Showing posts with label bankruptcy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bankruptcy. Show all posts

Thursday, October 8, 2020

Prelude To Detroit: Will Michigan Supreme Court Set Case Precedence By Allowing The Fake Ass Detroit Bankruptcy To Be Revisited Because Of Fraud Upon The Court By A Public Official?


In a nutshell, City of Dearborn agreed to purchase the land for West Dearborn Partners, L.L.C., to build residential and commercial space, while they got the money to build it.

West Dearborn Partners, L.L.C. took out a mortgage with Bank of America under a construction lien, where the bank would take the land as collateral.

West Dearborn Partners, L.L.C., filed bankruptcy after they got the mortgage, where it was discharged.

The MIED Bankruptcy Court was supposed to contact all parties to the case.

The City of Dearborn was never party to the case.

Bank of America never discharged the other parcel.

Now, through lots of litigation which probably paid off the mortgages of the attorneys on the case, it seems Scott Lites, the resident agent of the former Dearborn Partners, LL.C. was also the same attorney who was flipping properties for Mike Duggan, out the backdoor of his Make Your Date grifting op, which is the next street over, which goes by the name of Detroit Progress.

Detroit Progress got those properties from the Detroit Land Bank Authority through fake ass property taxes through the fake ass Detroit Bankruptcy, but since it looks like someone was playing around with my blog, removing certain documents, which I still have, and are public information, I will be nice and bite my tongue.

Ok, that was long enough, but I am back on the fake ass Detroit Bankruptcy.

West Dearborn never recorded the discharge of mortgage?

A bankruptcy order can be nullified?

Well, I would most definitely say that is the Michigan Supreme Court reverses the case, that would mean the fake ass Detroit Bankruptcy could be revisited, including the Emergency Manager, which is all a fraud perpetrated upon the court.

Someone needs to ask Bill *Smooches* Schuette what he has to say on the matter because there are also lots of properties in the City of Dearborn that were wiped from the property tax rolls, but I digress.

Not really.

I believe it is time to start talking about JonesDay.

Now, where is Don McGahn?

#maytheheavensfall


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Thursday, August 20, 2020

Kim Gibbs Fell Fast & Was Extracted From Humanity

Kim seems to have had a long history in bankruptcies.

She also seems to have a history in tiny humans trust funds.

First, this happened...

Officials in Detroit suburb rebuke city commissioner who attended stay-at-home protest

Then, this happened...
Then, this happened....
Then, this happened...

#maytheheavensfall

Royal Oak city commissioner Kim Gibbs dies at 48

Royal Oak commissioner Kim Gibbs
 Kim Gibbs
Royal Oak — A city councilwoman who has been in the news over the past few months for attending an anti-lockdown rally and being arrested for shoplifting, died Thursday, two weeks after she was found unconscious in her Royal Oak home.

Kim Gibbs, 48, who had been on the city commission since 2017 and was running for an Oakland County commission seat this fall, had been comatose since Aug. 5, when her mother went to her Royal Oak address after she had not returned text messages for over a day.

Gibbs, who was single and lived alone, was taken to Beaumont Hospital, where she was put in hospice care two days ago. She died Thursday after life-support machines had been disconnected, said her friend and fellow councilman Randy LeVasseur. The cause of death is unknown.

“Kim never regained consciousness,” said LeVasseur. “I know she had been in an auto accident a few days before her mother found her and not sure if they might have had something to do with it.”

LeVasseur said Gibbs, who was diabetic, was dropping out of the county commissioner race due to health reasons.

“She had some medical problems but they certainly were aggravated by other things over the past four months,” he said. “She was under a great deal of stress.”

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Gibbs made news April 15 after she was spotted, without a mask, attending a "Operation Gridlock" anti-lockdown rally in Lansing, leading her fellow commissioners to censure her.

She explained later she had attended the rally to "support the unheard voices of those who work for small business and may permanently lose their jobs" due to the state shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. She complained afterward that she had received threatening emails and phone calls telling her to stay home.


In May, she was ticketed for shoplifting after attempting to leave a Royal Oak Meijer with unpaid groceries. She later pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor offense and was sentenced to 12 months probation and community service.

In a public apology, Gibbs, an attorney, explained she was unemployed and made a bad decision over whether to spend money on insulin or food and chose insulin "because it keeps me alive." She rejected a suggestion by colleagues she resign from the city commission.

According to her friends, Gibbs was so traumatized by a series of personal attacks from acquaintances and strangers that she filed a police report and voice recording which had advised her to not leave her home. Following the April rally Gibbs self-quarantined and tested negative for the COVID-19 virus, friends said.

"I'm really disappointed, appalled, at how she was treated — by residents and by the city commission," said Pamela Lindell, one of Gibbs' Royal Oak friends. "It was like a witch hunt. If they would have asked citizens to march to city hall with pitchforks, I wouldn't have been surprised."

LIndell, who is running for Oakland County commission this November in Gibbs' place, said emails, including from some commissioners, were sent out before the censure vote encouraging citizens to call or email in on the pending action.

"They tormented her on social media, sent letters to her house, it was nonstop," said Lindell. "She wasn't mean, vindictive or a nasty person. I really believe they killed. You can't expect someone not to be affected by such treatment. She didn't deserve it."

Charles Semchena, a former Royal Oak city attorney and Gibbs' friend, described her as a quiet, gentle person who had been victimized by a politics and a "mob" of critics.

