Detroit School Board Meeting Wednesday, Student Rally Saturday

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We stand at a point for action at this time. Our schools, our future, and our city will never be the same if the current flow of actions are left to continue. We need your presence at this crucial meeting. We need your information shared and to share information with you.

We live in revolutionary times and the message takes place at a given date, time, and location. Those involved set the stage for action.

AT THIS BOARD MEETING

- Detroit School for the Arts has a spokesperson at the event. The true story.
- The EAA has several spokespersons...the true story.
- We still need someone from the EAA gradeschools: calling all parents and students and teachers!
- The MEAP scores will be deconstructed
- The finances will be deconstructed
- The legal update will be explained
- Teachers, come talk about your contract if you wish; there will be committee assignments for all students, parents and Detroit voters and tax payers to sign up.

We will win but WE HAVE TO FIGHT. 

If we fight, we will win.

Where: Detroit Public Library 5201 Woodward Detroit MAIN LIBRARY
When: Starts at 5:00 p.m., end by 8:30 p.m.

STAND UP FOR Detroit STUDENTS!!

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Detroit Youth Takeover March

On Saturday March 23rd at 1:00 pm help Detroit Youth Voice stand up for education and say no to incarceration! No funding for learning but there is funding for prisons?! It is time DETROIT YOUTH take over and for adults to hear solutions to stop the school to prison pipeline! All ages are welcome! Make sure you email RSVP so we can send you all the info at detroitYOUTHtakeover@gmail.com

The location is 2727 Second Ave at Cass Park! Be there at 1pm! We will march to Wayne County Jail at 1:30pm (it is a mile away).

If you're bringing a car please email DetroitYOUTHtakeover@gmail.com so that we know you're coming for parking purposes.

Message Kayla Mason if you want to help out on the day.

Facebook event link

War Declared on Black Detroit

Detroit Rallies Against Emergency Manager Law

Sunday March 10 we are asking everyone to come to the rally at Michigan and Third/Bagley, south of the DTE Energy building and cross-corner from MGM Grand Casino. The rally begins at noon and will carry on for several hours.

Learn more about the issues through this article "WAR DECLARED ON BLACK DETROIT" at the Voice of Detroit.

Facebook event posting
Contact phone is with AFSCME Local 25 at 313-964-1711 ext 2223.

Publicity Flyers

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Krystal Crittendon for Mayor - Broadcast video

Thursday Bert's Marketplace in Eastern Market was packed with hundreds of supporters of Krystal Crittendon as she made a public announcement that she is running for Mayor of Detroit in 2013.

The members of Free Detroit No Consent are strong supporters and believe of those candidates announced for the 2013 election she would make an excellent mayor.

Crittendon for Mayor has Public Support

Grassroots organizations from all neighborhoods of Detroit rallied together. The public was well-represented as we saw people from all walks of life and areas of Detroit at Bert's Marketplace. It was a night of celebration as we brought forward a candidate of solid character, who has worked on the right side of the law looking out for the city as a whole.

Broadcast Video of Krystal Crittendon

Her announcement of candidacy for Mayor of Detroit in 2013.



One of the key remarks Ms Crittendon has made on radio and in her announcement was "Detroit does not need an emergency manager. Detroit needs to manage its emergency." The emergency apparent is one declared through a review team brought together by the Bing administration and State of Michigan. That review team was taken to court and a ruling came forward that they did not have to abide by the Open Meetings Act. So who reviews the work of this group to ensure it follows the law of the city - Corporation Counsel.

Additional video clips from the event can be found through the #Crittendon tag on Bambuser or Twitter.
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Photo Videoshow

Those photos Fuzzytek took at the event have been assembled into this promotional video. Please share.

City Council Meeting at Focus Hope

Please be advised that the Detroit City Council Evening Community Meeting (ECM) for the month of January 2013 has been scheduled. Listed below please find the date, time, and location of the meeting.

CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 MEETING 

When: Tuesday, January 15th from 7:00-8:30 pm
Where: Focus: Hope (Center for Advanced Technologies)
1400 Oakman Boulevard, Detroit MI 48238

Should you require assistance regarding this meeting contact:
Kimani Jeffrey, City Planning Commission
(313) 224-7887 phone
(313) 224-4336 fax
jeffreyk@detroitmi.gov

Detroit Community Trust

Community! Land! Trust! Video Rally and Call to ACTION Today! from Detroit Justice Communications on Vimeo.

