Let me say at the outset that I wouldn’t have any problem with DPS trying to save money by going with these other companies if the bidding process had been fair and above board. I am beginning to have serious questions about whether this was the case. There is no question that the DPS budget is tight, and they have an obligation to save money – and taxpayer dollars – as best they can. I also do not have any problem with any decision to give consideration to Detroit-based

However, taking the concept of the idea behind the tagline in the Catherine Ryan Hyde book and hit movie, “Pay It Forward,” is another matter.

Taylor and Porcher took a “simple idea” in 2003 and created the Ford Detroit Football Classic – a football game played in Detroit between two Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Now, four years later, the game

In four years, some say that’s just what the Ford Detroit Football Classic has become, a genuine football classic in the mold of down-South extravaganzas such as the Bayou Classic. 

         
The Michigan Chronicle talked with Detroit-area folks who say they’ve been to virtually all

Teachers Vote To Strike

According to published reports, teachers’ consideration of a pay freeze was offset by their annoyance at bureaucratic mismanagement and their concerns about crimes in the schools. The District has proposed a 5.5 percent pay cut and seeks $88 million in concessions from the union as part of a two-year contract. The union seeks 5 percent pay increases each year over a three-year contract period. There are almost 10,000 teachers in the