IS TELLING THE CONTRACTOR DUKE TO DO WITH THIS LIVE AT SIX O’CLOCK? OKAY SEAN, FRESH OFF
THE HEELS OF HIS 10TH STATE OF
THE CITY ADDRESSES DETROIT’S
MAYOR, WE’VE GOT A SPECIAL GUEST
WITH US. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH
US AFTER LAST NIGHT’S STATE OF
THE CITY ADDRESS. THANKS FOR
HAVING ME THERE’S A BUNCH OF
THINGS WE’D LOVE TO GET TO, BUT
I WANT TO START WITH. YOU TALKED
A LOT ABOUT TRYING TO FIGHT
CRIME WITH THIS NEW IDEA OF
COMMUNITY GROUPS AND RESPONDING
TO CRIME, NOT NEW, BUT YOU’VE
GOT MONEY BEHIND IT. NOW YOU’VE
GOT GROUPS THAT YOU WANT TO
DEDICATE TO 3 TO 4 MILES, BUT
SOMEBODY POINTED LAST NIGHT ON
OUR POST SPEECH. COVERAGE YOU
KNOW GEORGE ZIMMERMAN WAS A
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, CAPTAIN. I
MEAN, THIS IS COMPLICATED, RIGHT
? THERE’S NO QUESTION. I THINK
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING A
GOOD JOB AND WITH THE 300 COPS
THAT WE ARE NOW FILLING OUT WITH
THE RAISES, IT WILL GET EVEN
STRONGER. BUT WHEN A NEIGHBOR
SHOOTS A NEIGHBOR OVER ONGOING
BEEFS HARD FOR THE POLICE TO BE
THERE TO INTERVENE IN THAT, AND
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF GROUPS WHO
SAY I’M PLUGGED INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW WHERE THE
TENSIONS ARE. I KNOW WHAT THE
GROUP GROUPS ARE ARGUING WITH
EACH OTHER. WE CAN DIFFUSE IT.
WE CAN BE SHOT STOPPERS, AND SO
WE’RE SPENDING $350 MILLION A
YEAR AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
WE SAID, WHAT IF WE TRY TO SPEND
$10 MILLION. AND THE FOLKS WHO
SAY WE CAN BE SHOT STOPPERS.
LET’S MEASURE IT. LET’S SEE IF
IT WORKS AND WE PUT THE
PROPOSALS OUT TODAY. YOU SAID
YOURSELF. YOU’RE NOT SURE IF
IT’LL WORK NOBODY’S TRIED WILL
BE UP AND SO I BROUGHT A LOT OF
THE GROUPS AND I TALKED TO HIM
AND I SAID, OKAY, I’M NOT GOING
TO READ IT PROPOSAL AND GIVE YOU
MONEY. YOU GET A DEFINED AREA
AND YOU’LL BE MEASURED EVERY
QUARTER AND THOSE OF YOU SUCCEED
WILL PUT MORE AND MORE MONEY IN
SO YOU CAN EXPAND THOSE OF YOU
WHO DON’T IT’S NOT HAVING AN
EFFECT, AND IT’S GOING TO BE
INTERESTING, BUT I THINK A
NUMBER OF GROUPS WERE VERY
EXCITED ABOUT BEING RESPONSIBLE
FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE
THEY HAVE ROOTS MORE ABOUT THE
$75,000 FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES
TO RENOVATE HOMES AND HOW THAT
WOULD WORK BECAUSE AS A PERSON
WHO LIVES IN THE CITY OF
DETROIT, WHO HAS ONE OF THESE
OLD DETROIT HOMES, I KNOW YOU
CAN BLOW THROUGH MONEY JUST LIKE
THAT ON THE VERY BASICS AND IT
DOESN’T FEEL LIKE YOU’VE
RENOVATED ANYTHING. AND THEN
YOU’RE YOU’RE SAYING THAT A LOW
INCOME FAMILY WOULD THEN COME IN
AND PURCHASE OR RENT THAT IS
THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? SO HERE’S
WHAT WE’RE THINKING WE WOULD GO
TO A NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATION THAT DOES THIS OR
SOME CHURCHES WHO RENOVATE
HOUSES. AND RIGHT NOW, YOU GOT A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN HOUSES
AND NEIGHBORHOODS WITH FAMILIES
THAT WERE PAYING $800 A MONTH
AND NOW THE RENTS GOING UP TO
1000 A MONTH 1200 A MONTH. THEY
STILL WANT A HOUSE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY DON’T HAVE
THAT OPTION. SO WHAT WE’RE
SAYING IS, WE WILL GIVE THE
PROPERTY TO THE NONPROFIT WILL
PUT $75,000 TOWARDS FIXING IT
UP. NOW YOU RUN IT OUT AT THE
$800 A MONTH. WE BASICALLY
CHANGE THE WHAT YOU HAVE TO PAY
FROM 1208 100 TO KEEP THESE
FAMILIES IN THE HOUSES. THAT’S
THE IDEA AND WE’RE SEEING A LOT
OF INTEREST. NOW A LOT OF
CHURCHES ALREADY CALLING, SAYING
, I’D LIKE TO DO THIS IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD RENT TO ONE OF MY
CONGREGATION MEMBERS. YOU ALSO
SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING
ABOUT PURSUING BUSINESS. YOU
EXPLAINED HOW ABATEMENTS WORK
ALL THAT I’M REALLY CURIOUS TO
GET YOUR TAKE ON THE DEBATE THAT
IS HAPPENING AND EVOLVING. VERY
COOL. QUICKLY AND LANSING
ALREADY ON GETTING RID OF RIGHT
TO WORK. WHAT DOES THAT DO TO
YOU AND TRYING TO ATTRACT
BUSINESS TO DETROIT? I DON’T
THINK IT HAD AN EFFECT ONE WAY
OR ANOTHER. I DON’T THINK WHEN
THEY REPEALED. IT MADE A
DIFFERENCE. I THINK ABOUT WHO WE
LANDED. WE LANDED JEEP PLANT
WITH 4000 JOBS THERE. U A W WE
GOT GM TO REOPEN 2000 JOBS
THERE. YOU GOT LEAR TO PUT IN
500 JOBS AND SITTING PLANT THEIR
UNION MEMBERS SO IT WON’T HAVE
AN EFFECT. IT DOESN’T MATTER
WHETHER WE’RE RIGHT TO WORK OR
NOT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. I
DON’T THINK THAT THE ECONOMY GOT
ANY BETTER WHEN I GOT REPEALED.
I DON’T KNOW WHETHER IT’S GOING
TO CHANGE. BUT I’M NOT AFRAID OF
RIGHT TO WORK BEING REPEALED 58
MINUTES OF THE ADDRESS, WE COULD
TALK TO YOU FOR A COUPLE MORE
HOURS ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU SAID
LAST NIGHT, BUT REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU COMING BY AND
SPENDING TIME WITH US TODAY.