Posted
5:38 PM
by Gene
SOME OSTRICHES IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN BURY THEIR HEADS DEEPER:The city of Detroit took a hit -- again.
But this time, someone accepted responsibility.
Joe and Gavin Maloof, owners of the NBA's Sacramento Kings, purchased full-page ads in both Detroit newspapers to apologize to the Pistons and residents of Detroit for portraying the city in a negative light before Tuesday's basketball game in Sacramento, Calif.
Before the game, game operations director Leland Patton compiled a video montage that ran on the scoreboard at ARCO Arena that included images of abandoned and dilapidated buildings.
The Maloofs had not seen the montage before it ran.We too, wish the surfeit of AAAAAAAAAAATTITUUUUUUUUUUDE in our lives would go away, and we confess to having a little of it ourselves, though we might not want it; that said, what IS DEEEEEEETROIT but a melange of abandoned and dilapidated buildings, along with a shrinking auto biz? The ostriches may want to unstick their heads from terra firma and look around, and see if they can IMPROVE things, instead of WHINING.