A Vicarious Resolution in Support of the Candidacy

Whereas, the citizens of District 5 in the Michigan House of Representatives encompassing all of the cities of Hamtramck and Highland Park, and a Northeast quadrant of Detroit, Michigan, should mandate that any candidate for the office be a stern advocate for the people as evidenced by attendence at town hall meetings ...or public forums, and speaking out on issues concerning public questions of magnitude, e.g., The DDOT Transit issues, the DPSD issues, the City of Detroit issues, and the creation of jobs, the lowering of taxes, the elevation of standards for teaching, the fostering of entrepreneurship aimed at both Green Technology and Life Sciences industries,

Whereas, the citizens of District 5 in the Michigan House of Representatives encompassing all of the cities of Hamtramck and Highland Park, and a Northeast quadrant of Detroit should demand prospective candidates for the office to be competent, cognizant and concerned as evidenced by the candidate's presence on the World Wide Web, using social media, and evincing the aura of professionalism and persistence to be heard on be behalf of the people,

Whereas, the candidacy of Burgess Foster for the Democratic Nomination by the people, for the people, and of the people in District 5 has shown the aforementioned with manly firmness,

Be It Resolved, that the citizens of District 5 do hereby vicariously support TEAM (T.rying to E.levate A.ll of M.ichigan) Burgess Foster for the August 3rd 2010 Democratic Primary by this affirmative resolution.

A Message to Governor Granholm on FaceBook 4/2010

Governor, what can we do to have an entrepeneurship conference in Detroit aimed at jump starting small businesses in Detroit with a State Credit of some kind that will spur the process, e.g., matching state confiscated properties with entrpreneurs or state property not confiscated with entrepreneurs-ecouraging Counties and cities that turn over vacant parcels to Entrepreneurs to a set rate increase in reveneu sharing-something creative-something ingenious to act as a catalyst to economic activity.

My name is Burgess Foster the candidate for the Michigan House of Representative for District 5. Vote TEAM (T.rying to E.levate A.ll of M.ichigan)Burgess Foster on August 3rd 2010 in the Democratic Primary.

What should be done to the Detroit Pension Funds?

Here is what Burgess Foster State Rep candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives for District 5 thinks about the recent Pension Fund fiasco. Detroit needs better leadership appointed to the Pension Fund Boards. The Scandal that has rocked the public sector nation wide on 11 on a 10 point richter scale at its epicenter in Detroit should warrant a grave discussion of what to do!

But I vehemently disagree with Dave Bing.

I recommend a professional Mutual Fund manager like Oppenheimer to take over the Detroit Pension Fund. It would add value, by creating more efficiency due to the commission driven performance. No positive returns-no commission.

I think if this was to be done-Detroit should mandate that it stays with an Oppenheimer branch in the Metro Detroit area.

I would recommend Gail Perry-Mason the Director of one such branch. A native Detroiter who holds the coveted series 7 licensure.

She is proof that the last bastion of power and prestige can be penetrated by the talented and dedicated African American leadership in our area.

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100330/METRO01/3300410/1409/Council-hears-protest-over-Bing-s-overhaul-of-Detroit-pension-funds

From the Motor City to the Electric City?

Detroit should become Electric city. The Detroit City Council, the Mayor's office, the Detroit delegation in Lansing and D.C. should work to "aggressively" attract new car producers or Domestics to expand its production of electric vehicles in the "motor city."

In about 25 years all cars made, and trucks-conceiveably will be Electric Powered. Detroit should seek to tranfer by emminent domain or through direct transfer of industrial space like the Old Packard Plant in the Russell Industrial Complex to firms like Tesla Motors or Nissan or even GM to hire Detroiters! Forget the property taxes, mandate that workers live in Detroit!

Deroiters have given GM Tens of millions in concessions on taxes but has not seen a commitment to hire Detroiters in manufacturing jobs.

Detroit has no silver and gold, but what it does have it could offer liberally-land, vacant industrial land!

I would want to spear head an advisory in Lansing that would identify tracks of land to be either transferred from the State or that the State could emminent domain to a venture between WSU and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor for the exclusive development of a "Drs. Park" that would employ knowledge workers for the creation of products aimed at the life sciences and Green technology renewable energy sectors.







http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100330/ap_on_bi_ge/nissan_electric_car

Drs. Park?

You all may recall my describing a vision I have for Detroit called "Drs. Park." Taking Industrial Space Near Techtown-East of Woodward and allowing Caraco Pharmaceutical to anchor a Research Park, akin to what they have in Research Triangle Park, Raleigh-Durham, NC. I call it "Drs. Park" because it would house 1,000 P...hDs doing research in both the life sciences-or wet sciences and Green technology. This recent news about the University of Michigan buying the former Pfizer facility bodes well for such a feeder instition that could partner in a strategic venture with WSU the only Carnegie Research 1 university in Detroit, doubly so since Michigna just opened its footprint in Detroit in WSU's neighborhood: Mid-town at Woodward and MLK, Jr. Avenue.

http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/university-of-michigan-moves-first-employees-to-ex-pfizer-site/

The diS-TAsTe of the City Address

Funny how this Mayor or Executive is talking about reinventing Detroit but has not re-tooled his administration or the structure of governance in Detroit. On my profile I give concrete ways on how to generate 4B in revenues and right size the city to 10,000 workers down from 12,000 workers by only permanently laying of...f about 500 workers and transferring another 1,600 or so.




Yet, not one mention of a Forensic Audit. Granholm may be delaying the inevitable but Bing's denial of a total Forensic Audit will mandate



1.) Bankruptcy-which I am not for or,


2.) Receivership, which I prefer if there are no Forensic Audits of all 37 departments and agencies!

All aboard!

Mr. M&M himself ought to do what is right by this town if he wants to have a happy relationship with the Council by District which will be totally different that what you have now! Totally! As time looms, you will start to find Council members who want to fight for their jobs moving if all the Council members currently represent only two districts because they are all on the West side mainly-then that means all but one will have to move! No matte what side of town you live on Detroit needs to do something with the Train Depot.

They may be delaying this, but they are opening a can of Whoop ... on themselves by moving slow and keeping perks to boot, delivering less services but running up expenses!

That Train Depot could be developed into a multi-stage project that has the State and the Feds giving money to turn it into another Union Station in D.C. Using Green Technology; e.g., LED lighting, Solar Panels, a Wind Turbine or two, closing down the Amtrak on Woodward and moving it to SW Detroit.

Creating jobs in Detroit for Detroiters!

First the city Council needs to take the land from Mr. M&M!