Video Rally:
Saturday, December 8, 2012, activist and actor Danny Glover visited the proposed Hantz Woodlands 'footprint' to provide support and encouragement to the people of Detroit during this time of unprecedented violations of the people’s rights.

Call to Action:
TODAY! Public Hearing on Hantz Woodlands
Monday December 10 6PM
Be there at 5PM to get a comment card!
East Lake Baptist Church
12400 East Jefferson @ Conner

View Hantz Woodlands in a larger map
TODAY! Call City Council members, tell them NO to Hantz and Yes! to a Community Land Trust. We need to do this differently!

CHARLES PUGH
313.224.4510
CouncilPresidentPugh@detroitmi.gov

GARY BROWN
(313) 224-2450
councilmemberbrown@detroitmi.gov

SAUNTEEL JENKINS
(313) 224-4248
councilmemberjenkins@detroitmi.gov

KENNETH V. COCKREL, JR
(313) 224-4505
Kenneth.Cockrel@detroitmi.gov

BRENDA JONES
(313) 224-1245
bjones_mb@detroitmi.gov

ANDRÉ L. SPIVEY
(313) 224-4841
CouncilmanSpivey@detroitmi.gov

JAMES TATE
(313) 224-1027
councilmembertate@detroitmi.gov

KWAME KENYATTA
(313) 224-1198
K-Kenyatta_MB@detroitmi.gov

JOANN WATSON
(313) 224-4535
WatsonJ@detroitmi.gov

TODAY! Let your voice be heard! #HantzOff #LandJustice #CommunityLandTrust

Community Trust: Our Communities Are Up to Us!
LEAP does not speak for us.

We, the Community Trust, are a coalition of organizations that have done sustained, substantial work on the east side of Detroit for many decades.

We have established youth programs, worked on anti violence efforts, organized business initiatives, encouraged economic innovation, established gardens, reclaimed homes, planted trees, developed new models of education, and supported artistic and creative activities.

Like all Detroiters, we have contributed to the support of public lands, and we have all suffered from their neglect.

We Believe

Public lands are a public trust.

Public land should be used to further community health, welfare, beauty, independence, and interconnection.

Community Land Trusts are the best path for us to take for the future development of our city.

What We Want
The City Council should actively pursue policies, projects, and programs that support community based initiatives that foster self- sufficiency, community ties, and sustainable ways of living.

The City Council should develop a specific process for Community Based Agreements for all development projects effecting neighborhoods.

The City Council should explore Community Land Trusts as a way to protect public lands.

The Council should reject the proposed deal with Hantz Farms/Woodlands. The sale of public land to a single individual violates the public trust.

The Council should understand Our Community is more than LEAP.
The Lower East Side Action Plan (LEAP) does not speak for us.

They have no right to claim they speak for the whole community.

Their so-called community agreement is illegitimate. It is not a Community Benefit Agreement. It was not publicly negotiated through a broadly based, inclusive process. It is the product of discussion between Hantz Farms/Woodlands and LEAP leadership.

Signatures (partial listing)
• Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership
• Building Movement Detroit, member Detroit Food Justice Task Force
• Creative Community Pathways, member Detroit Food Justice Task Force
• Coalition Against Police Brutality
• Detroit Black Community Food Security Network
• Detroit Evolution
• East Michigan Environmental Action Council
• Feedem Freedom
• Free Detroit No Consent
• Great Lakes Bioneers, Detroit, member Detroit Food Justice Task Force
• Opening of Detroit
• People’s Kitchen Detroit, member Detroit Food Justice Task Force
• Urban Network
• We The People Of Detroit
• We Want Green Too
• Youth Educators Alliance

Read:
Detroit is Creating a New Model by Grace Lee Boggs
http://www.dcoh.org/2012/12/detroit-is-creating-a-new-model/

Hantz opportunity by Shea Howell
http://michigancitizen.com/hantz-opportunity/

Ill-conceived Hantz Farms land deal should be dropped by Malik Yakini
http://michigancitizen.com/ill-conceived-hantz-farms-land-deal-should-be-dropped/

Call to action: Public hearings on land use by Gregg Newsom
http://michigancitizen.com/call-to-action-public-hearings-on-land-use/

Community Land Trust Before Land Grab Summit

There will be an early-bird special on December 10 at 5pm, one hour before the Public Hearing regarding Hantz Woodlands. The greater Detroit community is welcome to have a conversation about Community Land Trusts. It is a progressive topic that aims to ensure the community has power over the land around them. Bring a friend and come early.

