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Detroit callers use public comment to criticize mayoral policies and ask about $6.75-per-page fee for BZA transcripts
Summary
Four virtual callers in the Committee of the Whole public-comment period criticized Mayor Duggan’s administration on foreclosures, privatization and city asset sales, and an attorney caller asked the committee to respond to a reported $6.75-per-page charge for Board of Zoning Appeals transcripts under Detroit City Code 50-2-66.
Four callers used the Committee of the Whole public-comment period to criticize Mayor Duggan’s administration, raise concerns about foreclosures and privatization of city services, and press the committee on a reported fee for Board of Zoning Appeals transcripts.
Tahira Ahmed, a Detroit resident, told the committee she and other residents “know what we want to do with our city” and criticized the mayor’s record, including alleged large-scale foreclosures, transfers of public assets and privatization of city jobs. Ahmed said the city has seen “illegal overtaxation” and “100,000 illegal homes illegally foreclosed”…
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