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Callers at Detroit public comment allege shady tax-auction transfer, council office says staff are working with resident
Summary
During a public-comment period called because a quorum was not present, a caller alleged a longtime neighbor—s lot was removed from a tax auction and transferred to Midtown Inc for under $3,000 before being flipped; the clerk said staff are working with the resident named in the complaint.
A public-comment session of a Detroit City Council committee, held after the meeting lacked a quorum, featured a caller who alleged the city had misrepresented itself and improperly handled a tax-auction property transfer.
"This isn't the first time the city's been dishonest," the caller, identified in the record as Miss Warwick, said, and accused the city of pressuring residents and handling property at 498 Peterborough unfairly. According to Warwick, the lot…
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