Voters in the tri-county area have been consciences enough to pick up on other things of regional importance in the past. I wouldn’t call it shouldering the burden, more like, investing in the regional benefits of having a successful downtown. Where I live now would no longer be consider part of the city of Detroit, but the core center of the new Metro Detroit. I would vote for and pay a property tax directly to the Metro authority. For anyone who lives outside of the core center, you would be entitled to vote, but taxes going to the metro gov would be dependent on how much your municipality has decided to buy services from the metro gov. I figure atleast a minimum requirement of taxes for regionalized things like the core center of the region, mass transit, metro airport, zoo, cobo. Everything thing else like police, fire, or schools can come later if even ever. But we need a successful downtown and mass transit, which without, we’re all doomed.
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