Expanding, refurbishing, and bicker - all things that go on when Cobo
is discussed. But, maybe it's time, finally, to set aside differences
and fix up the ailing civic center. Or, maybe they'll just continue to
bicker.
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As for Cobo, Patterson complained about specific provisions in the
proposed state law, including giving Cobo to an authority that would
have the power of eminent domain, as well as the power to establish
ordinances with criminal penalties. He also complained that 50-year
no-bid contracts were part of the proposal.
Macomb County Commission chairman William Crouchman, meanwhile,
complained that he couldn't get economist David Sowerby to return his
phone calls asking for an explanation of how he came up with the figure
that 10 percent of Cobo's benefit goes to Macomb County.
Exasperated, WJR AM 760 morning host Paul W. Smith said he'd hold
the Big Four in place until the Cobo deal got finished, given the
Detroit Auto Dealers Association threat to move the show -- and its
16,000 jobs and $500 million in economic activity, which amounts to a
Super Bowl every year.
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