Later Saturday evening I went to a Saginaw Spirit game at the Dow Events Center. Downtown Saginaw was JAMMED PACKED! I love seeing my city like this. The Saginaw Spirit is doing a wonderful job at attracting people to our wonderful city. The Saginaw News reported today that in the nine years since the Spirit hit the ice for the first time at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw, visitors have poured more than $6.7 million into hotel stays alone. Can you imagine what would happen if the Events Center millage does not pass on November 2nd? I got some pics, check 'em out!
Have you ever heard of the Saginaw Promise Zone? Probably not. But the Saginaw Promise Zone is a project that a group of Saginaw leaders and investors are quietly working on that will assure that any child that lives in the Saginaw school district and goes to Saginaw school will get a FREE college education from any of the Michigan colleges upon graduation from high school. Yeah, I thought I would get your attention with that one.
If your child lives in a certain part of Saginaw and graduates from a Saginaw public school, they will receive a free college education. That means if you don't want to pay for college or can't afford to, you need to move within the district. This will be great for Saginaw because it will bring people in from all around the state. College ain't cheap and we have some of the best ones in Michigan. Kalamazoo already has this in place and their city is flourishing. Saginaw leaders are hoping to put the finishing touches on this soon enough to benefit the c/o 2012.
I'm literally ROTFL (Rolling On The Floor Laughing) at all of those crybabies and whiners that left already, you know, the ones that say Saginaw has nothing to offer! I just hope they moved somewhere that makes them enough money to send their children to college.
IN OTHER NEWS...
Does anyone remember the FBI shows its raid on Imam Luqman Abdullah and his followers at a Dearborn warehouse about noon on Oct. 28, 2009. It made national headlines (google it) because Abdullah was reportedly shot around 20 times. Well, footage of that raid has been released along with a timeline explaining the events on tape:
• 11:45 a.m. -- Abdullah arrives in a vehicle at the warehouse, on Miller Road, near Michigan Avenue in Dearborn. He is led to warehouse by confidential informant working for FBI.
A few minutes later, the suspects are then seen loading boxes of flat-screen televisions from one trailer to another using pallets.*
• 12:00:03 p.m. -- Confidential informant working for FBI leaves the building. His image on the video is distorted to hide his appearance.
• 12:02:50 -- Undercover FBI agent leaves.
• 12:04:15 -- Abdullah is seen pulling a lift device into the warehouse.*
• 12:04:23 -- Explosive devices are set off by remote control to distract the suspects. The suspects jump after hearing them go off. In one video, some TVs are rattled and dust flies.*
• 12:04:28 -- Abdullah runs right, then left to a side door, and then back toward a trailer.* Another suspect in a gray shirt runs to second trailer.
• 12:04:35 -- Abdullah runs back to trailer, and suspect with a gold-colored hat follows him. Red laser dots from the rifles of the FBI agents appear on the screen.*
About 20 federal agents in military gear swarm the scene, their rifles positioned. *
• 12:04:38 -- The suspect with the gold hat puts his hands up.
• 12:04:43 -- Four suspects lie on ground while Abdullah is still standing. Abdullah appears to be peering around the corner.*
• Dearborn report says he appears to be removing a weapon from his clothing, jumping and shifting his clothing upward.
• 12:04:44 -- The imam is up against a wall and concealing his right hand from agents. His right hand has a dark object consistent with shape of handgun.
• 12:04:49 -- Abdullah starts to lie down inside the trailer. At this point, the video scene is blocked by stacks of televisions, which partially obstructs what is happening.
• 12:05:26 -- Suspect in black T-shirt is lying in front of the apron in the middle of a trailer. Another suspect, wearing navy a T-shirt, is lying down on the east side section of the open trailer. And one with a beige hat is lying face down to the front right of the guy with the black T-shirt. The K9 attack dog approaches.
• 12:05:27 -- Dog is released. It moves quickly toward Abdullah.
• 12:05:29 -- Agent moves his body suddenly as shots are fired. An agent from the back moves forward into position closer to Abdullah.*
• 12:05:32-33 -- Shell casings can be seen flying backward over the shoulder of an FBI agent who appears to aim his rifle at Abdullah.*
• 12:05:33 -- Shooting ends.
• 12:05:39 -- Dog that is shot is walked away from the trailer by his handler. The dog, Freddy, died.
In the minutes that follow, Abdullah's followers are dragged to different locations by FBI agents.*
• 12:24 -- Video footage ends.
Wow!
I was searching through facebook looking for a FAIL!!! and I ran across this:
Times must really be hard if an ex Bank Robber is holding a sign begging for BULLETS!
Remember to post this to your wall on facebook and send me any story ideas, advertisements, events and FAILS!!!.
Thanks for the support,
Bobjohnson
