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Does anybody actually like it when they go meet someone for drinks or dinner or a bite to eat… and there’s someone there playing music? Because I hate it. It’s loud. You can’t talk or hear clearly.

My son is at the Ilitch Business school. The parking pass there is 50% more than WSU main campus. And…. When there’s an event going on at LCA…. He has to fight that traffic and sometimes it fills up.

I would argue that much of the development we see is in spite of them. Go in a mile radius around Comerica and LCA and any rot you see is their buildings. They buy stuff. Let it sit. Then claim it has to go. A lot of development has taken place but it’s not them. Very few of their promises have been kept. that said… I am one who doesn’t kind the parking lots. Like G2 says… where are we going to park? I hate parking structures. I am mad that UM is taking over the largest, and farthest, lot from Comerica. I could always park there for $8 in advance.

Who should they have signed?

Look, this club won a championship training like this... these modern day millionaire crybabies need to toughen up! (Channeling my inner Bob Page) of course, Lance knows it's all a joke, he's just resting after his real workout. You just know Brookens has a beer there somewhere.

and it's hard to rationalize that this isn't a huge story in the media and that the party pushing this doesn't have support stuck in the 20% range rather than a neck and neck race.

It's also worth noting that Chris was one of the holdouts in the labor negotiations last year. I'm not trying to be argumentative about it but the players would get their checks signed by any of the other owners too. It's not like he's giving them the privilege of playing for the Tigers. There's no need to rock the boat in ST so just tout the company line. I'm making fun of the media more than anything. Chris is doing what he's supposed to be doing and the players are doing what they are supposed to be doing and the writer gives the impression it's the greatest thing ever.

I think the players are just happy to talk about something else besides the day to day monotony and cliches that come with early spring training. So they expound a bit and talk up the boss. It's easy to say the right things. It costs nothing. The plane situation is probably something they really like if it is indeed an upgrade. But as a fan it means nothing to me.

There needs to be an investigation into his sweetheart deal arranged by the former labor secretary with help from Ken Starr, and I think Bill Barr too. This happened late in the Bush admin.

I mean.... I could see ****ty ameneties mattering in terms of being a deal breaker in an all things being equal situation but I think "all things being equal" rarely occurs. To me this is bare minimum for what they should be doing. It's nice they are doing upgrades at Comerica but for the prices we pay to get in it is expected to have monitors that work and a sound system that's standard in the industry. You don't get extra credit for doing the baseline. In my seats very often I can't hear the PA. But I am also cynical that the upgrades to the scoreboard and PA system isn't about fan experience but about flexibility in advertising. The board itself is indeed larger but the extra space is taking solid ad space so you can bet that it is all about being able to make them digital so instead of National Coney Island being the only one up there in a certain spot now they can change it up and get more money.

They want to go after birth control next. Then no fault divorce. A bible verse should never be the basis for a judicial or legislative decsion.

"yeah the money is nice obviously but what really sold me to come to Detroit was the shower heads.... have you seen those?" I'm sorry... that's ****ing hilarious. Did Evan get a lifetime supply of free pizza or sponsorships for his podcast to write this? It reads like someting you'd find on an corporation's intranet for employees.

Yes, that too. Last year, for the most part, I limited myself on spending at the ballpark for food and beer for this reason. They're not getting my money automatically like before. I still have my tickets but rather than getting a beer as soon as I walk in, I wait until the 3rd or 4th. I take in a bottle of water and fill it back up from their fountains. I'm surprised they still have those, even the water bottle filling stations. One thing going cashless has done is showed me how much I was spending once I was there. Before I would just take whatever cash I had and didn't really pay attention. But the next day when I see the itemized figures.... and a tip, pun intended, for those who do buy concessions at Comerica. When it asks you if you want to tip... don't. I was told by many of the staff there that they don't directly get that. It's split up among all the workers later on. So the nice lady that helped you isn't getting that $2 directly. It says something when multiple staff members advise you not to tip!

The people that rip Chris for "not spending" think there's a GM store where you just go in and pick out your groceries. My complaints with him relate more to his overall business sense and the constant requests by his empire for public money. They've spent decades getting public money and empty promises. They are shady people. As an aside.... do other MLB ballparks have every door labled with a sponsor? I notice it starting with LCA where you can't take a piss without talking thru the Blue Cross Blue Shield restroom and you flush the UWM handle and get a paper towel to dry your hands from the Google dispenser box. Maybe it's like that everywhere. It doesn't hurt me or cause harm... just looks tacky.

The Karmano Krazies could stay home and offset any Muslim vote issues.

The Lebanese in particular have carved a good chunk of Wayne county political power thru the Warren Evans machine over the last 40 years. Which is a conundrum for my mayor and his No Biden in the primary position. Hammoud is part of that party machine as he served multiple terms in the state house and is entrenched in the party. If his stance carries over to the election in November then he needs to sit out future photo ops did programs based on funding from Democratic Party achievements.

But this isn’t the first week of throwing by him. I’m confident he is sticking to an exertion plan set out for him by his coaches.

I had heard that too.

Glad for Tarik but I'm not sure that's the kind of thing a reporter should be added to the end of their tweet. He often crosses the line to fanboy rather than journalist.

Are the folks in Sterling Heights mostly Chaldean? To quote some around me.... "they don't count as Arab".

We will get an indication of this after the primary votes are tallied. Will those Uncommitted votes remain non votes in November or even be converted to Trump? In 2020 the city totals were 30K to 13K in favor of Biden. In 2022 it was 19K to 10K in favor of Whitmer.

I didn't read it but it ties into this theme I see among that crowd that basically treats young women like crap, moreso than before. Us tough men are not doing a good enough job with our women and boys by letting them turn into a bunch of softies. There's a movement in the Christian Nationalist lot that thinks its a good idea to revert to something like 1 vote per household. We can't let women and these Swifties change our country.

There is a merging point among Muslims with the GOP as it stands to moral issues. The immigration thing (Muslim ban) is not that big of a player because there is a tribal feeling of "I'm here, it's all good". Tribalism is a thing in that community, Lebanese vs Yemeni, etc. We had a big row here last year in our schools where some local Trumpies were jumping in on the book banning issue and the Muslims were joining them. One person at a board meeting actually said "They can be gay when they are 18". It is not an election year here for the board until next year so we'll see how that plays out. But I'm not ruling out them voting for Trump. This is based on what I read locally.