Detroit, MI
3 big takeaways from Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s budget plan
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Mayor Mike Duggan’s administration proposed a spending plan for the following fiscal yr on Friday, a mirrored image of its priorities and ethos.
- Plus, as Metropolis Council responds to the proposal over the following month, we’ll see how the priorities of the 2 pillars of metropolis authorities examine.
Three important takeaways:
Making an attempt to unravel the driving force scarcity
The town is looking for a $15 million price range improve for the Detroit Division of Transportation, partly to recruit and retain bus drivers.
- “We have to take care of the pay of our bus operators to maintain them aggressive,” Duggan instructed Metropolis Council Friday.
Particulars: The rise additionally replaces federal funding that lapsed and farebox income losses.
- A selected breakdown hasn’t been determined but, a spokesperson tells Axios.
State of play: Low pay is accountable for bus driver shortages that end in delays or cancellations that inconvenience riders, the Free Press reviews.
- DDOT drivers make round $16/hour to begin and $20.79/hour on common, per the Detroit Information. The division’s 404 drivers are 100 wanting its budgeted positions.
- Close by Ann Arbor has a beginning wage of $28.65.
What they’re saying: The DDOT price range improve is an encouraging begin towards a pay elevate, Megan Owens, government director of Transportation Riders United, tells Axios.
- “That is positively what we’d like and what we have been asking for,” Owens says.
- “Our transit is as embarrassing because the 2008 Lions season,” resident Steven Hawring stated throughout public remark. He stated he believes the town is “attempting” however “we have to do extra” as younger individuals select to maneuver to Chicago or New York as a substitute.
Dwelling demolition
Duggan’s price range additionally requires $13 million to tear down vacant properties. Detroit has been paying for hundreds of teardowns utilizing $250 million in voter-approved bond funding, with round 7,000 properties owned by the Detroit Land Financial institution Authority left to demolish or promote utilizing these {dollars}.
- Duggan desires to additionally take care of the town’s roughly 4,000-5,000 privately owned dilapidated properties, however stated Friday it is “difficult legally” to try this utilizing bond funds — thus suggesting extra metropolis {dollars}.
Reducing property taxes
The mayor’s crew additionally proposed reducing property taxes the following two years to save lots of householders someplace round $50-$100 this yr and $100-$200 subsequent yr.
- “We’re going to have a tax minimize for the primary time in my reminiscence,” he stated.
Between the strains: Duggan is responding to an initiative from council member Angela Whitfield Calloway, although his proposal is barely completely different and smaller than hers — a smaller minimize lasting two years as a substitute of 5.
In the meantime, some public commenters blasted the town for not giving excessive precedence to weak Detroiters’ quick wants, like Proper to Counsel, an effort serving to forestall evictions amid what consultants name an eviction disaster.
What’s subsequent: Metropolis Council members will weigh the mayor’s proposal, meet with metropolis departments, make modifications after which vote on the ultimate price range in April for the fiscal yr beginning in July.
Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams got a 15-yard penalty for taunting Chicago Bears cornerback Tyrique Stevenson for the second time this season on Sunday. The former Alabama All-American got the first during the Lions’ 23-20 victory over the Bears on Nov. 28, then picked up another in a 34-17 win on Sunday.
“He was great,” Detroit coach Dan Campbell said about his sideline talk with Williams after Sunday’s penalty. “Came over and it’s just, ‘Look, you can’t give them a free ride.’ He knew. It’s just, ‘Get it out of the way and get back on the field.’ And he was good.
“That’s what I love about him. He doesn’t get bent out of shape. He just said, ‘I got it.’ And he goes back in and it doesn’t affect the way he played the rest of the game. He was great. I love where he’s at right now. I really do.”
The NFL was not as understanding. Williams was fined $11,255 for the infraction, the league announced on Saturday. The NFL did not fine Williams for his taunting penalty on Nov. 28.
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Williams wasn’t the only former Alabama standout fined by the NFL for taunting during a Week 16 game. Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey, a former Hoover High School star, also was fined $11,255 for taunting. Humphrey was not penalized during the game for the transgression, but the NFL still imposed the fine after the cornerback held out the football behind him toward his pursuers as he returned an interception for a touchdown in a 34-17 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday.
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Two other players from Alabama high schools and colleges were among the 22 fined by the NFL for Week 16.
Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick (Alabama) got an $11,255 penalty for a face-mask penalty.
Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Colby Wooden (Auburn) got a $6,150 fine for an unnecessary-roughness penalty.
The NFL uses a collectively bargained schedule of fines to determine the amount of monetary punishment. The NFL’s Schedule of Fines also comes with a list of aggravating and mitigating factors that can affect the size of a fine.
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The Detroit Tigers saw an influx of young players push the team into a surprise postseason push. Next year could have even more prospects make their debut,
So far this offseason, the Tigers finally made a signing to address the offense in Gleyber Torres and have added Alex Cobb to the pitching staff.
Signing Alex Bregman is the last major move left to make before season that Detroit is projected to be involved in. After that, it looks like it will be on the farm system to provide any additional upgrades.
Luckily, there are a couple of top prospects that look near ready to make their debuts.
Lee is the highest-rated prospect on this list, as all of his peers above him in the farm are either already in MLB or are further away.
He spent all of 2024 in Double-A and posted a .298/.363/.488 slash line with 12 home runs and 16 RBI in 87 games. There could be a path to playing time for him at shortstop given how poor they have played there in the past. He could also just be a utility infielder at the next level.
Melton mostly lives on his mid-90s fastball. He had a breakout 2023 that saw him post a 2.74 ERA. That number ballooned to 5.10 last year.
He has great control of his pitchers, rarely walking batters, but still needs to generate more misses. He could be a call up to help out in the backend of the rotation at some point, where he can eat some innings if need be.
Bigbie was a 19th-round selection in the 2021 draft and spent all of last year at the Triple-A level.
Like Melton, he had a great 2023 but struggled in 2024. Two seasons ago, Bigbie posted .343/.405/.537 slash line with 19 home runs. Last year, though, his OPS dropped to just .667.
If he can find his swing again, he could become a corner or depth outfielder. His glove isn’t good enough to carry him alone.
Silva was acquired at the last trade deadline in a deal that sent Mark Canha to the San Francisco Giants.
He looks more like a bullpen guy than anything, making his money with breaking balls. He pitches well against both righties and lefties and is coming off of a month that saw batters post just a .120/.185/.120 slash line against him.
The 22-year-old won’t start the year in the Majors, but is a prime mid-season call-up candidate if he can find a bit of consistency.
(CBS DETROIT) – Detroit comedian Jay Cotton says he started a bit of an uproar on social media, but he didn’t mean to.
In the video he found online, he claims 13 lions are roaming the city of Detroit. Cotton says the video has nearly half a million views since it was initially posted, with many people thinking it was really filmed in the Motor City.
He says he thought it was pretty clear that the video was posted as a joke.
“It was just me being funny, y’all,” he said. “Like, I love the city of Detroit. This is my city. I love y’all.”
Within days, social media users across platforms started reacting to it in an unusual way.
“Not enough people are talking about what’s going on in Detroit right now,” one user says. “Please someone explain to me how 13 lions are walking down the street in Detroit,” another user said.
Now, the chef and comedian behind the post says he’s sorry for anyone he may have scared, but he hopes this serves as a reminder not to believe everything you see online.
“At the end of the day, yeah, it was a joke, but people don’t really use their brains. If the news not talking about it, that’s how you know it’s not true … just go look it up,” Cotton said.
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