How I stand on the issues: I am running for Detroit City Council because I want
Detroit to flourish. This city has a proud heritage and it should be protected. The people of this city need, and want, someone who will stand up for her, and not just take and steal from her. The Kilpatrick administration has shown that it could not be trusted, at least not fully. The next Mayor has to make some tough choices, and not all of them will be popular. So make sure you vote for someone who you think will not only make the best Mayor for Detroit, but who also has integrity. I myself will be voting for a Mayor not only with integrity, but also with honesty. Someone who does not just make campaign promises, but also tell you that it’s not all going to be a bed of roses. Cuts will have to be made, taxes maybe raised, and services will be cut. All of this may not be what Detroiters want to hear, but for Detroit’s economy to come back, cuts will have to be made, from the top down.I am going to try to answer questions that are on the minds of most voters at this time. Issues like the Detroit/ Windsor tunnel, the $300 dollar bulk trash pickup fee, improving the neighborhoods, and home and automobile insurance redlining. Now most of the questions I will be answering pertain to the Mayor, but I will give you my two cents anyway. The questions come from a Mayoral form I attended earlier in the year at the Northwest Activity Center. (As a concerned citizen not as a candidate.) I wanted to answer some of the questions so people will know where I stand on some of the issues. So without further ado, here we go.Which candidate is more likely to: All of the questions in the survey began with this statement. Therefore, I rearranged the statements into question form.1: Are you likely to support retaining control of the Detroit/Windsor side of the tunnel?Yes. I am not in favor of selling any of Detroit’s assets, not one. All of Detroit’s assets will be voted, by me, to stay in Detroit’s control. There are other ways to correct Detroit’s budget. The Mayor and members of City Council must work together to insure that Detroit is not depleted of its asset’s. Find other, more reasonable ways of balancing the budget.
2: Are you likely to support retaining ownership of the water department?Yes. For the reasons I stated above. Water is very important to the city. This is one of Detroit’s most precious assets; it must not be sold under any circumstance.3: Are you likely to support abolishing the $300 bulk trash fee?Yes. I want to bring bulk pickup to six times a year instead of four times a year. Bulk pickup once a month maybe too much for the city to afford right now. The best solution for the city is to pick up bulk trash once every two months. The $300 dollar feel is just an added tax that the city doesn’t need right now.4: Are you likely to support restoring bulk pickup?Yes. However, to once every two months. (Six times a year.)
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