Detroit Urban Agriculture Ordinance

This evening starting at 5:45pm Kathryn Underwood from Detroit's Planning Commission will be conducting a public meeting regarding the Urban Agriculture Ordinance [ click for a draft ]. Pressure is coming from the Hantz Farms/Woodlands deal as to what the statute will allow them to do and how to go about getting there. There will be a Public Hearing regarding that situation on Monday, December 10 at 6pm. The community will have informational events leading up to that meeting. [ Celebrity Activist Visit Saturday ]

Zoning ordinances can be established that run through a myriad of regulations as to how a parcel of land can be used. Often parcels are zoned with consideration of neighboring parcels. This is about having an urban plan that works for residents and businesses that satisfies needs and goals.

When it comes to "Urban Ag" as it is commonly referred, the notion of bringing large scale farming equipment into the city usually doesn't work. Residents don't want to wake in the morning to see a combine the size of their house throwing crop dust into the air as sunrise is breaking. Livestock also comes into the agriculture ordinance. On the periphery concern with the following has to be addressed:

• Herbicide and Pesticide use
• Irrigation and Watershed plans
• Regulation of what crops can be grown
• Taxation of produced commercial product
• Opportunities for assistance in getting started and coaching/planning for existing farms/gardens
• and oversight for all of these factors has to be addressed also

The ordinance is to establish regulations that permit urban agriculture to blend easily into our urban mode of living. It also spells out remedies through a course of actions when regulations aren't met.

Zoning is a key factor in setting property tax and potential value on property based on what it can produce. The Hantz deal is looking like a steal when they are able to purchase over 1,500 parcels of land for $300 each - that is what the current arrangements are stating. Comparing that price to entering the annual tax auction with an opening bid of $500 per parcel and bidding possibly taking the cost much higher. Hantz has also had the opportunity to get to know the neighborhood and begin plenty of planning in advance, something those using a tax auction to speculate on purchasing don't usually get to do.

Hope to see you at the meeting this evening!

Danny Glover Visit This Saturday

The battle for land justice heats up further with actor/activist Danny Glover speaking at a meeting this Saturday organized by Detroiters opposed to the proposed sale of more than 1500 City owned lots to John Hantz. (Hantz Group - a conglomerate of corporations).

The meeting will be held Saturday, December 8, 2012, 6:00-8:00pm at Timbuktu Academy of Science and Technology, 10800 E. Canfield, one block east of French Road, Detroit, 48214.

Spread the word!!! We need a heavy turnout by those living on
Detroit's lower east side.

"The hotter the battle, the sweeter the victory!"

P.S. Hantz Financial is facing a class action suit based on a $2.2 billion Ponzi Scheme. 

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

Nov 13 Update on Actions

Several immediate events this week were listed in a post Monday morning. We would like to thank everyone that came out in support, even as temperatures have dropped and rain fallen. Dedication can be infectious when the team is pulling together. We cover new ground quicker and learn more through interaction.

Activists attending Detroit City Council sessions

Selected items from Wednesday's standing committee meetings of Detroit City Council are pulled from the agendas provided Tuesday by the close of business. Please review and you'll find a number of these are related to topics Free Detroit No Consent has raised.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2012 

10:00 am Elected School Board lawsuit in 36th District Court before Judge Ronald Giles, 421 Madison, Detroit - the creation of EAA was a move to destroy the school board.

