let s deal with foreclosure. 90,000 foreclosures in the city of detroit. 90,000 forced evictions in the last three years. you look at 300,000 people leaving one city, you re seeing the tax base leave. it s not in financial strain because of mismanagement because people are incompetent, not the right analysis. we have to deal with foreclosure, insurance red lining. what the state should be doing is helping to the federal government, county government and state government to reinvest in these cities. michigan is a manufacturing state. really, a one industry state. so, as the automative industry, we saw manufacturing meltdown, saw plants go from michigan to mexico. that s trade policy. this is not incompetence in detroit. down to economic recovery in michigan. it s coming back but not fast enough. we lost over 300,000
on the back end of this we re seeing it hitting african-americans, low income communities, high democratic party voting communities, hitting labor. this is not what democracy looks like. obviously, in a lot of towns facing these kinds of takeovers, facing having their local voting rights overruled, there are big financial problems. a lot of different kinds in these cities. do you think the concern about the overall health of municipalities in michigan is primary in people s minds or with the emergency manager law, are people worried about losing their rights? what do you see as the balance between those two levels of concern? they have a big impact on people s day-to-day lives. this is a false dilemma. we don t need financial we need recovery. let s deal with foreclosure. 90,000 foreclosures in the city of detroit. 90,000 forced evictions in the last three years.
on the back end of this we re seeing it hitting african-americans, low income communities, high democratic party voting communities, hitting labor. this is not what democracy looks like. obviously, in a lot of towns facing these kinds of takeovers, facing having their local voting rights overruled, there are big financial problems. a lot of different kinds in these cities. do you think the concern about the overall health of municipalities in michigan is primary in people s minds or with the emergency manager law, are people worried about losing their rights? what do you see as the balance between those two levels of concern? they have a big impact on people s day-to-day lives. this is a false dilemma. we don t need financial we need recovery. let s deal with foreclosure. 90,000 foreclosures in the city of detroit. 90,000 forced evictions in the last three years. you look at 300,000 people leaving one city, you re seeing the tax base leave. it s not in financial strain