Friday, March 06, 2009

Let's End The Civil Rights Version of the Detroit City Council by Akindele Akinyemi

Let's End The Civil Rights Version of the Detroit City Council by Akindele Akinyemi

Detroit is ripe for civil unrest.
Look at the reality of the City of Detroit and why we are headed towards anarchy.
1. Unemployment: 17%.
2. Graduation High School rate: 24-38%.
3. Adult illiteracy: 55%
4. Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.0%
5. Graduate or professional degree: 4.2
6. Never married: 43.6%
7. Now married: 31.2
8. Separated: 4.2%
9. Widowed: 8.3%
10. Divorced: 12.7%
11. Rank #3 in the nation in violent crime.
12. Wayne County, Michigan, lost more than 89,000 residents from 2000 to 2006 -- a loss of 4 percent of the county's 2 million residents.
13. A third of the population in Detroit lives in poverty.
14. Detroit Public Schools did not make AYP.
15. The City of Detroit is $300 million in a deficit. The Detroit Public Schools are $400 + in a deficit.

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