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Nat M. Zorach August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 0 Comments billionaires, blight tickets, BSEED, city of detroit, department of administrative hearings, detroit police, enforcement, fines, FOIA, freeway, freeways, highways, industrial development, millionaihs and billionaihs, PMB, property maintenance code, regulatory enforcement, vacant property ordinance, VPO, warehouses

City of Detroit: “You’re good– if your last name is Moroun or Ilitch.”

A months-long saga to try and clean up a lot being used for long-term storage of inoperable vehicles finally gets a response from a persnickety FOIA coordinator, who points out that, well, we don’t care about the problems here, because it’s not a residential neighborhood.

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City of Detroit: Just Kidding, We Do Have A Secret MOU With The Ilitches and Morouns.

City of Detroit: “You’re good– if your last name is Moroun or Ilitch.”