“We come together in opposition to the public funding of The District Detroit!”
CALL TO ACTION Join us outside Cass Tech on Tuesday, Feb 14 from 5-6pm. We will gather OUTSIDE Cass Technical High School (Ledyard Entrance) from 5 - 6 pm in opposition to the use of public tax incentives for The District Detroit. There are many reasons to join us tomorrow!
- The total public investment requested is $797.75 Million. (1)
- Over the next 35 years, the revenue and Tax loss related to the District Detroit will be $226.8M For Schools and $5.7M for libraries. (1)
- In 2018, Ilitch Holdings total combined revenue was $3.8 billion and according to Forbes magazine, Ross has a net worth of $7.6 billion in 2020. (2),(3)
- Like Ilitch and Olympia in Detroit, Ross and Related are known as bad landlords and bad neighbors in markets across the US. (4), (5)
- Ilitch/Ross are attempting to claim $172M in benefits when they are only directly contributing $12 Million. (6)
- The developers offered a Quarter of a Million Dollar donation to the Detroit Public Library and the Neighborhood Advisory Council (NAC) leaders Chris Jackson and Wayne County Commissioner Jonathan Kinloch, 313 224-0916 TOLD THEM THEY DIDN’T WANT IT. (7)
- There are nearly a BILLION reasons to join with Detroit People’s Platform on us outside Cass Tech on Tuesday, Feb 14 from 5-6pm.
What: Gathering in opposition to the public funding of The District Detroit
Who: It’s nearly a billion dollars! Every Detroiter should have a say!
Where: Cass Technical High School - 2501 Second Ave.
When: Tuesday, Feb 14 from 5-6pm
Why: This is too much, and Detroiters have had enough.
More: https://bit.ly/DistrictDetroitAction
Get Involved: https://linktr.ee/detroitpeoples
References:
1 https://detroitmigov.app.box.com/v/DistrictDetroitNAC/file/1121056706753
2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Ilitch
3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_M._Ross
4 https://bit.ly/RelatedViolations
5 https://acrecampaigns.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Make-Them-Pay-May-2020.pdf
7 Donation Give-Back starts at 1:16:11 https://bit.ly/DistrictCBOFeb7
Detroiters are NOT entertained!
In order to get a handout the developers do a dance.
It's a performance and as many have witnessed in the City's CBA Process and at the DBRA meetings,
THEY AREN'T VERY GOOD AT IT.
Detroit People's Platform have been watching their performance closely and there are inconsistencies in what they say and how they move.
It is apparent that a part of their dance is intended to distract from the fact that they are attempting to claim $167M in benefits when they are only directly contributing $12M. This is according to what we know. Unfortunately, the developers dance has been so bad, BOTH the NAC and DBRA Board stopped discussion without seeing the whole thing.
CALL TO ACTION
Join us outside Cass Tech
on Tuesday, Feb 14 from 5-6pm
We will gather OUTSIDE Cass Technical High School (Ledyard Entrance) from 5 - 6 pm in opposition to the use of public tax incentives for The District Detroit.