10:00 am City Council Internal Operations Standing Committee held at Coleman A Young Municipal Building, 2 Woodward Ave, Room 1340, Detroit --- notable items from the agenda listed below (link to full copy download)

• Status of Mayor’s Office and Workforce Development Department submitting resolution and report relative to Amendment of the Executive Organization Plan to eliminate the Detroit Workforce Development Department by ceasing all functions of the department.
• Call for The Mayor to authorize the Corporation Counsel to file a Writ of Mandamus to compel the Treasurer of the State of Michigan to release Michigan Finance Authority Board Bond funds to the City of Detroit. 
• Status of report relative to 36th District Court Traffic Violations Revenue involving an alleged intentional act by Detroit Police Officers to significantly reduce the amount of revenue generated by the 36th District Court from traffic violations.
• Status of Finance Department/Purchasing Division Contract No. 2841704 - 100% Federal Funding – CHANGE ORDER NO. #1 - To Provide the Funding Agreement between the Economic Development Corporation and the General Services Department – Economic Development Corporation, 500 Griswold, Suite 2200, Detroit, MI 48226 – Contract Period: March 31, 2011 through March 1, 2013 – Contract Increase: $106,200.00 - Contract Amount Not to Exceed: $606,200.00.
• Status of Mayor’s Office submitting report relative to Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone memorandum from Council Member Brenda Jones.
• Submitting resolution authorizing Contract No. 2870456 – 100% City Funding – The engagement is to provide legal advice and litigation representation pertaining to implementing the City’s ongoing restructuring as contemplated in the Financial Stability Agreement among the City, the Michigan Department of Treasury, and the Review Team for the City of Detroit (“FSA”), including but not limited to the subjects comprising Annex B to the FSA as the same may be amended from time to time – Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone PLC, 150 West Jefferson, Suite 2500, Detroit, MI 48226 – Contract Period: January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2015 – Contract Amount Not To Exceed: $300,000.00.
• Board of Ethics - Submitting resolution to amend the FY 2012-13 Budget for the Board of Ethics. (This summary represent a brief overview of the challenges which have occurred since the approval of the 2012 Charter and the reduction in force which resulted in the elimination of the Administrative Secretary position; Increase Appropriation No. 10397-Board of Ethics-$40,000.00; Decrease Appropriation No. 00852-Non-Departmental (Claims Fund)-$40,000.00.)

1:00 pm City Council Budget Fnance and Audit Standing Committee held at Coleman A Young Municipal Building, 2 Woodward Ave, Room 1340, Detroit --- notable items from the agenda listed below (link to full copy download)

• 1:15 pm Monthly update of the Financial Stability Agreement between the City of Detroit and State of Michigan
• Status of concerns relative to the City of Detroit paying back-pay and benefits to laid-off employees of the Institute of Population Health or the Department of Health & Wellness
• Submitting resolution authorizing Contract No. 2848583 – 100% City Funding – CHANGE ORDER NO. #4 – To Provide Cash Flow Analysis – Ernst & Young, LLP, 777 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226 – Contract Period: January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 – Contract Increase: $1,980,000.00 – Contract Amount Not to Exceed: $6,630,000.00.
• Submitting resolution authorizing to amend the Budget Department FY 2012-13 Budget. (The Department requests authorization to augment its FY 2012-13 Budget by transferring $150,000 from Claims Fund (Insurance Premium) to Budget Department Operations; and requesting that the remaining surplus ($128,352) be used to cover unallocated rent for the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center.)
• Submitting requests authorization Budget Amendment of the Fiscal Year 2012-13 Budget. (The Budget Department respectfully request authorization for additional funding in the Finance Department, Appropriation No. 00063 Treasury Division, for activities related to enhancing the collection of City of Detroit revenues. These funds are available in the Non-Departmental, Appropriation No. 13224 Restructuring Consolidation.)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012 

8:45 am Detroit Police, Fire Board with Paramount Homeowners defense in 36th Circuit Court before Judge Ronald Giles

10:00 am Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee held at Coleman A Young Municipal Building, 2 Woodward Ave, Room 1340, Detroit

1:00 pm Neighborhood and Community Services Standing Committee held at Coleman A Young Municipal Building, 2 Woodward Ave, Room 1340, Detroit

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2012

7:00 pm City Council Community Meeting held in Southwest Detroit, location is Mark Twain Elementary, 12800 Visger St, Detroit 48217 [Google link]


There are MANY actions happening this week. We are suggesting the best way to keep abreast of what is happening to join the text messaging cell for Free Detroit.

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Agendas Posted For Reference

When we get agendas from City of Detroit and other events of interest they are posted to our Google Drive area in a publicly accessible area.

