My sincere gratitude to Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer for appointing Naomi Long Madgett Poet Laureate of the City of Detroit, and joyful congratulations to Naomi for this timely, well-deserved honor to an outstanding woman of letters. We look forward to Naomi's poem celebrating the tricentennial of our historic city. You ignore the layoffs among our workers that result from the exportation of plants and other production facilities to countries with low-pay labor without labor unions and often without enforced labor laws. I am surprised to say the least. Edward A. Nol Birmingham Sprawl and immigration Immigration reform is essential in slowing sprawl.
Unlimited immigration brings unlimited sprawl.