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2 weeks ago |
enjoyer.com | Charlie LeDuff
After being shot and left for dead, Charles Brooks Jr. received instruction from the Almighty. The Lord told Brooks that if he rebuilt a home on the east side of Detroit, people would return and the city would be resurrected. “It started out with a single house,” said Brooks, a carpenter and contractor by trade.
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3 weeks ago |
enjoyer.com | Charlie LeDuff
I bought myself a single share of General Motors stock back in December. So far, I’ve lost 9% on the deal. I consider it one of the best investments I’ve ever made. That share gives me voting rights and legal standing within the company. If this rancid Renaissance Center deal gets done, I’m going to sue the shit out of GM. In Detroit, you see a lot of half-baked development deals. But this one is so bizarre it defies financial sanity.
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4 weeks ago |
enjoyer.com | Charlie LeDuff
My friend took his life last week. He wasn’t the first friend to do that over this past year. He wasn’t even the second. A lot of guys my age are struggling with the idea of suicide. It’s reached a level of crisis in America, the scientific papers say. Brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath. The scientific papers cite factors like isolation and economic hardship. That’s just a fancy way of saying life hasn’t worked out for some guys of my generation.
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1 month ago |
enjoyer.com | Charlie LeDuff
Detroit — I’m on the Ambassador Bridge, and 85% of the trucks going back and forth are Canadian. Why? Because the Canadians have been screwing us for the last 30 years. Let me explain. NAFTA is 30 years old. But there’s no free trade, not really. The Canadians refuse to compete. We send stuff to Canada, and they tariff the shit out of it. Butter, 300%. Milk, 270%. Cheese, 250%. Chicken, 240%. Eggs, 150%. Copper and steel, 50%. Aluminum, 25%. And cars? 45%. What about Canadian cars? We don’t tariff Canadian cars.
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1 month ago |
enjoyer.com | Charlie LeDuff
Attorney General Dana Nessel has big troubles, but the Loon of Lansing is too busy suing Donald Trump and making sour-faced TikTok videos to notice the storm clouds. It has to do with her gal pal Traci Kornak, a personal injury lawyer and treasurer of the Michigan Democratic Party.
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Asked how she'd handle tariffs differently than Trump, Whitmer said, "I haven't really thought about that." In her time, our skipper lost more manufacturing jobs per capita than any governor. Even Newsome. She gave millions to the Chinese. Presidential material? My eye tuck. https://t.co/2Cc1zyvfUr
The Lord Giveth, and the Mayor Taketh Away. The Almighty came to Pastor Charles Brooks Jr. on his death bed. He instructed Brooks to build. And so, Brooks built. Now, the mayor of Detroit has hit him with a lawsuit.
Duggan’s Land Bank Sues the “True Mayor” of Detroit’s East Side The city is threatening to repo one of Charles Brooks’s projects after letting Garlin Gilchrist’s apartment building rot for years By Charlie LeDuff (@Charlieleduff) After being shot and left for dead, Charles https://t.co/JwqjFA8BLC
The Plot: Comedian Detroit Red tries to book himself a penthouse with a Section-8 voucher. Hijinks ensue. * spoiler alert — Seven years later, the publicly funded skyscraper is still not complete. https://t.co/rC6q2j15cQ
