The DSO is still out

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is still on strike, and the rancor between the two sides has not ebbed. Indeed it appears to have increased recently, with each side basically pointing the finger at one another. And all this despite former Governor Jennifer Granholm and US Senator Carl Levin having put themselves into the mix suggesting compromise.

You know that a situation is heated when governors and senators chime in with their two cents. It must be important that we keep a symphony orchestra around: the Government says so!

Yet through it all no one seems to miss the DSO. That in itself should be evidence enough that Detroit doesn't care. It should also be a fair warning to the musicians and their bosses that the longer they aren't around, the less they'll matter, except, perhaps, to a smattering of small businesses. It was interesting to side the musicians cloak themselves in concern with the plebes while they appeal to almost exclusively the upper crust.

Further, in light of recent events out west, to hear musicians clamor about vitriol sounds particularly hollow. There are folks in the world with real troubles while they rant about the value of a local band. That says about all we, the general public, need to know about the situation.