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Detroit, The World’s Racetrack: My First Time At The Belle Isle Grand Prix

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments beaubien, belle isle, belle isle grand prix, brooks patterson, bud denker, cars, chevrolet, collision course, dave gifford, daytona prototype international, department of natural resources, detroit tigers, DPI, economic development, fast cars, find new roads, grand prix, huski, huski chocolate, indy 500, indy cars, indycar, jay leno, leigh diffey, little caesars, mdot, michigan department of transportation, nascar, particulate emissions, pat morita, people mover, QLINE, race cars, racing, racism, really fast cars, renaissance center, roger penske, suburban racism, sweden, tragedy of the commons, vroom, vroom vroom, vroomvroom

At the Grand Prix, presented by [Car Company] on Belle Isle, we enjoyed pulled pork nachos, sunshine, and a haze of particulate emissions.

Sustainability Poverty Energy Housing Utilities

MPSC December Meeting: Neighborhood-Level Equity and Energy

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments affordable housing, Brad Banks, Briana Parker, CMS, Consumers Energy, Detroit, DTE Energy, economic justice, Elevate Energy, energy, energy justice, housing, Indiana Michigan Power, mary templeton, metro detroit, michigan, michigan public service commission, MPSC, public utilties, racial justice, racism, redlining, SEAS, segregation, SEMCO, Sharonda Williams-Tack, Sierra Club, Tim Skrotzki, Tony G. Reames, Tony Reames, utilities, water justice

Dr. Tony G. Reames of the University of Michigan, Briana Parker of Elevate Energy, and others presented at an MPSC meeting on some approaches to the question of equity in energy efficiency for low-income communities and communities of color.

Business & Economics Urban Planning Public transit

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

Urban Planning

Two Punks, Two Downfalls, Two Wildly Different Jail Terms

March 14, 2019September 14, 2019 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments justice system, kwame kilpatrick, law, paul manafort, racism, wall street

Let me get this straight. Paul Manafort got sentenced to less than eight years in prison for eight counts of