The first meeting of the new city council is tomorrow, will the new council live up to expectations or will the realities of the cities deficiencies be too much for the newcomers to conquer. This is going to be a wearisome time for most of new council members for whom people are expecting them too to keep their campaign promises amid of a $300 million defect. Among some of the problems will be a proposal to borrow $250 million, a crack down on strip clubs (Which the old council simply refused to vote on) and overturn the sale of Camp Brighton that is under federal scrutiny.
The budget is priority number one. A city with very little money to operate will not operate for long. New revenue sources will have to be investigated; James Tate said that he like to see naming rights go to some of Detroit owned landmarks for instant revenue generation. While others said we should after back fines and taxes for the revenue.
2010 is a new year with a new challenge, are we up to the challenge, will the new council be up for the challenge?
Public swearing ceremony is on Friday Jan 8th. After that, their off too the races. Who will shine and who will collapse? Can the new council work as a group, or will it be the old against the new? Only time will tell.
You get what you VOTE for. VOTE Detroit.
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