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Politics Public Safety Gun Control Michigan

When Did The Police Become So, Uh, Anti-Law?

May 25, 2023May 24, 2023 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments ar-15, blue lives matter, bootlicking, constitutional county, cops, dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains, fascism, firearm deaths, firearm policy, firearm regulation, firearm safety, firearms, FOP, fraternal order of police, gun, gun control, gun policy reform, gun safety, handgun, howell, joe spaulding, KKK, law enforcement, living in the sprawl, livingston county, macomb county, magazine capacity limits, michigan, militarism, ottawa county, Ottawa County Board of Commissioners, police, police reform, policing, red flag laws, rifle, semiauto, semiautomatic weapons, Sprawl

The latest insanity out of America’s Largest Strip Mall (a.k.a. Michigan) is the bold declaration of some police agencies in

“It Is What It Is”: With Omicron Rampant, Will Trump Country Notice?

December 30, 2021December 30, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 5g chips, anti-vax, anti-vaxxers, baby-eating democrats, coronavirus, covid, COVID19, Donald Trump, friedman unit, greg gianforte, is there lizard DNA in the vaccine, lizard DNA, macomb county, omicron, omicron variant, pandemic, qanon, rural, rural healthcare, rural hospitals, rural icu beds, sean hannity, trump, trump voters, tucker carlson

The novel coronavirus hit cities hard at the beginning of the pandemic. But in 2021, it is disproportionately killing rural Americans– closely along party lines. Will the rapid spread of the novel omicron variant make this trend even worse?

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What If We Can’t Wait? Public-Private Partnership Solutions for Infrastructure

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments amtrak, Amtrak NEC, augean stables, austerity, ben stupka, brooks patterson, BRT, bus, chicago parking meters, dave coulter, Detroit, economic development, FRR, l. brooks patterson, macomb county, MBA, mba capstone, megan owens, metro detroit, michigan, mikel oglesby, mobility infrastructure, new york fear city, oakland county, philanthropic capital, PPP, private sector, public sector, public transit, public-private partnership, regional infrastructure, regional planning, regional transit, regional transit authority, robert moses, RTA, ryan friedrichs, stephanie farmer, transit, transit infrastructure, transportation, transportation riders united, TRU, why is macomb county awful

The RTA is planning on returning in 2022– again- to revisit a ballot measure to fund regional infrastructure investment in Southeast Michigan. Can we wait for 2022? Should we explore alternatives in the meantime?

Burgerbanism Michigan Travel

On This Day in History: John and Nat Enjoy an Oakland County Moms Saturday

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments apples, autumn, cider, fall, fall foliage, john good, macomb county, michigan, michigan agriculture, michigan tourism, Nat Zorach, oakland county, rochester hills, southeast michigan, tourism

Two city planners stuff their faces with donuts, think about the future of the region, and enjoy some fall color.

Urban Planning Public transit

State of Transit 2020: A Brooksless Mobility Future Rolls Forward

January 31, 2020February 10, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments brooks patterson, dave coulter, DDOT, Detroit, Ford, GM, john good, kristina curtiss, macomb county, megan owens, RTA, SMART, transit, warren evans, wayne county

TRU hosted its annual State of Transit event last night at TechTown. A sumptuous feast was catered. County Executives Warren

Business & Economics Urban Planning Public transit Transit infrastructure

All Aboard, RTA 2020: The Business Case For Transit

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments DDOT, detroit department of transportation, macomb county, mdot, regional transit authority, RTA, SEMCOG, southeast michigan, southeast michigan area rapid transit, thehub, Those Macomb County Types

I’m moving into the end of the year with an announcement about some exciting upcoming goings-on. RTA 2020: The Business

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Challenging The Automotive Paradigm in Reagan Democrat Country

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments 8 mile, ballot initiative, classism, gratiot, leon drolet, macomb county, mark hackel, mass transit, property tax, public transit, racism, regional transit, regional transit authority, RTA, SEMCOG, SMART, transit, transit corridors, transit millage, xenophobia

I found out the other night that there are people in Macomb County who actually refer to the Gratiot FAST