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I guess what I don't understand is the definition of giving parents "choice." If there's not ONE charter school performing at or better than the level than the top public school, how is that a...

Coleman should have been #1 on that list hands down... Detroiters loved him unconditionally. They were willing to do anything for him, like pay 3% in income taxes, which is super high. He motivated...

If you are willing to take a look in the Marygrove area next month, the opportunity is there to receive a 25K forgivable loan with your home purchase from Talmer Bank, 5k per year that you stay in...

I'm saying that in the consent agreement between the State and City, the State was supposed to help the city collect it's income tax and to my knowledge it hasn't happened yet.

Guys, if you don't see the problem with the state taking land that doesn't belong to them through their self appointed city manager and then charging the citizens who "own" the land to get on the...

I was glad to hear the mayor understands that the cavalry isn't coming from Lansing on insurance. He'd probably have to do any insurance through a private business for it to work because...

The answer to the lighting question would be no. The State is not responsible for existing public utilities in the park... maintenance or repair.

I never said that Belle Isle got 2 million unique cars. It is a city estimate that most certainly includes repeat cars if it is true. Belle Isle gets visitors from around the world. Don't know how...

It was sarcasm. The Mayor thought the Belle Isle deal was a bad deal, so according to the train of thought around here he's a fool for not wanting it either.

You guys have some strange JoAnn Waston fixation that you've got me confused with. You've not seen me make the argument that Detroiters are "too poor" to pay to get on Belle Isle. The poorest of...

:confused: Isn't Belle Isle a large piece of land? Isn't it being leased to a government for free? Isn't the issue contentious? Doesn't it expand the state park territory? Are you going to tell...

This is not about saving money for Detroit folks... $6 million of a $1 billion city budget?? Hell we waste $10 million a year on the People Mover. Why isn't that being shut down if that's what this...

What I don't get is, if this was about the state "helping" the city, then why didn't Kevyn Orr set up a Detroit booth on Belle Isle and let the city charge the fee? They could have charged $5 per...

Perhaps if there wasn't an all powerful EM, Detroit would have had some stronger candidates run for council positions?

I'm embarrassed to say that this person is my council representative. It sucks... How it happened I don't know, basically every person I talked to in district 2 HATES this guy.

I don't get the carping about this at all:

1. Council pretty much has NO power.
2. Jenkins was a yes woman, which to me is worse than an "obstructionist." She believed the hype about herself...

1. Ownership of Belle Isle, the DIA, and Cobo Hall has not changed. The city of Detroit still owns all of them.

If you don't make final decisions on what happens to them and somebody else is...

You're right, it would have to happen at the State level, but you know that ain't happening. Too controversial, too many Republicans. Detroit is going to have to meet the folks running the State on...

No I agree, they weren't profit centers for the city. That's why ownership was changed, but the opportunity for them to be profitable was there with better management. For example, the DNR will be...

I was thinking more along the lines of having more revenue from the folk who move back to the city would allow us to hire more officers and firefighters, pay them better for the jobs they do, and...

And because I know that residency will never happen again, I think Detroit seriously needs to look at getting rid of its income tax or at least reducing it to something miniscule like [[0.3%). After...

I hate to bring it up again, but the quickest thing we can do to help Detroit is bring back the residency rule. I know that this topic makes for a long discussion, but changing that would mean...

I've also heard rumors that these companies are going to do MONTHLY bulk pick up. If that's true, I hope Orr made that contract iron clad, because the price of the contracts will go up as soon as...

I never understood why people thought this was such a big deal. Everybody hires their friends and backers... even outside the political circles. I don't see how this is any different than anybody...

And the point in the first post that the actions undertaken by the State that have hurt Detroit are reversible is key. The State could rescind their ban on residency requirements for municipal...