News 6.26.11

Featured

Is This Our Future?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/opinion/sunday/26car.html?_r=1

Why the world faces a massive traffic jam (Bill Ford)
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/06/26/ford.mobility/

‘RomneyCare’ — a revolution that basically worked
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/06/26/romneycare__a_revolution_that_basically_worked/

Brown to Green: A New Use For Blighted Industrial Sites
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/brown_to_green_a_new_use_for_blighted_industrial_sites/2419/

Regional

Gary Brown calls for metro Detroit transit authority, regional sales tax to pay for it
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2011/06/gary_brown_calls_for_metro_det.html

Macomb Executive Hackel takes government to new heights
http://detnews.com/article/20110623/POLITICS02/106230404/1022/Macomb-Executive-Hackel-takes-government-to-new-heights

Immigrants add luster to Metro Detroit
http://www.detnews.com/article/20110623/OPINION01/106230341/1008/Immigrants-add-luster-to-Metro-Detroit

Colleagues celebrate Augustus Hutting's induction to Wayne County Prosecutor's Wall of Fame
http://www.freep.com/article/20110625/NEWS01/106250397/Colleagues-celebrate-Augustus-Hutting-s-induction-Wayne-County-Prosecutor-s-Wall-Fame

Transportation / Transit / Aerotropolis

Alternative Jet Fuels Will Soon Be Sprouting at Metro Detroit’s Airports
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110624005011/en/Alternative-Jet-Fuels-Sprouting-Metro-Detroit%E2%80%99s-Airports

Deficit fight threatens rural airport service
http://www.detnews.com/article/20110623/METRO/106230434/Deficit-fight-threatens-rural-airport-service

Editorial: Budget battle with circuit court hurting Wayne County
http://www.detnews.com/article/20110624/OPINION01/106240330/1008/opinion01/Editorial--Budget-battle-with-circuit-court-hurting-Wayne-County

In their own words: what the people of Delray think of a new bridge
http://www.freep.com/article/20110626/NEWS01/106260431/In-their-own-words-what-people-Delray-think-new-bridge?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

Editorial: The Big Stall: Critics try to swamp bridge proposal by distorting truth
http://www.freep.com/article/20110626/OPINION01/106260478/Editorial-Big-Stall-Critics-try-swamp-bridge-proposal-by-distorting-truth?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p

Biofuels for Jets Will Be Offered at Metro Detroit's Airports
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2011/06/25/538227-alternative-jet-fuels-will-soon-be-sprouting-metro-detroitas-airports.html

Detroit / Urban Revitalization

Quicken explores Detroit incentives
http://detnews.com/article/20110623/BIZ/106230436/Quicken-explores-Detroit-incentives

Cash incentives for employees to live downtown coming soon, Dan Gilbert says
http://www.freep.com/article/20110622/BUSINESS06/110622013/Cash-incentives-offered-workers-Quicken-Loans-other-businesses?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

Success of Midtown incentives inspire Quicken chairman to follow suit downtown
http://www.freep.com/article/20110623/BUSINESS04/106230456/Success-Midtown-incentives-inspire-Quicken-chairman-follow-suit-downtown

Highland Park plans to demolish more than 300 abandoned and neglected structures
http://www.freep.com/article/20110623/NEWS02/106230550/Highland-Park-plans-demolish-more-than-300-abandoned-neglected-structures?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s

Marathon's Detroit refinery expansion promises jobs and cash -- but not enough, neighbors say
http://www.freep.com/article/20110623/BUSINESS06/106230577/Marathon-s-Detroit-refinery-expansion-promises-jobs-cash-not-enough-neighbors-say?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

Expansion at Marathon Refinery
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=C4&Date=20110622&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=106220804&Ref=PH&Profile=1318

War of words escalates in Detroit budget showdown
http://www.detnews.com/article/20110622/METRO/106220422/1361/War-of-words-escalates-in-Detroit-budget-showdown

Whole Foods considers Detroit
http://www.detnews.com/article/20110625/BIZ/106250324/1001/biz
http://www.freep.com/article/20110625/BUSINESS04/106250320/Upscale-grocer-Whole-Foods-eyes-Detroit?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s

Under Bobb, consultants got raises, perks
http://www.freep.com/article/20110624/NEWS01/106240443/Under-Bobb-consultants-got-raises-perks

