Jeremy at pajamazzon.com responds:

But what enraged me the most was Barbara-Rose Collins statement above. Uhm, lemme see … what year is it? Oh yeah, it’s 2006. You would think that 40 years past the social and racial struggles that faced this city, we wouldn’t have to put up with the whole “I’m black, you’re white” thing anymore. In fact, I find this the most upsetting part of the whole deal. I’m sorry that someone in your position thinks that way of your city, but seriously, comparing the State’s involvement to that of a plantation owner? It’s this kind of backwards thinking that plagues the city council.

And Melissa at Suburban Bliss has a rant:

The race game continues to prevent the city and suburbs from cooperating. It's definitely an easy way out of actually dealing with issues.

And Detroit Funk has a sad perspective on the city:

Hearbreaking news hitting the television and radio waves in the last couple days - if any of you were asking " what will be destroyed next? ", here it is.

And someone just started a blog to save the zoo.

The head of Oakland County and Detroit city council members have been bantering back and forth.

All this talk has been moving the situation in a direction it shouldn't be going. Politicians should be doing everything they can to keep the zoo open – not point fingers over who said what.

On the other hand, blogs are a great way to see/read what real people think without being filtered through a media outlet. Maybe the politicians should be taking a look.