and it still capitouldn t raise taxes because they were handcuffed in that manner. one calculation came forward and said that the city lost revenue. they starved the city of detroit. denying revenue sharing. snyder also withheld state funds from the city. bottom line, republican tax policy and tax breaks added to the destruction of this american city financially. 19 while, republicans have also been attacking the ed show because we labeled detroit a conservative utopia. well, oddly enough, republicans in detroit are actually in the process of creating a conservative utopia. let me tell you about bell sile. it is a city park covering roughly 982 acres of than on the detroit river between the united