• Click here to view agendas received and posted
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Honor Our Vote

The people of Michigan demanded justice by repealing Public Act 4 on November 6 

We told Governor Snyder that it was wrong to oppress local government through the Emergency Manager Law. That includes the Emergency Financial Manager Law which proceeded and was repealed March 16, 2011 to make way for Public Act 4.

Attorney General Bill Schuette delivered an opinion August 6, 2012 on the interpretation of how the repeals would be handled. However the people's opinion is not being considered by government, a government that was NOT set to rule OVER the people, but FOR the people. We will not rest until government sets justice straight by the desired will of the people. Tyrannical government was fought over 200 years ago - a "tea party" was held by revolutionaries to protest taxation without representation.

These repealed laws no longer have standing over the people. Reference Michigan Compiled Law section 8.4:

Effect of Repeal of Repealing Statute.
Whenever a statute, or any part thereof shall be repealed by a subsequent statute, such statute, or any part thereof, so repealed, shall not be revived by the repeal of such subsequent repealing statute. 

This week the people begin moving your asserted government within our local jurisdictions OUT. We celebrate Veterans Day by honoring their fight for our rights. The rights of the people to be heard and demand justice through legislature and courts that listen to the people.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012 

On-air shows will have rallying calls to the public to join the actions coming up this week.

10:00 am Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts is served notice to quit. By noon we begin moving him out of the Fisher Building office.

Noon Rally at Fisher Building and in New Center Commons to evict Roy Roberts from Detroit Public Schools.

2:00 pm Financial Advisory Board meeting for the City of Detroit is being held one mile south at McGregor Conference Center on Wayne State University Campus, near the Law Library on Ferry Mall. We will march in solidarity from New Center to this meeting and serve notice to the FAB and others appointed through the Consent Agreement which has been protested by the people and was found in fault by Corporation Counsel.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012

9:00 am Detroit City Council Public Hearing on EMA Consulting Services Contract held at Coleman A Young Municipal Center, 2 Woodward Ave, Room 1340, Detroit - EMA is evaluating and restructuring Detroit Water & Sewage Dept (DWSD) to eliminate 80% of workforce.

9:00 am Cullor Family Court Date in 36th District Court - Judge Patricia Jefferson, 421 Madison, Room 432, Detroit - Eviction defense

10:00 am Detroit City Council session of the Whole held at Coleman A Young Municipal Center, 2 Woodward Ave, Room 1340, Detroit - rally in advance at the Spirit of Detroit. {agenda | new business | supporting documents}

11:00 am Bus to Lansing leaves from Northwest Activity Center

1:00 pm The public attends HR 6004 session regarding Legitimacy of EAA School District. Session to be held in the Anderson Building, 124 North Capitol Ave, Lansing 48909.

6:00 pm Detroit School Board Meeting at Detroit Public Library Main Branch, 5201 Woodward Ave, Detroit

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2012 

10:00 am Elected School Board lawsuit in 36th District Court before Judge Ronald Giles, 421 Madison, Detroit - the creation of EAA was a move to destroy the school board.

10:00 am City Council Internal Operations Standing Committee held at Coleman A Young Municipal Building, 2 Woodward Ave, Room 1340, Detroit

1:00 pm City Council Budget Fnance and Audit Standing Committee held at Coleman A Young Municipal Building, 2 Woodward Ave, Room 1340, Detroit

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012 

8:45 am Detroit Police, Fire Board with Paramount Homeowners defense in 36th Circuit Court before Judge Ronald Giles

There are MANY actions happening this week. We are suggesting the best way to keep abreast of what is happening to join the text messaging cell for Free Detroit.

Join The Text Message Cell

Compose a text message addressed to the number 23559 

The contents of the message is join @honormivote

You can get a list of commands by sending the message CMD or HELP

There is a web interface as well - you need to request a password by sending the command PASSWORD. Then visit the site at http://cel.ly with that password to access your profile and the cells you have joined through your phone. 

Recall Mayor Bing campaign

Tuesday October 23 at 10am there will be an Election Commission Hearing to set the language for a petition to Recall Mayor Dave Bing.

Check in at the City Clerk desk, room 200 at Coleman A Young Municipal Center, 2 Woodward Ave, Detroit 48226.

