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Yep, and then when someone says something you don't want to hear, you accuse them of going off-topic, yet, the Silverdome thing wasn't really on topic, and isn't even current to the complaint in the article in the OP. Thus, that's not "what's going on in MI," but "what went on in MI." I notice you haven't tried to get anyone back on topic from that.
No I didnt. DomKen did post #4. He suggested I take a look, so we did. I also stated how I wanted someone from that area to talk to about Michigan and what was happening there. Not someone to complain about the ACA.
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the Silverdome thing wasn't really on topic
How is it not? Was it not sold via the EM? Was it not sold within the state of Michigan?
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Thus, that's not "what's going on in MI," but "what went on in MI." I notice you haven't tried to get anyone back on topic from that.
I noticed you are still bitching and have yet to bring anything new to this thread about.......... Whats going on in Michigan.
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So, you and others can gripe about State political BS even when you support the same BS at the National level? I call bullshit on that.
I asked how was it even reasonable to have an auction for a piece of property that had bids of 12, 18 and 20 million dollars to go to auction without a reserve.
Try answering that.
It had to be sold. That’s why.
Read this.
Not only did Parker's race card suit fail, but he was, essentially, fined $25K for continuing the appeals.
Also, according to the article, he "could not close" on the $20M bid because of environmental concerns. That amounts to a forfeit of the sale, no? His $17M bid included a $1M deposit, which he didn’t/couldn’t come through on, also negating his bid. I assume the $3M reduction had something to do with the environmental cleanup costs, but there is nothing I’ve seen stating that relationship.
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You want to know what's going on in MI? Then why have you let the discussion pretty much be all about the Silverdome?!? That's no longer what's going on in MI.
Of course it is. Its a part of the problem. Its part of why that area of the state is still in debt. Educational financial problems could be paid off had the sale gone to one of the other bidders instead of a freakin measly 580K.
You have proof for that? I know you are making a point of the deficit in the Pontiac School district, but you have offered no proof that the schools are paid for out of the City’s funding, which would have been where the Silverdome’s sale would have gone.
I gave Toledo Public Schools and the City of Toledo up as an example of a locale where they are two separate entities, each with their own budgets and each with their own deficits.
[link= http://www.toledonewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12716165]TPS [/link]quote:
Toledo Public Schools no longer has a $39 million dollar budget deficit to tackle. The last of three district unions has approved a concession-packed, one-year contract to keep the district afloat.
Teachers and paraprofessionals approved the deal in separate votes. School board members will vote on the agreement Tuesday night.
The budget has been balanced through the eliminaton of programs and some sports and the closing of Libbey High School. Add to that tough teacher concessions, including pink slips.
Indeed, 237 teaching and 31 paraprofessional positions will be eliminated. Both groups will take a one percent pay cut and see increased health care costs
"Teachers realize that we are challenged financially in the district. (They are) willing to step up to the plate and help the district move forward," said president of Toledo Federation of Teachers Francine Lawrence.
Bob Vasquez, Toledo School Board president, said students will certainly feel the effects. "When class size increases, individualized attention of students becomes more challenging."
The vote means all three Toledo Public Schools unions have new deals with the district.
Board members still must hire a new superintendent, consider putting a levy on the November ballot and deal with a projected $44 million budget deficit for the 2011 school year.
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The Bell administration is willing to spend up to $250,000 to have the State Auditor's office perform a breakdown of the city's finances in the next three to six months, in hopes that such a study could help the city reduce its projected $48.2 million general fund deficit.
City of Toledo 2quote:
2010 will be one of the most fiscally arduous years in this City’s history. The bottom line is, that without enhancements to revenue of the worst I have urged throughout virtually all of 2009, the City will be approximately $30 million dollars out of balance.
Note, too, if you look into the City Union negotiations, that teachers are State Union workers, not City.
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You only want to know what's going on as long as it fits your political beliefs.
And, you got caught.
Nope.... you are simply attempting to twist this into a partisan bitch fest and Im not letting you.
Now, answer the question... what fucking sense does it make to put up property for sale without a reserve bid? You put no reserve and of course every businessman is going to low ball the hell out of it. So... again... why no reserve bid?
And, yes, beyond your wild expectations, that decision is STILL affecting Pontiac.
While the sale’s impact on Pontiac isn’t in question, it’s still old news that no one can do anything about, thus, it’s not what’s going on in MI, but what went on in MI.
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