingham County Circuit Court to block a bankruptcy authorization.
Orr’s spokesman, Bill Nowling, could not be reached for comment. And state officials contacted by The News on Thursday declined to discuss the matter.
A Chapter 9 filing would leave the restructuring to Orr and a federal bankruptcy judge and could take years, experts say, despite hopes by the governor and Orr that the case can be wrapped up in a year. A bankruptcy judge could trump the state constitution by slashing retiree pensions, ripping up contracts and paying creditors roughly a dime on the dollar for unsecured claims worth $11.45 billion.
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130718/METRO01/307180103/Detroit-files-Chapter-9-bankruptcy?odyssey=mod|breaking|text|FRONTPAGE
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Obama wants to do for the country what Dems have done to Detroit.
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bama wants to do for the country what Dems have done to Detroit.
That is so true that it hurts.
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Leftist economics taken to their natural conclusion.
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So much for that emergency manager they brought in a few months ago.
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So much for that emergency manager they brought in a few months ago.
Cannot, must not, will not comment on that.
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So sad...
The direct result of unions run amok, greedy entitlement programs, racist affirmative action, and every other liberal wet dream.
A city bankrupt.
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FOR SALE
one slightly used town
handymans dream
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This was all predicted in Robocop I and II. I thought the most far fetched prediction of the movie is that Detroit would go bankrupt. But with the mismanagement, corruption and liberal policies of lib/dem/socialists I really should have known better.
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Surprise / Surprise
Since 1962 there have been 7 consecutive democratic mayor's;
1962-1970 Jerome Cavanagh
1970 - 1974 Roman Gribbs
1974 - 1994 Coleman Young *
1994 - 2001 Dennis Archer
2002 - 2008 Kwame Kilpatrick ** - went to prison
2008 - 2009 Kenneth Cockrel - finished formers term
2009 - pre. Dave Bing - former Det. Piston Basketball player
* my opinion, this 'street smart' mayor should be in prison also
Said it before - glad I moved from a northern suburb in 1985 - bad then and just kept getting worse.
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So much for that emergency manager they brought in a few months ago.
He pretty much said from the get go that bankruptcy was looking like the only option and it only got worse once he delved into the financial specifics. Without a complete Federal bailout, it is the only option.
Posted by: Aristotelian
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Leftist economics taken to their natural conclusion.
Absolutely, but when your ideology demands diminishing returns and your policies promise perpetual freebies, no other outcome is possible. I suppose this will be, somehow, played as the Republicans' fault. Sorry, (D)Ump-O-crats...this one has been all yours since the early 60's.
So sad...
The direct result of unions run amok, greedy entitlement programs, racist affirmative action, and every other liberal wet dream.
A city bankrupt.
Prosperity destroyed by liberalism and crony racism.
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Sum it up in two words...
OWN IT!!!!!!!!!
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C'mon, DUmmies. Blame this one on Republicans. Just try.
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So much for that emergency manager they brought in a few months ago.
From what I had understood after reading up on this in various places at various times, Orr was brought in specifically to file Chapter 9. Snyder had to play the game, but as the Detroit city council and Wayne County authorities were too busy with their crime, graft, and greed to actually do what the taxpayers were paying them to do, Snyder had no choice but to play the nuclear option.
This was planned all along. Should be no surprises to anybody, especially the idjits who are trying to squeeze blood out of a rock.
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Surprise / Surprise
Since 1962 there have been 7 consecutive democratic mayor's;
1962-1970 Jerome Cavanagh
1970 - 1974 Roman Gribbs
1974 - 1994 Coleman Young *
1994 - 2001 Dennis Archer
2002 - 2008 Kwame Kilpatrick ** - went to prison
2008 - 2009 Kenneth Cockrel - finished formers term
2009 - pre. Dave Bing - former Det. Piston Basketball player
* my opinion, this 'street smart' mayor should be in prison also
Said it before - glad I moved from a northern suburb in 1985 - bad then and just kept getting worse.