Recall Mayor Bing website

Belle Isle Public Hearing (CANCELED)

UPDATE: Oct 17 notice was received that this meeting has been CANCELED. 

The powers working on the lease arrangement between the City of Detroit and State of Michigan went back and worked on the contract. We need all concerned people to come together to discuss where things are at this time.

Public Hearing October 18

Evening Community Meeting at 7pm

A special public meeting of Neighborhood and Community Services standing committee will be held. Should sufficient non-voting members of City Council be present, a quorum of City Council will be declared. Click here to read the announcement.

Location: Greater Christ Church, 3544 Iroquois St, Detroit. Church's phone is 313-925-1359.

More information about the meeting call the City Council Clerk at 313-224-3266 or staff of Council Member James Tate (chairperson of NCS commitee). You can call the Free Detroit No Consent hotline at 313-444-0061 and we'll offer what information we know.

A copy of the originally proposed lease [ linked ] created through Mayor Bing and the State of Michigan can be found through this link. Once we have a copy of the revised lease available it will be linked in on this story. The State organizations that would work on Belle Isle are Department of Natural Resources and Michigan Department of Transportation.

Mayor's District 5 Community Meeting is Sept 27

District 5 is the next stop for Mayor Bing on his tour around the districts of the city to interact with the people and discover how well his administration is accomplishing its goals. We encourage those in the district to come forward during public comments to be heard, and the invitation is open to the public attending. Some of these meetings have been picked up by television crews, however a few had no coverage. Some meetings have been very heated and others more subdued.

The following press release is from the Mayor's Office yesterday, as of yet there hasn't been a poster for the meeting available online and we haven't seen one around Coleman A Young Municipal Building.
Update: A flyer from the Mayor's Office is at the bottom of this post.

Mayor Bing to Host District Community Meeting September 27

Released 9/20/2012 - Please join Mayor Dave Bing for a district community meeting on Thursday, September 27, at 7 p.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School, located at 3200 E. Lafayette Blvd in the MLK Center Amphitheater). Parking is available in the parking lot adjacent to the school. 

This will be the sixth in a series of district community meetings held in accordance with the 2012 Detroit City Charter. For more information, call (313) 224-3703.

Topics Free Detroit No Consent Is Curious About

Each month the developing story around the City of Detroit and its interaction with the State of Michigan and certain corporate and institutional investors continues to unfold. Take a look through the Ethics Complaint that Free Detroit has assembled to see some of the issues we have. From month to month we are providing updates on issues impacting the city.

Hands Off Our Island

This Saturday a city-wide rally is being held on Belle Isle starting at noon. Many groups in support and topics to discuss, including the lease of Belle Isle to the State of Michigan. Voters can update their registration information, and be sure to let those whom have been to jail or have not voted in a while, that they can get back into the voting pool. 

Click it for the larger print-ready version

Mayor Bing - Community Meeting Sept 13

Mayor Dave Bing will be holding his community meeting for District 4 as he visits each of seven districts around the city. As a citizen activist group we are encouraging the public to attend the meeting. This community meeting is for the Mayor and his staff to understand the needs of Detroiters throughout the city.

Mayor Dave Bing - Community Meeting Flyer District 4

WHO: Mayor Dave Bing and staff
WHAT: District 4 Community Meeting
WHEN: Thursday, September 13, 2012, starts at 7:00pm
WHERE: Charity Lutheran Church, 17220 Kelly Rd, Detroit 48224

FACEBOOK: Event Link

There will be a brief period likely from 6:50-7:05 when you'll be able to fill out a card requesting to speak during the public comments segment of the night. You should be offered 2 minutes to speak, although we have found 1 minute or 1.5 minutes is regularly offered. It is HIGHLY recommended those wishing to speak and find seating arrive by 6:45pm.

Prepare your presentation, deliver it direct to the point and cleanly. Ideally create an opportunity for interaction by the mayor and his staff. Targeted issues will be delegated to staff to manage. We need broad reaching change and that can be in the form of requesting audits, public documentation of results, and requesting conversational dialog that isn't happening at community meetings. Require open meetings and proper notice and publication of events offering public participation. Ask for public service announcements to appear where YOU will see them. Transparency of government is not coming from Mayor Bing's administration.

