So-called activists disrupted the school board as it voted to balance its budget by closing schools to keep its costs in line with its declining student population. One audience member threw grapes, hitting a board member in the chest and getting arrested.
Detroit is so mired in the past - the way the auto industry works, the way the state legislature doesn’t, the way race relations stymie our progress – that it is possible that some activists still believe that it’s 1968.
But the type of antics that occur at most board meetings accomplish nothing – except to provide entertainment for news-watchers across America.
Agnes Hitchcock, the Grape-Thrower, could have offered the board suggestions on how to continue to serve steak on a hamburger budget. Instead, she became the Grape-Thrower, a national laughingstock
Problem is, she made Detroit a laughingstock as well. And that ought to be a crime. Source: freep.com Goosey's Gabbings... Agnes is part of what is called the "Call Em Out" Coalition. Those who want to join should know that you should be able to hit your targets from more than 20 yards away with grapes, apples, rocks, orange, and an occasional pineapple heave. If you cannot perform these duties, you will be stoned with peach pits. You have been warned.
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