  Bindetroit Member Username: Bindetroit Post Number: 776 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.117.31 |
Kilpatrick's agenda is ambitious, unfinished Big dreams stumble amid budget woes March 19, 2005 BY M.L. ELRICK FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Form the Article: Today: Every one of Kilpatrick's budgets has ended in deficit. Kilpatrick came into office saying that Detroit was not a poor city, just poorly managed. But with an unemployment rate of about twice Michigan's 7.1 percent, and residents continuing to abandon the city, he has found money hard to come by. Cuts in state revenue sharing and layoffs, combined with rising pension and health care costs, have hamstrung city officials. Yet Kilpatrick keeps boasting of his abilities to balance the city's budget -- a claim that defies facts. Since Kilpatrick took office in January 2002, the only fiscal year to end with a surplus was 2001-02, with a budget drafted by Kilpatrick's predecessor, Dennis Archer. http://www.freep.com/news/locw ay/kilp19e_20050319.htm | ||
Brian Member Username: Brian Post Number: 2431 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.37.83.84 |
Sounds like some on this Forum. In the time it has taken to work on this deal they could have worked on other projects and used the money for something better. | ||
Bibs Member Username: Bibs Post Number: 299 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.12.116.195 |
I dare not judge a man unless I have walked in his shoes. Too easy to be an arm chair critic. | ||
Jmil Member Username: Jmil Post Number: 928 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 69.220.224.234 |
Bibs, thats not gonna fly. | ||
Jerome81 Member Username: Jerome81 Post Number: 503 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 66.245.43.227 |
Funny, he sounds just like the head honchos over at General Motors..... | ||
Cletus Member Username: Cletus Post Number: 497 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 12.75.50.18 |
It's hard to soar with the eagles when you're built like a diesel cement mixer... | ||
Bindetroit Member Username: Bindetroit Post Number: 778 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.117.31 |
Kilpatrick's challenges grow Detroit mayor seeks to rejuvenate financial rescue plan as threat of insolvency looms. By Judy Lin / The Detroit News Clarence Tabb Jr. / The Detroit News The U.S. Justice Department's intervention in the Detroit Police Department has delayed Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's vision of turning the 18-story Michigan Central Depot into the police headquarters. Mayoral promises Promise: Create permanent casinos. Status: Construction is being held up by a court injunction filed by MGM Grand Detroit. While an agreement was reached between Greektown and Motor City and the Lac Vieux indian tribe, MGM has not reached a settlement. The appeals court is not expected to rule until later this year. Promise: Demolish 5,000 abandoned buildings. Status: As of February, 3,786 properties have been demolished since 2002. Promise: Build new police headquarters. Status: The abandoned Michigan Central Train Depot has been selected but won't be ready until late 2006 or early 2007. Promise: Reduce crime. Status: The city saw a 5 percent increase in homicides last year from 2003. However, overall crime was down 12.4 percent. Promise: Right-size government. Status: There have been more than 600 layoffs, bus schedule changes, appointee pay cuts. No union and few contractor concessions have been reached. No state tax reforms yet. State of City speech Detroit's State of the City address will be delivered in Orchestra Hall at 7 p.m. Tuesday. David Coates / The Detroit News Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, left, walks with Bobby Ferguson as abandoned homes are torn down in Detroit in 2002. Kilpatrick pledged to accelerate demolitions. Comment on this story Send this story to a friend Get Home Delivery DETROIT -- With insolvency looming, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on Tuesday will deliver his fourth State of the City address -- a speech aimed at rejuvenating a fiscal rescue plan that some experts fear is stalling. The city is grappling with a $389 million budget shortfall this fiscal year and the next, many of the first-term mayor's most important goals remain unmet, and resistance is growing to some critical proposals to cut spending. The city's auditors shortly will issue a report warning that the administration isn't responding quickly enough to the threat of state-sponsored emergency financial manager. And the first-term mayor faces what promises to be a bruising re-election campaign this summer and fall. Many residents are growing impatient. http://www.detnews.com/2005/ed itorial/0503/20/A17-122040.htm | ||
Histeric Member Username: Histeric Post Number: 280 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.73.53.23 |
I am soooooo with BiBs on this thread. What happened to our treasured tradition of holding our fellow citizens "innocent until proven guilty". When someone is charged and found guilty, let me know. Until then, I will consider it politics as usual. | ||
Sfdet Member Username: Sfdet Post Number: 37 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 69.109.120.15 |
given kk's actual record as mayor, both of these articles went easy on him. kk has bungled so much more than what is listed in these articles. the list of broken promises is endless, almost comical if it weren't so pathetic. kk is a high energy well meaning kid who is far too inexperienced and immature to run a major city and its three billion dollar annual city budget. sadly, kk is a dreamer with absolutely no idea of how to turn dreams into reality. with all of his bold promises over the years combined with his failure to deliver any significant measurable results, his credibility is zilch. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 137 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 205.188.117.68 |
overall crime down, double the building permits issued, and on pace to meet the teardown of 5,000 abandoned buildings by the end of his term the economic picture's going to be a bitch no matter who runs the show | ||
Zulu_warrior Member Username: Zulu_warrior Post Number: 1422 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.251.27.41 |
Let Kids, Cops, Clean be the measure...... | ||
Rasputin Member Username: Rasputin Post Number: 2822 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.252.70.198 |
Zulu: Black folk will be the measure ..... what & how we think. Tired of other folks' criteria, even for KK. And Detroit is NOT Philadelphia ... if ya get my drift. Black-atcha ..... | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 362 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 69.136.142.177 |
Umm.. histeric??? I hate to break the news to you, but "innocent until proven guilty" is usually reserved for criminal trials. Debating whether or not an elected official is doing their job properly, however, is a normal part of public discourse. | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 363 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 69.136.142.177 |
Hey! I pay the same damn taxes as everyone else. Either give me a refund or start repecting with the needs and concerns of all Detroiters - even if they look different than you. | ||
Brian Member Username: Brian Post Number: 2452 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 63.69.106.5 |
Majority rules. Also those who vote in the majority rules. The numbers will do the talking. Taxes tied to voting went out a long time ago. Despite the constant attempts by republicans to bring it back or make it enforcible. | ||
Bertz Member Username: Bertz Post Number: 364 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.61.15.119 |
Majority rules thats funny Brian because if the majouity is white your ass would not be saying that | ||
Brian Member Username: Brian Post Number: 2454 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 63.69.106.5 |
If my ass could talk it would most likely ask you for a peck on the cheek. But in case you were born yesterday, The majority is white in the USA. Everywhere but in the city of Detroit. | ||
Alexei289 Member Username: Alexei289 Post Number: 521 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.61.74.166 |
Whoever gets in there next is really going to have to shape things up... Because the city cannot survive at all like it is. Rumor has it that KK controls who the cops go after drug wise as well... I dunno how much more thug ruling u can get than that if its true... Either way, true or not, his respect level is gone, and with it the ability to get anything done. | ||
Jmil Member Username: Jmil Post Number: 930 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 69.220.224.234 |
ROFLMBAO @ Brian "If my ass could talk it would most likely ask you for a peck on the cheek." LOL | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 1411 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.79.90.152 |
Alexei289, Please note in other threads my disdain of RUMOUR AND INNUENDO. If you don't have the facts, DON'T POST IT. Anyone care to speak of the REAL ISSUES? | ||
Deezal Member Username: Deezal Post Number: 8 Registered: 03-2005 Posted From: 69.208.113.4 |
Kilpatrick views the City of Detroit as his fiefdom. Although I still feel he has the right ideals... |
