Comments on Akindele Unleashed: A Joke of A State Lawmaker by Akindele Akinyemi

I was more than a little surprised at your general...

2008-09-02T17:48:00.000-07:00

I was more than a little surprised at your generalization regarding Gay and Lesbian gangs running DPS, especially at Mumford High School, your alma mater, the alleged epicenter of these gangs, and the place where I am proud to work. Do you have statistics to back up this claim, or are you relying on rumors and the talk on the street? As an alumnus, I should hope that you would be proud of the FACT that the graduation rate at Mumford was 82% for 2006-07, according to the August 26, 2008, edition of the Detroit Free Press. Now that's worth shouting about.

I sent you an email. I hope you receive it. Thanks...

2008-04-23T04:35:00.000-07:00

I sent you an email. I hope you receive it. Thanks.

hello Mr. Akinyemi. I am the photographer and auth...

2008-04-22T13:15:00.000-07:00

hello Mr. Akinyemi. I am the photographer and author of the piece you quoted heavily from above without attribution.

Please note that the photographs and written material you have adopted is copyrighted--- everything from "this is a building where" to the word "unclear" is copyrighted text written by me that you have integrated into your post without quotation marks or proper attribution.

I am a little concerned about the way you have lifted both my text and photographs. The way you have cut and paste my writing makes it look as though you yourself wrote those words. A link is usually "good internet manners" in these circumstances, and a request to use both the photographs and text would also have been appreciated.

I am an intellectual property attorney, and though I certainly don't want to get to the point where I would have to take legal action, I do hope that you will change this post provide a link to the original blog post where you found this material as well as credit me for the portion of this post that was actually written by me.

Also, on a friendlier note, I would encourage you to take a look at this post where I explore the history of that building and why it came to look the way it does now:

http://www.sweet-juniper.com/2008/04/knowledge-of-what-happened-and-what.html

I followed back and looked at more of the pictures...

2008-04-21T10:36:00.000-07:00

I followed back and looked at more of the pictures. Is this on the same planet?

Though it doesn't happen often... I am speechless.

I'm curious, have you spoken to the good represent...

2008-04-21T08:32:00.000-07:00

I'm curious, have you spoken to the good representative to get her feedback on how the DPS manages its supplies?

I'd be curious to hear what her response would be.

Carol Banks thinks that the Detroit area can do mu...

2008-04-21T07:20:00.000-07:00

Carol Banks thinks that the Detroit area can do much better.

Maybe State Representative Bettie Cook Scott knows something we don't. She feels that they can't do better and wants to continue the "special treatment" that encourages the devastation.

This has been going on for years. It doesn't get this corrupt and ruined overnight.

The people get to decide. We again will see what they think of themselves.

Those pictures are horrifying... almost... apocoly...

2008-04-21T06:32:00.000-07:00

Those pictures are horrifying... almost... apocolyptic.

Talk about a thousand words.

Thanks for this story, Akindele. Pretty stark reminder of what the education battle is all about in Detroit. The kids there deserve better than this.

--Nick
www.RightMichigan.com