Depression

Headlines from The Detroit News May 14, 2009

DPS (Detroit Public Schools) asks feds for disaster funding

Judgment day looms for dealers (auto dealers)

Michigan outlook sours; jobless rate to hit 17%

Foreclosure help sent to state senate

UAW faces painful transformation

Worst of Detroit is off Woodward

Litterbugs pile on to Detroit's woes
(Column by Nolan Finley)

"I'm disgusted with the amount of trash blowing around Detroit this spring. Plastic bags and bottles, foam cups, discarded newspapers, detritus of every sort is stacked up against freeway fences and caught in roadside curbs. The fields are blooming with crumpled fast food bags. Nearly every foot of pavement is covered with glass fragments. Meanwhile, the trash barrels scattered every hundred yards or so are empty."

"This fouling of our nest is reflective of a community that has just given up."

I hope this is not catching.