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Author    Post   Steve Myers Site Admin Dear Mr. Limbaugh: The people of Flint deserve to live in clean and safe neighborhoods, free of blight. We don’t want to ‘bulldoze Flint’ as you say, just bulldoze the empty and abandoned houses left behind by the economic dislocation resulting from the loss of 70,000 GM jobs. Our aim is to rid our neighborhoods of empty structures that the market simply cannot absorb, and reshape Flint to be a stronger and better city. This is a market-based approach that is neither liberal or conservative in ideology. It’s a practical solution to a problem faced by cities all across the country. Neither is this a partisan political issue, as you seem to think. While it’s true that the Obama administration has shown interest in our Land Bank concept, so did the Bush administration. In fact, it was the Bush administration that first called me to Washington last year as they were formulating their response to the mortgage crisis. This is not about politics, Rush. This is about the people of Flint and the neighborhoods they live in. Period. I am inviting you to come to Flint and see for yourself a community working toward a solution. Come and broadcast your radio show from Flint if you like – I am sure it could be arranged. I will personally pick up the tab for your flight and hotel, and I’ll even buy you a coney-island hot dog, Flint style. You’ll see a community that has not given up at all, but has decided to remake itself. We do have a ways to go to reverse 30 years of disinvestment. But you’ll see that we’re on the right path – we have demolished over 1000 abandoned houses, and in the last year we’ve seen over $100 million in new private investment in our downtown. I‘ve heard you say that the news media needs to be fair and present a balanced view of the issues. Well, Rush - you are the media. Here’s your chance to be fair and balanced about Flint. Dan Kildee Genesee County Treasurer Chairman, Genesee County Land Bank _________________ Steve Myers Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:26 pm  Dave Starr F L I N T O I D I emailed Rush & told him to make sure he sees the real Flint, not just Kildee's dog & pony show. _________________ I used to care, but I take a pill for that now. Pushing buttons sure can be fun. When a lion wants to go somewhere, he doesn’t worry about how many hyenas are in the way. Paddle faster, I hear banjos. Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:38 pm    Display posts from previous:   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First

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