  Garrick Member Username: Garrick Post Number: 8 Registered: 01-2009 |
Good, long article on foreclosed houses, their out-of-state bank owners, California-based property speculators, and other assorted housing problems from our neighbor on Lake Erie: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03 /08/magazine/08Foreclosure-t.h tml Why aren't Detroit city councilmembers making these kind of efforts? Who are the judges and political leaders looking out for Detroit's neighborhoods? What's the city's plan, other than to waste time on pettiness and drama? | ||
Registeredguest Member Username: Registeredguest Post Number: 155 Registered: 10-2003 |
Key word in the first paragraph: ward. If we do not revise our worthless charter and get wards, we can continue to be served by persons closely resembling this current mess of misfits and social rejects. And they dare complain that no one wants to cooperate with them - who wants to cooperate with crazy? | ||
Cloud_wall Member Username: Cloud_wall Post Number: 24 Registered: 02-2009 |
The City Law Department (Property and Environmental Division) has some very good people who are (were?) working on this problem, but I don't know what kind of resources they have now or what progress they're making. What Cleveland is doing is groundbreaking and perhaps not altogether legal, but it's a good model. Write the mayor, Saul Green, and whoever the new Corporate Counsel is and tell them that you want it to be a priority. Futile probably, but better than nothing. BTW, does anyone know who replaced Kathleen Leavey? I couldn't find it. |
