Detroit mayor to focus on neighborhoods in state of the city address

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, facing a big budget deficit, plans to focus on school safety, crime reduction and neighborhoods in the coming year.

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“I believe at this critical time … the most important thing is the neighborhood initiative, crime and workforce development. If it is out of that focus it’s probably not going to get the amount of attention it has gotten in the past.”

Kilpatrick said he also would push a new economic stimulus package to jump-start the neighborhood initiative whose formation he announced in December. That would involve issuing bonds, but not raising taxes. He said he would release details after the State of the City address.

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