Yep, the list of Dem mayors is long and the graft, greed and corruption levels skyrocketed along the way, especially during Young's reign. That racist ****tard basically set up and finalized the system that has been in play for lo these many years.
Coleman Young died in 1997, so he won't be going to jail here on Earf. Maybe in Hell, which is where I hope he is.
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Detroit used to have 2 million people, now they are down to 700k.
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Which blue shithole is next? I call dibs on LA.
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Which blue shithole is next? I call dibs on LA.
Saint Louis isn't looking too good. Neither is Memphis.
Anyone remember when Bela Pelosi said foodstamps created more money than they cost ?
Maybe with the same lib pretzel logic, just a few Flash mob riot lootings will get the detroit economy moving again...
http://www.wnd.com/2013/07/trayvon-martin-protest-leaders-revealed/ (http://www.wnd.com/2013/07/trayvon-martin-protest-leaders-revealed/)
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Saint Louis isn't looking too good. Neither is Memphis.
True, true.
I try to avoid Memphis whenever I can.
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C'mon, DUmmies. Blame this one on Republicans. Just try.
They will say that the rich were not taxed enough.
****ing idiots.
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Detroit is an epic failure. What city is next in line for bankruptcy?
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They will say that the rich were not taxed enough.
Yeah they were, that's why they left and so did the middle class.
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Leftist economics taken to their natural conclusion.
If John Maynard Keynes and Karl Marx had a son, it would look like Detroit.
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If John Maynard Keynes and Karl Marx had a son, it would look like Detroit.
Quite clever.
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Surprise / Surprise
Since 1962 there have been 7 consecutive democratic mayor's;
1962-1970 Jerome Cavanagh
1970 - 1974 Roman Gribbs
1974 - 1994 Coleman Young *
1994 - 2001 Dennis Archer
2002 - 2008 Kwame Kilpatrick ** - went to prison
2008 - 2009 Kenneth Cockrel - finished formers term
2009 - pre. Dave Bing - former Det. Piston Basketball player
* my opinion, this 'street smart' mayor should be in prison also
Said it before - glad I moved from a northern suburb in 1985 - bad then and just kept getting worse.
Hi5 for this info. Needs to stay visible IMHO. I almost peed myself laughing when I got the breaking news on my phone yesterday.
Stupid people get what they deserve.
Ra-s Al Guhl has the right idea when it comes to Detroit. It must be destroyed.
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They will say that the rich were not taxed enough.
****ing idiots.
True.
They should of taxed the rich UAW executives at a higher rate!
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Quite clever.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
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Which blue shithole is next? I call dibs on LA.
Actually, the whole state of CA would probably go first.
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Big Dog for the win.
The unbelievable corruption finally comes home to roost.
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So much for that emergency manager they brought in a few months ago.
That happened much too late to do any good, Milton Friedman and J. P, Morgan themselves couldn't have done anything to save that trainwreck by the time it was actually pried out of the city government's hands. He was appointed partly as a scapegoat so the politicians could keep their distance from the bad news and partly because it was a necessary legal step to show all other avenues had been exhausted before finally facing the bankruptcy music.
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Damn, where's OCP when you need them.
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Let's see how the owebumaManiaMedia Driveby LameStream media is reporting this story...
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2013/07/19/detroit-bankruptcy-all-three-networks-skip-sky-high-taxes-dem-contro (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2013/07/19/detroit-bankruptcy-all-three-networks-skip-sky-high-taxes-dem-contro)
Lib/dem/socialist leadership that hurts real Americans real bad isn't considered newsworthy to the owebumaManiaMedia it seems
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If John Maynard Keynes and Karl Marx had a son, it would look like Detroit.
Good one - very good one.
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:ownit:
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^Massive fails like that are easy when you have the magic negro inaction figure "Fecal Touch".
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SAVE DETROIT
from itself
buy a used car
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They told me if I voted for Romney, Detroit would go bankrupt. They were right.