Detroit may sell its cultural gems if city goes bust

Japan Times ^ | 06/25/2013 | AP

[Stingray]

“Is this a collection of Detroit’s gang signs and graffiti?”

It’s the Charles H. Wright Museum. And it’s heavily subsidized by Detroit taxpayers. In a 2004 auditor’s report, the OAG (Office of Auditor General) issued this warning:

“...Unless the museum receives additional funding it will be necessary to cut back its operations significantly or discontinue operation completely, under the worst case scenario.”

That was in 2004 when the economy was roaring along.

The museum remains open and operating to this very day despite that fact that it remains heavily subsidized by taxpayer funds in a city that can’t afford to fix its ambulances or keep cops on the street.

Priorities. Detroit’s are all wrong. But I’m sure that museum helps the victims of black-on-black crime in the city feel good about themselves and their city, especially when they can’t even get a live cop on the phone to respond to an emergency.

Detroit is not only a disaster but a picture of America’s future if liberal priorities are allowed to persist.

[Darren McCarty]

Sell the DIA to Oakland County.......

[RinaseaofDs]

My reaction to this is,

“Whatever.”

It’s what happens when your citizens figure out they can vote themselves anything they want. Eventually, you run out of other people’s money, and like any other junkie, you have to start selling off your stuff to get another fix.

The GOP, if it has any conservatives left in it, should buy billboards on the major arteries going into and out of Detroit saying:

“Welcome to the city progressivism built. We recommend you come armed, since nobody is left to take a 911 call.”

You got the government you deserved, Detroit.