revenue of $20,997 or an average of $1399 per home. That’s big. The average difference in tax revenue
collected per home in 2011 and 2014 was -$797. Properties are now assessed, on average, $6,997 less. The
theory or experiment that “if you remove elected school boards, a centralized bureaucracy and powerful unions,
that you would get better student achievement,” as explained by Lou Glazer, does not necessarily result in
better schools, but destroying the Detroit Public School system, has resulted in destruction of the neighborhoods
and home values, and the tax base.
Closing public schools and opening up charters nearby in the egregious manner conducted by Governor Snyder
has deteriorated the community, the tax base, the services, public safety, and destroyed the fabric of life for a
minority community.
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