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Written by Corey Brown
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Wednesday, 09 December 2009 22:34 |
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Detroit Mayor Dave Bing is now seeking help from the federal government. He was stated as saying that President Obama should focus more governmental effort on helping out struggling cities. Bing raised the fact that Michigan has an unemployment rate far higher than the national average, at 15% as opposed to around 10%, with Detroit at an unbelievably high unemployment rate near 30%. Bing suggests that the federal government, in particularly Obama, should enact more federal help to "cleaning up" Detroit. With over 70,000 abandoned buildings in the city and plenty of other rebuilding and construction jobs available in the city, an incentive or funding to start up these projects would have a great potential to provide jobs.
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Written by Corey Brown
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Saturday, 05 December 2009 00:00 |
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On Tuesday Detroit Mayor Dave Bing made a trip to Lansing and the capitol to talk to state legislators about Detroit's money problems. The city of Detriot currently has a deficit of over $300 million. The mayor wished to purpose an increase in the amount of 20 year stabilization bonds that the city can sell from $125 million to $250 million. He believes that the increase in bonds, as well as the cuts of over $28 million already enacted, will be able to stabilize Detroit in the long run, instead of just issuing short term notes. Senator Tupac Hunter and Representative George Cushingberry, both Democrats from Detroit, are already introducing bills in support of Bing's suggestion.
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Written by Corey Brown
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Wednesday, 07 October 2009 21:29 |
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As the state legislature extends the time to decide on the budget by another month, county and city officials are becoming more anxious on the amount of money that they will be getting. The legislature has issued a proposal to cut county revenue sharing by 14%, which puts at risk county programs such as public health and safety. The budget cuts are not only effecting county programs, but local programs as well. Many cities are having to cut back on serivces due to the cuts to their state funding. The city of Troy for example, is having to make cuts of $22.6 million to balance it's budget.
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Written by Corey Brown
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009 21:32 |
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Detroit's night shift may find it harder to get to and from work on the city's buses as the city gets ready to cut late night and early morning service from almost 40 routes. As well as limiting service hours, some routes are being eliminated completely, or will be delayed an average of 10 minutes. These cuts to service effect not only night shift workers but will also affect children and seniors, who will have an increased wait time on routes to schools, hospitals and health clinics. The route changes will also prevent seniors from using buses to get to Detroit's Eastern Market on weekends.
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Written by Ashley Towner
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Saturday, 18 April 2009 13:51 |
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The battle between the State of Michigan and the City of Detroit over the expansion of Cobo Hall has reached a stopping point. The Michigan Legislature passed set of bills allowing for a tax expansion in Metro Detroit to fund the project back in December. They also passed legislation to set up the board to oversee the expansion project. Detroit City Council was the last step to approving the project, but they voted it down because they did not agree with the amount of representation Detroit would receive on the board.
Mayor Cockrel tried to save the project by vetoing the decision City Council made rejecting the proposal. A judge later found this veto was illegal and on April 18th Cockrel also lost his appeal when the Michigan Court of Appeals upheld the lower court's ruling.
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