Immediate Involvement Required

The attendance of City of Detroit residents and concerned was impressive on Tuesday, November 20.

At the last scheduled City Council meeting of 2012 the views expressed and information shared with City Council helped shape how the votes were made during that session. We hate to say it but the issues we're facing keep resurfacing like a Return of the Return of Dawn of the Living Dead. Your city needs your continued vigilance during this most holy season.

The State of Michigan and powers that would rather Detroiters just shut up and take their ill-fated medicine keep injecting that questionable life into the issues. We have to continue to stand together united.

Tuesday, December 4 - 9:55 am at CAYMC, 13th Floor

Detroit City Council meets to rescind their scheduled break until January 8 with three meetings of City Council of the Whole. The first meeting to take place at 10:00 am to work on Budget Deficit issues. This can and will include coercion to re-vote any issue previously voted, such as NO on Miller Canfield contracts, NO on DDOT contracts, NO on the EMA contract with DWSD, and stopping the Milestone Agreement from approval. 

Portion of map available at
Opening Of Detroit website

Monday, December 10 - 6:00 pm at East Lake Baptist Church, 12400 E Jefferson at Connor 

Public Hearing in the community regarding Hantz Woodlands (a subdivision of the conglomerate Hantz Group, originally known as Hantz Farms) acquisition of over 1,500 parcels of land [map] with the option to purchase surrounding land within 1 mile. This Land Grab is the largest speculation in Michigan history. Development plans have not clearly identified working with the community in the best interest of the residents in the areas impacted. The extended area of impact is from the Dequindre Cut, north of Warren, east to Grosse Pointe, and south to the Detroit River. Read much more depth through these references:

• Opening Of Detroit - commentaries, map of land use topics around Detroit, and more
• Be Black And Green
• Hantz Questions, The Michigan Citizen Nov 20, 2012 

Tuesday, December 11 - 10:00 am at CAYMC, 13th Floor

Final City Council of the Whole meeting during which Hantz Group arrangement will be pressed to a vote. Likely if any issue has not yet been pressed to the will of those that would dissolve Detroit it will be brought into the meeting again.

More Details On Critical Topics  

Links to posts regarding critical topics of discussion on the Free Detroit website, find these as a cloud on the website's sidebar.

• DWSD take over
• Hantz Farms /. Woodlands
• Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone, LLC 
• Public Lighting
• Detroit Public Schools