 
Chuckjav
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Username: Chuckjav
Post Number: 636
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 9:39 am: |    |
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls; on the scale of 1-100, please rank your level of satisfaction with:
Federal Government
State Government
Local Government |
Drankin21
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Username: Drankin21
Post Number: 278
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 9:44 am: | |
Fed: 20
State: 10
Local: 70
I am adding one:
Regional: 10 |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 3338
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 9:47 am: | |
I suppose local would depend on where an individual lives, or are you asking specifically about Detroit local government? |
Drankin21
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Username: Drankin21
Post Number: 279
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 9:52 am: | |
i considered local where I live, not in Detroit |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 3453
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 9:56 am: | |
Overall...
Fed: 70
State: 50
Local: 10 |
Ray1936
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Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 3540
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 10:59 am: | |
Fed: 50
State of Nevada: 80
City of Henderson: 100
Well, you asked. |
Mama_jackson
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Username: Mama_jackson
Post Number: 410
Registered: 06-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 11:14 am: | |
Federal: 1%
State of Michigan: 30%
City of Flint: 10% |
Chuckjav
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Username: Chuckjav
Post Number: 637
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 11:17 am: | |
Jcole...the survey is specific to where you live.
Ray1936...Now I understand what Horace Greely was shouting about. |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 3347
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 11:19 am: | |
Federal Government 20%
State Government 50%
Local Government 30% |
Ray1936
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Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 3542
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 2:06 pm: | |
Yeah, Chuck, the City of Henderson is absolutely superb in their management. Low taxes, good services, and even a substantial "rainy-day fund" for the future should things turn sour. It's a complete opposite from good ol' Detroit. |
Bdglsmn
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Username: Bdglsmn
Post Number: 107
Registered: 01-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 2:59 pm: | |
Fed 20%
State 50%
City of Southfield 90%
I've lived in a few cities from here to Washington State and I can honestly say that the services and the City of Southfields involvement in the community are second to none. |
Pkbroch
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Username: Pkbroch
Post Number: 88
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 3:04 pm: | |
Federal 50%
State 30%
City (Detroit) -110% or more |
Jt1
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Username: Jt1
Post Number: 12139
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 3:20 pm: | |
quote:It's a complete opposite from good ol' Detroit.
While I have no doubt that Henderson is run very efficiently it is a little unfair to compare the two given age, infrastrcuture, social issues, etc.
The irony that Detroit (with all of its poverty and budget issues) is paying your pension as you spend your money in Henderson. I am not questioning whether your pension was earned but let's compare apples to apples. |
Jt1
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Username: Jt1
Post Number: 12140
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 3:22 pm: | |
quote:I've lived in a few cities from here to Washington State and I can honestly say that the services and the City of Southfields involvement in the community are second to none.
BD - What are your thoughts about your Mayor if she were to win the election as county exec. Seems everyone speaks highly of her but i know very little about her.
quote:City (Detroit) -110% or more
Please tell me you are joking or drinking.  |
Pkbroch
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Username: Pkbroch
Post Number: 89
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 3:36 pm: | |
Negative - 110 % is way less than Zero percent.
I would rather DPD or DFD get their pension that is due than pay some salaries in the City Law Dept. or the $ 9,000,000. in Hizhonor's law suit. |
Mackinaw
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Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 5277
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 3:39 pm: | |
Poor all around.
Feds: 30
Michigan: 15
Detroit: 15 (but it could be at least 50 without scandals everywhere and the bickering that slows all the processes down). |
Scs100
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Username: Scs100
Post Number: 1597
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 3:59 pm: | |
Feds: 40
State: 5
Grosse Pointe: 90
Where else do the sidewalks get plowed when it snows more than 4 inches? |
Lilpup
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Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 4933
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 4:09 pm: | |
Fed: 20
State: 55 (would be much, much higher if M. Bishop were gone)
Local: 75 |
Gannon
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Username: Gannon
Post Number: 13929
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 4:14 pm: | |
Feds:10
State:40
Neighborhood (Eastern Market) Local:100
Detroit Local:30
I used the question of "what percentage of them am I happy meeting" as the thought exercise. Not ranking how good a job they are doing, just our level of satisfaction, remember! |
Hpgrmln
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Username: Hpgrmln
Post Number: 552
Registered: 06-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 6:13 pm: | |
Feds-45
State-25
Detroit-15
Suburb of residence-35
This is assuming higher is better. 1-worthless, 100-perfect. |
Lefty2
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Username: Lefty2
Post Number: 1809
Registered: 07-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 6:55 pm: | |
ditto jcole's
Still too much money funneled to the IRS and too much waste on all levels. |
Mackinaw
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Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 5279
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 8:00 pm: | |
I'm surprised at some of the higher approval of the feds.
