Live blog: Detroit council debates state’s Belle Isle plan
Today is the council’s deadline to offer an alternative, which must save the city at least $4 million a year in maintenance costs.
Treasurer Andy Dillon resigns after messy divorce, drinking
“For these personal and professional reasons, I have determined it is in the best interests of all that I resign,” Dillon wrote to Gov. Snyder.
Sorry for racist comments, says new Detroit EM appointee
New CFO Jim Bonsall is accused of saying he wanted to “shoot someone in a hoodie.”
Belle Isle to become state park with $11 annual entry fee
The lease calls for the creation of a seven-member advisory committee that will oversee improvements and master planning.
Council slams private deal to turn Belle Isle into state park
“How dare someone come into this city and take away the most treasured jewel of our citizens,” Councilwoman Joann Watson steamed.
Napoleon waffles on support of EM as he trails in polls
The mayoral candidate said Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr wants to “slit throats” of Detroiters.
Detroit taxpayers pick up $3.3 million tab for EM’s former firm
Who’s checking the bills for excessive fees? A professional fee examiner, who’s making $600 an hour.
No, Detroit’s EM didn’t shut off power to flex muscle
Conspiracy theories about Detroit’s emergency manager continue to circulate, but they’re rarely true.
More than 170 shot in Detroit in bloody August; 30 dead
With roughly 215 murders so far this year, the city is on pace to eclipse homicides in each of the past three years.
Detroit investigates just 20% of suspicious fires, underreports arson
Failures in the Fire Department are prompting calls for Fire Commissioner Don Austin to retire.