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2010-02-26 Economy

Detroit Mayor Bing emphasizes need to shrink city

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Posted by Fred 2010-02-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 "If we can incentivize some of those folks that are in those desolate areas, they can get a better situation. If they stay where they are I absolutely cannot give them all the services they require."

Just unincorporate the areas, telling residence to look to their own needs for services....or move. By default in most places, that means the county picks up some of the services, others services default to the property owner.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-02-26 04:48|| 2010-02-26 04:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Start bulldozing all abandoned structures.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2010-02-26 07:59|| 2010-02-26 07:59|| Front Page Top

#3 No need. Just declare Halloween for a week straight and all the abandoned structures will have been burned to the grown. Cost: zero.

Posted by ed 2010-02-26 09:59|| 2010-02-26 09:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Ron Scott, who said he is "adamantly opposed" and believes the business community is pushing Bing to get cheap access to large tracts of the city.

yeah, that's the business plan of so many successful businesses: "Hey, I know! Let's move to Detroit and buy up desolate polluted wastelands and pay high taxes! Our kids will love to socialize with the natives and schools are sooo good there"

Posted by Frank G 2010-02-26 10:53|| 2010-02-26 10:53|| Front Page Top

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