Betzold: Grand Prix Takeover Of Belle Isle Won't End Until Media Lapdogs Start Biting

A succinct way to characterize that came in a quote in a CityLab article by Brain Allnutt, posted this week. According to Charles Birnbaum of The Culture Landscape Foundation in DC, auctioning off the “irreplaceable parkland” of Belle Isle – part of the public trust – is “no different than the Detroit Institute of Art . . . selling off artwork.”