Mayor's Community Meetings

The above map also shows the declared resident locations of City Council members, seven of which will have to reside in a district to serve as its elected representative.

The map below plots the locations the Mayor has held Community Meetings around the city as he visits the seven electoral districts as shown on the map above.


View Mayor Bing's Community Meetings in a larger map

City Charter, Sec. 5-110. - Community Meetings.

Each calendar year the Mayor shall hold at least one community meeting in each of the non at-large districts. A city-wide community meeting shall be held not later than September 30 of each calendar year at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center auditorium or other location suited to accommodate at least an equal number of citizens. Meetings shall begin between the hours of seven (7) o'clock P.M. and eight (8) o'clock P.M. and shall not conflict with an evening City Council meeting scheduled under section 4-102. 

The meetings shall be published and noticed in the manner set forth in the Michigan Open Meetings Act. Meetings shall be conspicuously posted on the City of Detroit's website or then existing modes of electronic or non-print communication and on other forms of media owned or operated by the City of Detroit, including any television channels.

List of Community Meetings Held by Mayor Bing

• City-wide meeting held in the Erma Henderson Auditorium
• District 1 meeting held July 12 at Rosedale Park Activity Center
• District 2 meeting held July 27 at Northwest Activity Center
• District 3 meeting held August 30, 2012 at Brenda Scott Academy
• District 4 meeting to be held September 13, 2012 at Charity Lutheran Church
• District 5 meeting (pending)
• District 6 meeting (pending)
• District 7 meeting (pending)

Greensboro Declaration Release on Sept 12

The National Council of Elders will be releasing The Greensboro Declaration in five U.S. Cities on September 12. The locations selected represent sites where civil rights struggles have been held and continue to be in focus today: Washington DC;The Bay Area of California; Los Angeles California; Detroit, Michigan; and New York City, New York.

In Detroit a coffee hour and lunch break will be held during the press conference

Who:	National Council Of Elders
What:	Release of the Greensboro Declaration
When:	Wednesday, September 12, 2012 @ 11:00 am
Where:	New Bethel Baptist Church, 8430 Linwood St, Detroit MI 48206

This is the first announcement since foundation of NCOE a month ago. Please read details below or download the document and print.

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Mayor Bing - Community Meeting Aug 30

Mayor Dave Bing will be holding his community meeting for District 3 as he visits each of seven districts around the city. As a citizen activist group we are encouraging the public to attend the meeting. This community meeting is for the Mayor and his staff to understand the needs of Detroiters throughout the city.

Click here to download a copy of the flyer for the event.


WHO: Mayor Dave Bing and staff
WHAT: District 3 Community Meeting
WHEN: Thursday, August 30, 2012, starts at 7:00pm
WHERE: Brenda Scott Middle School, 18440 Hoover St, Detroit MI 48205
FACEBOOK: Event link

There will be a brief period likely from 6:50-7:05 when you'll be able to fill out a card requesting to speak during the public comments segment of the night. You should be offered 2 minutes to speak, although we have found 1 minute or 1.5 minutes is regularly offered. It is HIGHLY recommended those wishing to speak and find seating arrive by 6:30pm.

Prepare your presentation, deliver it direct to the point and cleanly. Ideally create an opportunity for action by the mayor and his staff. Targeted issues will be delegated to staff to manage. We need broad reaching change and that can be in the form of requesting audits, public documentation of results, and requesting conversational dialog that isn't happening at community meetings. Require open meetings and proper notice and publication of events offering public participation. Ask for public service announcements to appear where YOU will see them. Transparency of government is not coming from Mayor Bing's administration.

About the Location

Brenda Scott Middle School is one of 15 schools that the Educational Achievement Authority (EAA) is laying claim to pulling from Detroit Public Schools. It will be managed by Matchbook Learning. Emergency Manager Roy Roberts worked with Robert Bobb to establish the EAA, implementing it the 2012-13 school year with Detroit Public Schools the first pulled into the statewide district based on being Persistently Low Achieving schools on MEAP test scores.

Mayor's Community Meetings

The above map also shows the declared resident locations of City Council members, seven of which will have to reside in a district to serve as its elected representative.

City Charter, Sec. 5-110. - Community Meetings.

