Mark Naida

@noahdwing I have only ever lived in the bottom three. That’s a real Enjoyer

@supermarkus Ouch. 734 took a hit. Convenient that I’m in that weird in-between space where 419, 567, and 734 all mesh.

Guaranteed to piss off just about everyone

The Definitive Ranking of Michigan Area Codes @owroot enjoyer.com/michigan-phone…

Then why did I go turkey hunting for a full weekend and not get one

@moll11y @samtrayter what’s a michigan and why does it have its own university

Don’t worry, Enjoyers. You can keep eating Better Made chips! @BrendanClarey

@mich_enjoyer @Stainless31 That is precisely why I follow the Michigan Enjoyer for my local news. Keep up the good work.

The Least Racist Town in Michigan @littlebayschool enjoyer.com/least-racist-m…

You can’t trust Michigan media to be honest. That’s why we’re here to tell you the truth. @Stainless31

Our Spartan girl-genius: Edith Stern! @BuddyMoorehouse

For those paywalled, “fat” in this case means $13k

☠️ -ADVISORY - ☠️ An official with the Detroit Land Bank yesterday told a small Zoom group that if you've purchased a vacant lot in the city in the last 12 years, DO NOT plant a garden before having the dirt tested for poison. The public at large has not been told. Now you have.

The crack Detroit News politics team wants nothing to do with the Traci Kornak story While they worked with Lansing Democrats to get Charlie LeDuff fired over a joke, the story they ignored got bigger and wouldn’t go away So a metro reporter was sent to cover it

Check in on the MSU Journalism program… story ideas seem slim at one of our nation’s most populous campuses

Shout out to the folks @mich_enjoyer. This hat I picked up at the @jmscotsman31 (@Stainless31) and Scott Barr Livonia discussion is legit. Fits my dome well and is warm. 5/5⭐️

Why we lie to out-of-towners @owroot

Fixed it for you:

Why Northerners Lie to Out-of-Town Reporters @owroot enjoyer.com/why-northerner…

We're Not Allowed in the Ren Cen Anymore GM moved out, keeping a skeleton crew at the new Hudson's building, while Dan Gilbert and GM angle for $350 million in public money to redevelop the complex By Charlie LeDuff @Charlieleduff Detroit — One of my favorite things to do in Detroit on a drizzly spring afternoon is to drop into the food court at the Renaissance Center. Normally, I will shake off the cold and relieve myself before ordering a cup of coffee and a moist cinnamon bun dripping with glaze and watch the fishermen troll for walleye along the river. So imagine my surprise earlier this week to find that the Renaissance Center is now completely closed to the public. Locked in perpetuity. The cafe is gone. The Burger King. The tables. The napkins. The salt shakers. General Motors has removed its name plate from the facade, and its rotating display of classic cars has been towed away. “Where you going?” barked a sleepy-eyed security guard. “It’s closed. Can’t you read the signs? Unless you’re going to the hotel or Joe Muer’s, but they’re not open yet.” “How about the Italian consulate?” I said somewhat hopefully. The remaining tenants in the Renaissance Center, besides the Marriott and three restaurants, are the Italian and Japanese diplomatic attachés. Apparently, no one told the Italians and the Japanese that the war was over. “Okay, but you can’t take no professional video,” he warned. We ignored him. The cultural impact of an icon abandoned in the middle of the night simply required documentation. Imagine walking up on the Empire State Building or the St. Louis Arch and being told to pound cement. It’s no secret that the building’s owner, General Motors, beat it out of its five towered headquarters on the Detroit River. With much fanfare, the 117-year-old automobile company announced last month that it had moved its world headquarters into a veritable broom closet of suites in Dan Gilbert’s half-finished, publicly financed Hudson’s Tower complex just a few blocks up on Woodward. GM has all but turned its back on the Motor City. The company has collected billions of dollars over the years from the state to keep its employees in Michigan. To smother the criticism, General Motors is keeping a skeleton crew of a few hundred employees downtown so the locals don’t feel disrespected. Executives with General Motors and Gilbert’s development team have convinced the public that they are going to transform the 5 million-square-foot riverfront property into condominiums, retail space and open parkland just as long as the public kicks in $350 million. Gilbert and GM are lobbying Lansing hard for the cash and prizes but a spokesman for Matt Hall, the speaker of the Michigan House who holds the dice in this game of Municipal Monopoly, was surprised to learn the public has been locked out of the building. “That’s the first we’re hearing of it,” the spokesman said. Representatives for General Motors did not immediately respond to questions. The Renaissance Center, financed with private money, took four years to build and opened in 1977. The public was always welcome to ride the 700-foot outdoor elevator. As a comparison, the Hudson two-tower complex—financed in part with public money—broke ground nine years ago. Even so, the main 49-story tower still lacks pipes and walls. The shorter block, where GM now rents four floors, is closed to the public. Unable to get an audience with either Consul General, we left the Renaissance Center with security tailing us at a respectful distance. Over at the GM headquarters, a security guard snapped our photograph through the plate glass window.

Benson Walks Selma Amid Lawsuit Alleging Hostility Toward Black Employees @downi75 enjoyer.com/jocelyn-benson…