detroit, will cost it $179 million, and when you add that to its present $150 million deficit, you get $320 million, which sets it up for the emergency financial manager. fred durhal, democratic state representative and chairman of michigan s legislative black caucus, thank for your time tonight, sir. good to have you help us understand this story. really appreciate it. thank you so much, we appreciate you. keep fighting. i m trying. thank you, sir. as a postscript, governor rick snyder is going to be on his own trip to benton harbor next week. he will be the grand marshal in the annual blossom time grand floral parade. he ll be the first governor to do that since 1984. seriously. rick snyder, benton harbor, next week.
state s choosing. if that sounds off to you, consider the news today from benton harbor. reverend jackson and the state s black lawmakers preparing to challenge michigan s new approach to democracy for hard times. the message from mr. jackson and from others today, organize and sue. joining us now is democratic state representative, fred durhall, chairman of the michigan legislative black caucus. he was at the press conference today in benton harbor. thank you for being here with us tonight, sir. appreciate your time. rachel, thank you very much for allowing us to come and talk with you today. clearly, you consider this emergency manager law to have constitutional problems, enough that you are getting ready to sue over it. can you describe for us the basis of this legal challenge? yes. we are looking at the u.s. constitution in article 1, section 10-1, which talks about
statutory revenue sharing, which in the case of the city of detroit, will cost it $179 million, and when you add that to its present $150 million deficit, you get $320 million, which sets it up for the emergency financial manager. fred durhal, democratic state representative and chairman of michigan s legislative black caucus, thank for your time tonight, sir. good to have you help us understand this story. really appreciate it. thank you so much, we appreciate you. keep fighting. i m trying. thank you, sir. as a postscript, governor rick snyder is going to be on his own trip to benton harbor next week. he will be the grand marshal in the annual blossom time grand floral parade. he ll be the first governor to do that since 1984. seriously. rick snyder, benton harbor, next week.
tax credit, which is federal in nature and also allows poor people to be able to receive some benefit. there have been taxes upon education, reducing the pupil allowance by $470. he has also gone and eliminated statutory revenue sharing, which in the case of the city of detroit, will cost it $179 million, and when you add that to its present $150 million deficit, you get $320 million, which sets it up for the emergency financial manager. fred durhal, democratic state representative and chairman of michigan s legislative black caucus, thank for your time tonight, sir. good to have you help us understand this story. really appreciate it. thank you so much, we appreciate you. keep fighting. i m trying. thank you, sir. as a postscript, governor rick snyder is going to be on his own trip to benton harbor next week. he will be the grand marshal in the annual blossom time grand floral parade. he ll be the first governor to do that since 1984. seriously. rick snyder, benton harbor, next