The Detroit bankruptcy and the assault on democratic rights

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21. Ilitch is the Murderer of Tiger Stadium.

I used to be a diehard Detroit Tigers fan. I lived and died with that team through the 70's and 80's. Tiger Stadium was a classic, history in the flesh. Ilitch initiated a destalinization program through purchased mouthpieces and air time buys, generating the most vicious slander about that dear old building. There was absolutely no need to replace Tiger Stadium. We did everything we could to save it. This greedy billionaire wanted to consolidate his downtown entertainment district with the FOX and STATE theatres and in the process gain control of all the parking. Parking at Tiger Stadium was a joy. You just parked in the Corktown neighborhood around the stadium and enjoyed a nice walk to the gate. Ilitch forced taxpayers to abandon a lovely classic baseball stadium and blackmailed us into buying him a new one.. It was ALL ABOUT THE FUCKING MONEY, not about the sacred trust of preserving Detroit Baseball History. I will never forgive this, ever.

Put it this way: The (former) Tigers now play in a new plastic stadium named after a corporation that moved its headquarters from Detroit to Dallas. That is emblematic of globalization on a smaller scale, like when you go to shopping plazas on the outskirts and there's no way to tell which city you're in. Whatever city you're in, you go to McStadium. (Excepting of course Fenway and Wrigley...how long will they last? Good luck to them...)

Pardon the digression....this thread just touched a sore spot.