Wringing Art Out of the Rubble in Detroit

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Wringing Art Out of the Rubble in Detroit

By MELENA RYZIK

Published: August 3, 2010

Detroit’s particular brand of civic and economic decay has also drawn something unexpected: a small but well-publicized movement of artists.

Click title for link to article which appeared recently in the New York Times.  It describes the seedlings of creativity sprouting amongst the rubble that used to be a city called Detroit.  As you read, some of the images suggest what the anarchist faction in our city of Lake Worth see as the future for our community.  However, you won't hear Commissioners Jennings or Mulvehill talk about the urban wasteland that needs to be in place before such a scenario takes root.  That is indeed their vision for Lake Worth and both have been successful backing the city in the corner through a cavalcade of actions which have conspired to leave Lake Worth in last place among Palm Beach County municipalities as it relates to "children-at-risk" and the greatest decreases in property values two years running.  And now, these conditions serve as a basis for declaring a State of Urgency in attempt to break the unions - another form of organization that perpetuates the middle class consumer oriented society they wish to destroy.

Does Lake Worth have to become Detroit to achieve their collective vision?

Oh, and do not think that somehow Commissioner Jennings is not running for re-election.  Look for an elaborate "fluff" piece put out by the Ministry of Information (aka the Palm Beach Post) about her "reluctant announcement after hearing from so many of her people that she must run again, etc., etc. and so forth and so on." the last day of the qualifying period.