Detroit's Head Start program in peril
http://www.freep.com/article/20110625/NEWS01/106250430/Detroit-s-Head-Start-program-peril?odyssey=nav|head

Transformation Detroit: Dan Gilbert's grand plan for downtown tech hub, retail and residential
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2011/06/transform_detroit_dan_gilberts.html

Video of the Day: John Gallagher shares five ideas for 'Reimagining Detroit'
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2011/06/video_of_the_day_5_ideas_for_r.html

Seeds of Hope: How Sustainable Activism Transformed Detroit
http://www.alternet.org/environment/151382/seeds_of_hope%3A_how_sustainable_activism_transformed_detroit

Transformation Detroit: Leaders say city isn't just fighting crime, it's fighting perception of crime
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2011/06/transformation_detroit_leaders.html

Transformation Detroit: Eastern Market fights food desert myth with Tuesday hours
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2011/06/transformation_detroit_eastern.html

Fitch Puts Detroit Deeper Into 'Junk' Status
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304231204576406152818840850.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Column: Loving Detroit despite its flaws
http://www.detnews.com/article/20110626/OPINION03/106260311/1386/OPINION0314/Column--Loving-Detroit-despite-its-flaws

Business / Energy / Auto

Michigan Leans Anew on Big Three
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304887904576399801933093180.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Ford Health System raises $176 million for improvements
http://www.freep.com/article/20110623/BUSINESS06/106230478/Ford-Health-System-raises-176-million-improvements

State seeks to revamp rule book: Legislative, executive efforts aim to ease biz burden
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20110626/SUB01/306269983/state-seeks-to-revamp-rule-book-legislative-executive-efforts-aim

Finding tenants among tasks for new manager of Macomb-OU incubator
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20110626/SUB01/306269976/finding-tenants-among-tasks-for-new-manager-of-macomb-ou-incubator

New online tool for state entrepreneurs gets to know you, then tells you what you need
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20110622/FREE/110629942

GM Foundation to help College for Creative Studies' fund drive
http://www.freep.com/article/20110626/BUSINESS0101/106260450/GM-Foundation-help-College-Creative-Studies-fund-drive?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Auto%20news

UAW is a tough sell at southern plants
http://www.freep.com/article/20110623/BUSINESS01/106230484/UAW-tough-sell-southern-plants?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p

Michigan Policy & Politics

Editorial: Beckoning to employers with signs of stability
http://www.freep.com/article/20110623/OPINION01/106230433/Editorial-Beckoning-employers-signs-stability?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|p

Michigan now getting back more money from Washington than it sends
http://www.freep.com/article/20110626/NEWS15/106260511/Michigan-now-getting-back-more-money-from-Washington-than-sends

Ron Dzwonkowski: Gov. Snyder's can-do attitude no quick fix for Michigan woes
http://www.freep.com/article/20110626/COL32/106260591/Ron-Dzwonkowski-Gov-Snyder-s-can-do-attitude-no-quick-fix-Michigan-woes?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s

MDOT to close 8 Michigan offices, leave 60 positions unfilled
http://www.freep.com/article/20110623/NEWS06/110623020/MDOT-close-8-Michigan-offices-leave-60-positions-unfilled?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

Rebuilding Michigan's middle class relies on higher education
http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/rebuilding-michigans-middle-class-relies-on-higher-education/

National Policy & Politics

Fatal Attraction: Politicians and ‘Eco-Devo’
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/fatal-attraction-politicians-and-eco-devo_575467.html

“Red Fields to Green Fields” Plans Revealed for Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Hilton Head Island
http://www.ecnmag.com/News/2011/06/%E2%80%9CRed-Fields-to-Green-Fields%E2%80%9D-Plans-Revealed-for-Detroit,-Houston,-Los-Angeles,-Phoenix-and-Hilton-Head-Island/

White House plan aims to speed creation of U.S.-made, high-tech goods
http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110624/OEM01/110629924/1424

Your Mileage May Vary
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304447804576410013762121694.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

The Unemployment Crisis Is Looking More Structural Every Day
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/06/the-unemployment-crisis-is-looking-more-structural-every-day/240836/

Sustainability / Smart Growth

Poor transit system, sprawl make trips to work difficult
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/22/2968773/kcs-poorly-ranked-transit-system.html

Atlanta Forward / Another View: An action plan for our infrastructure
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/atlanta-forward-another-view-987126.html