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On July 1, the city's income tax rate dropped to 2.4 percent for residents and 1.2 percent for non-residents as part of a 1998 deal between the city and the state, lowering revenue for the cash-strapped city by $8.5 million annually, said city lobbyist Kenneth Cole.

So if I'm understanding this correctly, the agreement between the city and the state for Detroit to lower its income tax rate in exchange for a set amount of revenue sharing is still in effect.

So that means the state of Michigan does in fact owe the alleged $225 million dollars in Revenue Sharing, since the city still has to lower its income tax rate and the state is no longer in financial distress with a $300+ million surplus.

Thus the Consent Agreement is in fact null and void.

Why should Detroit still have to lower its income tax rate whle the state backed out on its end of the deal?