Windsor Asks "Could Detroit's financial woes kill annual fireworks show?"
The potential spinoff of the financial collapse of the City of Detroit is not going unnoticed according to this CBC Windsor article. Windsor has already suffered economic loss due the passport requirement to re-enter the US, now the big show is in question.
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A year ago, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing asked for "regional help" in paying for security for the annual fireworks show. Windsor chipped in $10,000.
Last week, Bing assured the show will go on in 2013.
"There has been no change in existing plans for the summer fireworks and other events jointly sponsored by the Detroit and Windsor communities," Bing's spokesperson Anthony Neely wrote in an email to CBC News.
However, if an emergency manager takes over, he or she alone will make the decision on how Detroit's money is spent. Bing and council will essentially be stripped of their powers.
According to the Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association, the annual show costs $700,000 US, despite Target, which also opens in Windsor later this year, shelling out $1 million US to sponsor the event.