Each calendar year the Mayor shall hold at least one community meeting in each of the non at-large districts. A city-wide community meeting shall be held not later than September 30 of each calendar year at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center auditorium or other location suited to accommodate at least an equal number of citizens. Meetings shall begin between the hours of seven (7) o'clock P.M. and eight (8) o'clock P.M. and shall not conflict with an evening City Council meeting scheduled under section 4-102. 

The meetings shall be published and noticed in the manner set forth in the Michigan Open Meetings Act. Meetings shall be conspicuously posted on the City of Detroit's website or then existing modes of electronic or non-print communication and on other forms of media owned or operated by the City of Detroit, including any television channels.

List of Community Meetings Held by Mayor Bing

• City-wide meeting held in the Erma Henderson Auditorium
• District 1 meeting held July 12 at Rosedale Park Activity Center
• District 2 meeting held July 27 at Northwest Activity Center
• District 3 meeting to be held August 30, 2012 at Brenda Scott Academy
• District 4 meeting (pending)
• District 5 meeting (pending)
• District 6 meeting (pending)
• District 7 meeting (pending)

Detroit School Board Meeting - SUPPORT NEEDED

This morning a press conference was called by Detroit Public Schools yet Roy Roberts, Emergency Manager was not present. Those attending were LaMar Lemons (Board President), John Telford (Interim Superintendent Elect), George Washington (Legal Counsel), David Murray, and Tawanna Simpson (Board members at large).

Discussion for the meeting revolved around the changing hands of control over Detroit Public Schools. After 11 years out of the past 13 of ruling Detroit Public Schools the State of Michigan doesn't want to let go. They feel there still remains a financial emergency to be managed.

Public Act 4 - Emergency Manager Law Referendum

On August 2nd Michigan Supreme Court ruled that the Repeal of Public Act 4 should be placed on the Nov 6, 2012 ballot to be decided by the people of the State of Michigan. During that hearing questions to John Pirich, the attorney representing the Secretary of State asking if he understood that Public Act 72 was no longer a law in effect seemed not to sink in. Through the last few minutes of the hearing he seemed genuinely confused by what Justice Young was asking.

When Public Act 4 was placed into law in 2011 it repealed Public Act 72, at that time. (NOT IN THE FUTURE, OR EVEN NOW - Public Act 72 is no longer a law.) According to MCL 8.4 once a law has been repealed it cannot be revived by repeal of the subsequent law that had it repealed. We are currently sitting with suspension of Public Act 4, which isn't yet repealed - however Public Act 72 is repealed and has been since 2011. Attorney General Bill Schuette and the Governor's Press Secretary Sarah Wurfel have been saying that Public Act 72 is the law that we are now using - the problem is that was REPEALED.

So there you have it - the story that you aren't going to get from the mainstream press who are using the words of the officials, we have to dig in and get facts and report those findings to you.

Eviction Notice To Serve

 

Live Coverage of Meeting

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School Board Meeting Tonight

Detroit Board of Education will meet tonight at 5pm at Fredrick Douglass Academy, 2001 W Warren, Detroit. A meeting of the committee will start the night. During the meeting Interim Superintendent John Telford will be announced.

The report from the Free Press indicates the Attorney General and Roy Roberts intend to remove the Board of Education through an injunction which will be heard tomorrow, and gives additional details from the meeting this morning.

Special City Council Session during recess

City Council went into recess on August 1, 2012, however there is so much happening at this time that a special session was under discussion weeks prior. We've received the agenda for the meeting and these topics are present:

• Provide Assessors, city must have positions filled ASAP
• Resolution authorizing a ballot proposal to Approve Public Safety Millage requested by Board of Police Commissioners
• Resolution for William Charity Fund, petition #2515 
• Proposal to amend Chapter 61 of the 1984 Detroit City Code, with regard to provisions for School Building Adaptive Re-Use. A public hearing will be scheduled.
• Discussion of issues relative to the Detroit Workforce Development Department and the Department of Health and Wellness Promotion.

Public comments will also be heard.

Notable Protest Activity

Free Detroit No Consent is working with Occupy Detroit and union representation in preparing a public  awareness action that we hope will attract the eyes of the nation. Call it a premonition if you'd like. 

Lords and Ladies it is time to MOVE OUT!  Michigan has suspended Emergency Managers. Your eviction notice is being served and the trucks are coming.