Check the pictures from the Detroit News .. which CAN'T be posted here:
Coming to a city near you ? Pray for our country.
Posted on 10/07/2009 11:39:04 AM PDT by STARWISE
The city of Detroit has turned away thousands of people who lined up Wednesday for a chance to receive stimulus money set aside for homeless and low-income residents.
Wednesday at the Cobo Hall was the last day for Detroit residents to get an application for Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program stimulus money.
The city said an overwhelming 50,000 people came to the center seeking money that was promised to keep low-income residents from losing their homes and finding temporary housing for the homeless. The massive crowds created a fire and safety hazard and forced the Detroit Police Department to shut down the entire process.
"The line was so long that we couldn't even get in here. And look, there are people all over the place, this is getting crazy here. We need help here," said Detroit resident Yvonne Crandell.
The crowd got so rowdy at one point that people were fainting and fighting. The Detroit Police Gang was called.
DPS also requested that the Salvation Army's Emergency Disaster Services team, which is trained to help law enforcement deal with a disaster, come to the Cobo Hall to help deal with the crowds.
The teams are distributing food and other relief to people waiting in line.
More than 20,000 applications were handed out Tuesday at six neighborhood city hall locations. Residents had one last chance to get an application Wednesday at the Cobo Hall, but after only one hour of opening its doors, the city ran out of forms.
Asia Johnson was the first person in line at the Cobo Hall.
"Yes, I'm No. 1 and I've been in line since 10 o'clock p.m. last night," said Johnson.
"I feel that the ones are out here really, really wanted it, if they didn't they wouldn't be in line to get it," said Debra Yatts, who had been waiting in line since 2 a.m.
The applications deadline was Oct. 7. Those who have applications will have one week from Wednesday to turn in a filled-out application. Completed applications can be mailed to the Detroit Planning and Development Department at 65 Cadillac Square, Suite 1400, Detroit, MI 48226.
Some people in line Tuesday falsely believed they were registering for $3,000 stimulus checks from the Obama administration.
Watch: Thousands Line Up For Stimulus Check Applications
But instead, city officials told Local 4 that Detroit was granted $15 million in stimulus money to help residents pay bills and their rent or find temporary housing for the homeless.
"I'm at a dead end then, because we need this, we truly do need it," said Yatts.
Detroit is among the nation's leaders in home foreclosures, and at least one in four households are in poverty.
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I wonder where they parked their SUV’s?
Obama voters want their cut.
HIGH TAXES+ UNIONS = DEATH.
Most of these people voted for Obama 10 to 20 times in hopes that this day would someday come. Their ship has come in.
Norwegians?
Simple Simon met a pieman
Going to the fair;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
Let me taste your ware.
Says the pieman to Simple Simon,
Show me first your penny;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
Indeed I have not any.
Says the pieman:
No pie fo you suckah!
I guess it's official now.
Funny, I looked at the photos and they all looked well fed and, even though hip hop style is vulgar, they looked clean and well dressed. Certainly didn’t look like needy, leachy, homeless grifters.
If someone were to walk up and down the line and through the crowd with a bullhorn saying
“there will be no direct payments to individuals”
there would be about 20 people left.
pic #11 then #19.
life is tough.
They ARE all fat, aren’t they?
Must be all that EBT-purchased soda, chips, steak, and shrimp.
My first thought: This doesn’t bode well for Detroit. Have an uneasy feeling about that city.
my second thought: They sure didn’t have a problem numbering the size of THAT crowd quickly.
Anyone else play “find the white guy” looking through the pictures?
(I found Waldo - picture 10)
If you noticed, most of them are on their cell phones. Where do they get these things and how do they pay for them. How much you want to bet they all have big flat screen TV’s also.
Very very typical.
WE (ie, YOU) pay for their needs, and they buy their wants, while we sacrifice our wants and needs to pay for theirs.
They have their own gang?
You can buy a decent house in Detroit for seven thousand dollars right now.
I thought the pictures were in black and white rather than color.
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