Quote Originally Posted by ghettopalmetto View Post
Thinking back a few years, there was once a ballot question as to whether it was acceptable to use taxpayer funds to build Comerica Park and Ford Field. The overwhelming response was that it was absolutely necessary, or else the Tigers and Lions would leave town.

But ask for a small pittance of money for something beautiful and educational that benefits EVERYONE in the region, and suddenly folks get cranky. What a sad commentary on the values of modern Metropolitan Detroit. I like to think that James Scripps [[among others) helped begin the DIA because he wanted to push the aspirations of his fellow Detroiters beyond the pedantic and ordinary.
To be fair that was used with hotel and rental car tax and not property tax.