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This is a call to action by Detroit
DSA!?Join us this
Thursday the 23rd at 10 AM, as we demand that the Detroit City Council
reject a proposal that will give the Ilitch family $800 million
dollars to develop the District Detroit (a current collection
of Ilitch owned surface lots around Little Caesars
arena).
Billionaire Illitch family and Stephen Ross are trying
to leverage their wealth over the city of Detroit for an obscene $800
million handout by way of tax breaks, direct cash infusion, and
captured taxes from across the state of Michigan.?This
comes at a time when 19,000 Detroit properties are facing property tax
foreclosures due to the property tax moratorium expiring in
March.
We have seen the false promises
of the Ilitches before. They received $400 million eight years ago to
develop Little Caesars Arena and the District Detroit. They fooled our
politicians with images of a flashy tree-lined walkable neighborhood.
Eight years later and that same proposed development area remains a
collection of surface lots.
On Thursday the 23rd at 10 AM,
Detroit City Council will take up this proposal. The developers are
counting on their power of capital overpowering our strength in
numbers. We are calling on every person who is available,
regardless of where you live to join us either in person or over Zoom,
to voice their objections to this undemocratic heist, and to suggest
that these public development funds go to preventing thousands of
upcoming foreclosures, and bringing more educators, bus drivers,
library workers, and essential services to the city of
Detroit.
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Solidarity Forever!
- Detroit DSA
http://www.metrodetroitdsa.com/
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