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Check out one of the pre 1956 DTE aerials of the Mt Elliott/Harper intersection. The jog in Mt Elliot was taken out when the Edsel Ford was cut through.

Streets are the same way between Canton...

Were the McGraw and Imperial plants both Chrysler facilities?

The Imperial plant was at 8505 W Warren. The plant was originally built by Graham-Paige in 28 or 29. During the war Chrysler used it...

it was infected with that insular tendency to mock others that GM's Detroit brass is so fond of.

Try watching CNBC and listen to the NYC financial community's insular tendency to mock others. ...

Move to New York and a whole bunch of them will bail out.

The late news the evening of the announcement said only 30 people will be working in NYC. This is entirely for apperances. The Channel...

now the new flagship sedan is going to be called the CT6....of course not to be confused with the CTS.

Or maybe they're trying to get it confused with the Jag XJ6. Given that Jag's horrible...

This has to be the dumbest thing GM has done since Roger Smith split the company into CPC [[Chevrolet-Pontiac-Canada) and BOC [[Buick-Olds-Cadillac) divisions in the mid 80s. Move the "decison makers"...

OK, now I'm confused. The pix the local news keeps using show the streetcars going down the middle of Woodward. This video shows them running next to the curbs, which I think is a much better idea...

The spin is the needs of a jail are different, something about the logistics of moving prisoners in and out for short stays typical of a jail, vs long stays for a state pen, so the existing prison...

boonies? wrong side of downtown? what the hell are you talking about? greektown is one of the major success stories downtown and one of the most thriving areas, but you think its in the middle of...

in what universe is paying 50 million to buy the site and then committing to spend 500 million on its redevelopment a "bail out"?

That would be the universe where the taxpayers pony up $650M,...

As I recall, Greektown already failed once, as it was bankrupt when Gilbert bought it. Then he doubled down by building the new facility. Greektown is a small enclave on the wrong side of downtown,...

The evening news was bubbling about the new Red Wings arena district tonight. All funding lined up. Groundbreaking Sept 25.

That district, plus the M-1 rail project, plus proximity to Comerica and...

at some point those abatements expire.

Meanwhile, County residents have to pay the debt servicing costs on the extra $300M of debt that would be undertaken to move all the justice facilities to...

"Well, it's cheaper to just finish it so we should."

Whatever happens will be paid out of our pockets. What I can't see is replacing the entire complex, for Gilbert's conveniance.

Rennovating...

If Gilbert got his hands on that land, probably the first thing he would do is demand a tax abatement for "jobs created", which may or may not replace the jobs moved out to Mound, so no net gain for...

Boeing machines wing spars out of solid aluminum slabs that are as long as the wing. They have a neat rig for getting the slabs from Alcoa or Reynolds up to the widebody plant in Everett. I wonder...

And Prop 1 will speed the process by replacing the business property tax with a slice of the use tax, as use tax revenue has been falling in inflation adjusted dollars, since about 2000

So what is Ficano going to do after December 31?

Devote more time to raising money for his legal defense fund?

i dont remember the smart bus being on the ballot. was it off in livonia?

I didn't see it on the ballot in Canton either. Was it only on the ballot where SMART offers service? The system map...

Well, if Ficano had won, then we would have had the expense of a special election for a new Executive when he goes to prison, so I call his defeat a double win for the rest of us.

<i>...if this is such a great idea, why didnt the legislature just vote it in?</i>

iirc, the structure of the use tax was set by a vote of the people as the structure is set in the state...

or we vote no, allowing the State Legislature [[republican party) to eliminate the property tax on business, without making up for the shortfall elsewhere.

This proposal doesn't make up the revenue...

shouldn't the question be why we as individuals put up with those fees?

Not really the same thing. We pay a registration fee on the vehicle we drive.

Using that example, Prop 1 is like you...

I have a lot of questions about Prop 1

-So companies stop paying personal property tax to cities and the cities are supposed to have that revenue replaced by receiving a fixed piece of the use tax...

I live in Canton, and Wild is the only candidate I see lawn signs for. Turnout for primaries is usually very light, so the votes that are cast will carry a greater weight then those cast in...