Seen the budget lately?
Notice how social security hasn't been changed yet, and will go bankrupt soon? Notice the expansions of medicare under a "conservative" president?
Well, rate them highly while you can, because you won't be when taxes double so that we can pay for all the old people in 10-20 years. |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 3458
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 8:02 pm: | |
Mackinaw, I didn't base my rating on recent affairs, but how far the Federal government has brought this country from 300 years ago.
However, due to recent affairs, I did give the feds a 70 instead of a 100. |
Zrx_doug
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Username: Zrx_doug
Post Number: 551
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 9:00 pm: | |
Federal: 55
State of Michigan: 20
City of Detroit: 1
I'd have given Detroit a zero, but you said the scale starts at 1.. |
Chuckjav
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Username: Chuckjav
Post Number: 642
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 9:39 pm: | |
Bdglsmn....Very nice to see such high praise for the City of Southfield. |
Ray1936
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Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 3544
Registered: 01-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 10:09 pm: | |
"While I have no doubt that Henderson is run very efficiently it is a little unfair to compare the two given age, infrastrcuture, social issues, etc."
Jt, in no way was I comparing the two. The question was to rate those three forms of government where you are living. I agree, there is no way to compare the two. I wouldn't begin to try. |
Erikd
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Username: Erikd
Post Number: 1054
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 3:19 am: | |
quote:Feds: 40
State: 5
Grosse Pointe: 90
Where else do the sidewalks get plowed when it snows more than 4 inches?
Scs100,
Detroit does a pretty good job of plowing downtown sidewalks. I walk from Harmonie Park to Greektown every day, and most of the sidewalks along my morning walk are cleared by 9am after an overnight snowfall.
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Detroit-bashing has become a cherished tradition in this region, and it clouds every topic and discussion...
I grew up in the shithole suburb of Shelby Township, and moved to downtown Detroit as soon as I could.
The city services in downtown Detroit are vastly superior to anything seen in Shelby Township, and most other suburbs.
In Shelby Township, they don't plow the sidewalks, because they don't even HAVE sidewalks. After a big snowstorm, we would wait days for a county plow truck to come down our street.
We didn't even have streetlights until I was out of grade school, and even then they were few and far between. I have more working streetlights within one block of my Detroit home than I had in one square mile of my childhood suburban home.
(Message edited by erikd on August 24, 2008)
(Message edited by erikd on August 24, 2008) |
Border5150
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Username: Border5150
Post Number: 222
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 8:19 am: | |
Erik,
Of course you did have sidewalks, let alone streetlights. It's a TOWNSHIP. There is no city planning in a township. you probably notice that they just threw schitt up haphazardly: "Let's build a strip mall here; a subdivision here and cement factory here" etc.
Whatever ruling body governs a township doesn;t care about city planning, thy just wann put stuff on the land and increase property value.
Comparing a city to a township is like comparing an apple to a rock. It's just not a fair assessment. |
Scs100
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Username: Scs100
Post Number: 1598
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 10:45 am: | |
Erikd, I was referring to the entire city, not just downtown. I have no doubt that Detroit does a good job downtown, but they certainly don't do a good job of snow removal throughout the rest of the city. |
Cinderpath
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Username: Cinderpath
Post Number: 685
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 11:34 am: | |
City (Ferndale); 90%
Regional (Oakland county):10% -They are clueless and to the times we are in. But this would apply to all except our city.
State: 20%
Federal:10% I can't remember a time when our Federal government was this bad. |
Chuckjav
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Username: Chuckjav
Post Number: 646
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 11:54 am: | |
Scs100....Agreed; and we're not just talking about recent history.
It's been travel at your own risk, following a snowstorm, in the neighborhoods of Detroit....for several decades. |
French777
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Username: French777
Post Number: 538
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 8:37 pm: | |
Fed - 30
State of Michigan - 85
Rochester Hills - 95 |
Skylark
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Username: Skylark
Post Number: 96
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 8:41 pm: | |
Fed - 1
State - 85
Detroit - 1 |