By listening to the media, you'd think everything is happening in downtown & midtown. Neighborhood residents know that's not true. #MPC17
— Mayor Mike Duggan (@MayorMikeDuggan) May 31, 2017
1/ You stand hand-in-hand with Gilbert and the Ilitches touting development that is displacing residents. https://t.co/E4MuLsaOWz
— Motor City Muckraker (@MCmuckraker) June 1, 2017
2/ you held secret DDA meetings to give billionaire Tom Gores tax dollars that should stop being captured for downtown. https://t.co/E4MuLsaOWz
— Motor City Muckraker (@MCmuckraker) June 1, 2017
3/ You displaced buses to make way for the QLine, a novelty for visitors. https://t.co/E4MuLsaOWz
— Motor City Muckraker (@MCmuckraker) June 1, 2017
4/ There are more police on one block of downtown than there are in each precinct in the neighborhoods. https://t.co/E4MuLsaOWz
— Motor City Muckraker (@MCmuckraker) June 1, 2017
5/ You hijacked the Historic District Commission so the Ilitches could tear down a historic building. https://t.co/ZWIYZRtESg https://t.co/E4MuLsaOWz
— Motor City Muckraker (@MCmuckraker) June 1, 2017
6/ You claimed every neighborhood has a future while neglecting many of them. https://t.co/E4MuLsaOWz
— Motor City Muckraker (@MCmuckraker) June 1, 2017
7/ You secretly worked with the state-appointed EM to rid the city of Citizens District Councils. https://t.co/wkrHz76wdu https://t.co/E4MuLsaOWz
— Motor City Muckraker (@MCmuckraker) June 1, 2017
8/ Your program to demolish houses is under federal investigation on allegations of favoritism. https://t.co/E4MuLsaOWz
— Motor City Muckraker (@MCmuckraker) June 1, 2017
9/ We were forced to sue you to reveal records about broken hydrants in the neighborhoods. https://t.co/mcGkSO2AmR https://t.co/E4MuLsaOWz
— Motor City Muckraker (@MCmuckraker) June 1, 2017
10/ You chose to live your adult life in Livonia, one of the whitest suburbs in Michigan. https://t.co/E4MuLsaOWz
— Motor City Muckraker (@MCmuckraker) June 1, 2017
11/ You're fining residents in neighborhoods $1,000 for blight while dishing fines of half that to developers. https://t.co/E4MuLsaOWz
— Motor City Muckraker (@MCmuckraker) June 1, 2017
12/ You were a leading opponent of Proposal A, an ordinance to require developers who receive tax breaks to guarantee jobs to Detroiters https://t.co/E4MuLsaOWz
— Motor City Muckraker (@MCmuckraker) June 1, 2017
13/ You imposed new, expensive drainage fees that will force small businesses and churches to close. https://t.co/E4MuLsaOWz
— Motor City Muckraker (@MCmuckraker) June 1, 2017
14/ You're an advocate of one of the most inhumane water shutoffs in American history. https://t.co/E4MuLsaOWz
— Motor City Muckraker (@MCmuckraker) June 1, 2017
Now, of course, we cannot confirm all of Neavling's claims. Some of them are based on his own reporting and others could be based on anecdotal evidence (like the uneven allotment of police officers throughout the city and discrepancies between blight fines for residents and developers).15/ You're getting arrest warrants for neighborhood residents who can't afford excessive BSEED fines. https://t.co/E4MuLsaOWz
— Motor City Muckraker (@MCmuckraker) June 1, 2017
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