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To: TimF who wrote (600410)	2/10/2011 6:08:34 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574485

Trees are nice as are lots of other little nice touches. The trees are nice but what I found most compelling about what he did is that he did it. The people of Detroit have seemed to reach a point where they aren't waiting for someone else to fix it. They are taking matters into their own hands. That's a huge positive and that's what will help save and reinvigorate the city. Well targeted infrastructure can help (but Detroit's problem isn't that it has too little infrastructure, the city used to be twice as big). But what is really needed most is reduced regulatory and tax burden on business in Detroit, greater responsiveness from the government in dealing with their end of the regulations that have to remain (less time in processing your paperwork etc.), and probably better policing. That's what the new mayor, a former NBA player, is trying to do. Its a tough one.....for the first time in American history a mayor has to go about finding ways to shrink the size of the city in a manner that doesn't freak out its residents. Its the shrinkage that will allow him to cut back services and reduce taxes. The reality is that Detroit is now as competitive cost wise as any city in the South.