less. Property owners had hit the bottom, and because it is “control and command” here is where Detroiters
were forced to stay.
The complainant talks about market fluctuations as investors come in and out. “Regardless of fluctuations,
would you want to raise your children next to a building that looked like this?” the complainant asks, talking
about Grant.
It becomes easier to understand why minority complainants feel they are being discriminated against in a
“plantation like” setting, when:
- someone is reaping profit from them
- all decisions concerning their community are being made by a powerful person of another race,
- who lives an hour away, and other handpicked individuals like the Emergency Managers,
- who also primarily live outside of the city, and
- give the minority community no authentic input or redress, (only a few chosen spokespersons are welcome)
- and when the authentic community does speak up, they are answered with retaliation.
Control and command.
From 48221, another zip code on the opposite side of town, in one of Detroit’s better neighborhoods, another
complainant writes: (30)
DISPARATE IMPACT OF STATE MANAGEMENT UNDER GOVERNOR ENGLER
Governors Engler & McClellan: Legislation to Target A Minority Community
In 1999, Governor Engler appointed Rick Snyder to Chair the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
Detroit Public Schools had a $114 million dollar surplus and a $1.5 billion dollar bonding authority. In terms of
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