question we're of course coming to you
from downtown Detroit
gentlemen Detroit residents don't always
see an ally in a Republican governor now
Flint didn't help that but it must be
said governor Snyder helped Ferry
Detroit through its bankruptcy was
instrumental in passing the grand
bargain and he erased the debt of
Detroit schools what are your plans for
helping Michigan's urban centers thrive
and succeed dr. Hines we'll start with
you first of all I love Detroit I have a
son that was at Wayne State med school
and stayed right downtown in Detroit and
I've appreciated what mayor Duggan has
done and his leadership in bringing back
Detroit you just drive down and down the
street and you see a lot of areas that
they're working on lights and so forth
but it's not just Detroit all across
Michigan we have issues with auto
insurance that are costing way too much
our education system stinks in the sense
that our kids are not learning to read
our roads are terrible there's that
hidden Road taxes costing hundreds of
thousands of dollars to the citizens of
this state and so it's not just Detroit
it's not just the urban areas but we
have a problem and these politicians
who've been in office for eight years
have not solved the problem today
governor Calley on the city uh on the
state's urban areas let's start with
Detroit Detroit has come so far I mean
who would have ever thought that it
could be in the condition that it is
today where there's grope and in hope
and opportunity for the future like
there is now and with Ford moving to
Cork Town and what a monumental addition
to the momentum that that is governor
Snyder and I led Detroit through
bankruptcy and off to a better place
fixing the street the basics like fixing
the streetlights with a public-private
partnership and in creating an
environment where investment capital
came back I want to point out though
that the Attorney General was on three
sides of the Detroit bankruptcy if he
was governor Detroit would still be
insolvent today we had to beat him in
court in order to get Detroit where it
is now now moving forward in the future
for Detroit it's all about the schools
it's about lowering the cost of auto
insurance and it's about fixing the
roads please go to future of
and calm and download a free copy of my
book with a roadmap of how to get all of
that done Attorney General here's the
truth the fact is and in Detroit I stuck
up for and stood by the pensions of cops
and firefighters to make sure their
pensions weren't eroded because of the
bankruptcy and I've worked in a
bipartisan fashion either with mr. mayor
Duggan and David Layton the outstanding
Genesee County Prosecutor a Democrat in
Flint that's how you work together to
solve problems and with respect to urban
areas number one it's safe streets I
work with Police Chief James Craig all
the time and actually filed charges
against a guy on who on social media
encourage people to kill cops I took the
case and we put them in jail that's
working in cooperative cooperative
fashion with respect to education people
want to have quality schools and we've
talked before about grading our schools
a through F so families know which
school is performing which one is not
and with respect to jobs it's all about
private investment cutting the grand
home income tax to put more money back
into circulation let private enterprise
take the lead now the Democrats for this
time eternal thanks finally on this
topics that are Colbeck yeah number one
thing we need to do is give them a voice
a lot of people are talking to the power
brokers in the city but very few are
going out in the community where people
actually live I made a point out of even
last Saturday I went to a district one
meeting with Councilman Tate and
listened to the concerns of the citizens
of the first district no other
gubernatorial candidate did that not
even democrat went out there to listen
to what they had to say furthermore when
there was an opportunity to go off and
debate the Democratic candidates in
Detroit I was the only Republican
gubernatorial candidate to accept the
challenge to debate three Democratic
candidates at the Tabernacle Missionary
Baptist Church and I didn't shy away
from conservative values matter of fact
the first time a lot of them have
actually heard the conservative plan to
actually help people you know they've
seen what happens under democratic
governance and they're not getting
anything and getting any better under
any Democratic policies at the local
units of government level so they
appreciate having a conservative voice
and number two I actually helped out
with the Detroit bailout by helping the
retired Detroit police and firefighters
find good quality health care under this
those deep center dr. Heinz you've asked
for your last second rebuttal tonight
Bill Schuette he talks about decreasing
or getting rid of the grand home tax
that's taking the income tax from 4.25
down to three point nine that's eight
hundred and seventy five million dollars
but he doesn't talk about how he's going
to fix the roads you don't do that and
fix the roads without increasing taxes
so I'd like to hear his plan on how he
plans to get rid of the grand home tax
and fix our roads maybe some of through
some imaginary income stream I don't
know