On the 50th Anniversary of LBJ's "War on Poverty" declaration [America's truly longest war?] the first five of twenty planned 'Promise Zones', a move intended to marshal millions of dollars in federal resources for pockets of poverty, were announced.

Detroit wasn't one of them.

The plan to ultimately team with 20 of the hardest-hit areas in the U.S. was introduced by Obama during his 2013 State of the Union address. Federal money would be used to help improve education, housing and public safety.

The first five are Los Angeles, San Antonio, Philadelphia, southeastern Kentucky and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The designation lasts for 10 years.

I don't know about the last two but one would think Detroit be more in need than the first three. Hopefully our turn will come soon.