Detroit

Its a shame that this would be great city is plauged by such racism. From the local government all the way down to such neighborhoods as Highland Park and 8 Mile Rd. What does this accomplish? Maybe thats why this city is in ruins...hmmm. Nobody in the local government can seem to agree on anything that is good for the city or its citzens...just themselves. Right now we seem to have a mayor that is actually doing some good things for the city of Detroit, but alot more needs to happen. We need to be more aggresive in decesion making and implementing whats right for the city and its citizens. It all starts with elections. Why are some of these people in office. I have heard some of the most perposterous and uneducated things come out of the local government here in Detroit and it needs to stop! These people need to be afraid for their jobs and stop pussy-footin around.


The COBO Deal


This deal would of taken financial burden off of Detroit allowing them to put the money into things that would actually help the citizens (services) and preserve the auto show that is one of the major money makers here in Detroit. People that do the show have been complaining about the size of the place and the condition of the building itself. What happends if they decide to stop having it there? How much is that gonna cost us?


"The downtown convention center is home to the lucrative North American International Auto Show, which brings in an estimated $500 million to the region each year. The auto show is committed to Cobo through 2010, but organizers have said the deteriorating facilities at the undersized venue could force some vendors to bypass the annual event."

"The state plan signed in January by Gov. Jennifer Granholm would have expanded the facility, given a $20 million payment to Detroit and relieved the cash-strapped city of Cobo's annual operating deficit of about $13 million to $15 million."


Detroit City Council President Monica Conyers, JoAnn Watson, Barbara Rose Collins, Martha Reeves, Alberta Tinsley-Talabi all need to be in fear of losing their jobs. They are gonna put this city in a position where we are going to hemerage more money and they don't seem to know how to do their jobs, so some that does should be in their place before the damage they do is irrevesible.

Cockrel said transferring the Cobo to the authority would eliminate the city of the convention center's $100 million debt.
When a reporter asked Conyers if eliminating Detroit of the $100 million debt Cobo has would be good for the city, she responded by saying, "What debt? That's all fictitious."

And just one of the thing I have found that quote the ignorance in which our lives hangs in the balance. One of these people Alberta Tinsley-Tablabi is on record saying that she voted against this deal and that if we lose the auto show at the COBO then we all should blame the ones who created the deal. Has anyone informed Alberta about the fact they we are gonna lose it if we don't do something? Its very clear that if we don't take the deal we are gonna lose the show altogether and then we won't get anything in revenue and we will be paying on 100 million in debt and trying to get something else to replace it. Haven't we lost enough revenue from businesses leaving Detroit? Maybe it's this kind of awkward thinking that has started that trend. Its undermining anything that is gonna help us in the now or near future.

However, Cockrel tells us what we have to gain from this deal: the $279 million expansion of Cobo will not add new costs on taxpayers. It will be paid for by extending an existing regional hotel and liquor sales tax, the Cobo deal protects Detroit's interests by saving the city $15 million a year, money that currently comes from our general fund, the $20 million the city will receive as compensation for Cobo parking garage income can be used to pay for essential services, in our police and fire, Detroit will not give up control of how Cobo is operated. The authority's decisions must be unanimous, which gives each member veto power and makes regional cooperation critical. My appointee, Waymon Guillebeaux -- a development expert who is a vice president at the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation and a lifelong Detroiter -- is ready, willing and able to ensure Detroit's best interests will be served.