"She was a goldfish in a pond of sharks," Semchena said. "She was an advocate for neighborhoods and the Farmer's Market and often found herself opposed to actions a majority of other commissioners wanted to pursue.


Semchena said Gibbs called him on Aug. 3, two days before she was found, and asked him to help her locate a rental car after her own vehicle had been seriously damaged the weekend before by a hit-and-run driver on Telegraph Road.

"As we were riding to the rental she appeared physically fine but complained she was continuing to have panic attacks and was unable to sleep," he said. "She discussed disturbing emails and calls she received and was very upset about being censured by her fellow commissioners. She was humiliated by that.

"She said she planned to talk with a doctor and I assumed she meant that day in a teleconference," Semchena said.

"At one point she said, 'I think they're trying to kill me and they just might succeed.'"

City Commissioner Kyle DuBuc described Gibbs' death as "terrible... tragic."

"Our prayers go out for her and her loved ones," DuBuc said.

LeVasseur, who went to court this week to get Gibbs’s mother appointed her guardian and conservator, said funeral arrangements were incomplete.

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Monday, August 17, 2020

Michigan Launches Another Gerrymandering Election Interference Scheme - Detroit Eviction Of "The Poors"

FUN FACT! IF YOU DO NOT LIVE THERE, YOU CANNOT VOTE THERE

ANOTHER FUN FACT! IF YOUR WATER IS SHUTOFF, YOUR VOTE IS TALLIED

ONE MORE FUN FACT! THIS IS CALLED GERRYMANDERING WHERE SCOTUS OPINED THAT THIS PRACTICE IS CONSTITUTIONAL

FINAL FUN FACT! IF YOU DO NOT RESIDE AT YOUR PLACE OF VOTING REGISTRATION 30 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION, YOUR VOTE IS DISQUALIFIED

ABSOLUTELY THE LAST FUN FACT! THERE IS NO STATE LAW ON MAIL IN VOTING QUALIFICATIONS FOR TALLY AND CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION



It seems October 4, 2020 is our deadline to see who will be qualified to vote the November 4, 2020 Presidential Election.

Just another transposable model in gerrymandering because TARP 5.0 is still in play, and thy name is reparations.

Duggan has a plan, too.

They got away with TARP when they ran the fake ass property tax and mortgage fraud schemes, which led to the Detroit Bankruptcy and subsequent redistricting.

I am not even going to mention the role of the Detroit Land Bank Authority because that would just ruin the ending of this tale.

Forfeited Property List with Interested Parties

Wayne County properties that have been subject to tax foreclosure:


Search 2020 Wayne County Delinquent Tax Liens on the Detroit Legal News Website:

Protesters demand relief as Detroit's eviction ban ends

Anna Elsbernd, 27, of Detroit holds her sign during the rally at the 36th District Court to protest evictions, Monday, August 17, 2020.As Detroit's 36th District Court resumed hearing eviction cases Monday after the end of the city's ban, protesters gathered outside to demand aid for tenants struggling to pay their bills amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The city's eviction ban expired a month after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's four-month moratorium was lifted, leading courts outside Detroit to accept cases from landlords seeking to oust tenants for nonpayment of rent.

Anna Elsbernd, 27, of Detroit holds her sign during the rally at the 36th District Court to protest evictions, Monday, August 17, 2020.
"There's confusion and people are not understanding and knowing where they can go and (they're) feeling like the government has let them down, the court has let them down," said Marie Sims, an organizer with Detroit Eviction Defense, which partnered with Detroit Renter City on Monday's protest.

Protesters rally in front of the 36th District Court to protest home evictions at 36th District Court, Monday, August 17, 2020.
About 60 marchers carrying signs formed a circle in front of the court on Madison Street and Brush and yelled out chants under the blazing sun.

Organizers passed out fliers with information on eviction assistance to people waiting in line to have their cases heard.

Protesters rally in front of the 36th District Court to protest home evictions at 36th District Court, Monday, August 17, 2020."We want to make sure that the people who stayed home because of this pandemic and they lost their jobs and weren't working for three or four months, we want to make sure they don't get evicted because they stayed home," said Jim Dwight, a 44-year-city resident who is an organizer with Detroit Eviction Defense.

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In July, the state implemented a $50 million Eviction Diversion Program to help landlords receive payments for back rent and allow tenants to stay in their homes.

In exchange for allowing tenants to remain in their homes, landlords who participate in the program can receive a lump sum payment of up to 90% of owed rent. Participating landlords will have to forgive any late fees and dismiss up to 10% of the owed rent.

Eviction filings will be resolved by a conditional dismissal instead of a final judgment to protect a tenant's credit history. Tenants whose back rent is not covered fully by the program will be able to opt into "manageable payment plans."

Heather Mahoney of Ferndale, marches with a small group to protest home evictions at 36th District Court, Monday, August 17, 2020.Heather Mahoney of Ferndale, marches with a small group to protest home evictions at 36th District Court, Monday, August 17, 2020.
However, while the Eviction Diversion Program offers a middle ground for landlords and tenants, many landlords will not participate.

Katie Bach, a spokeswoman for the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, said last week that they wouldn't have data on the numbers of landlords who declined to participate for several weeks.

Jim Schaafsma, an attorney with the Michigan Poverty Law Program, said it's frustrating that the state didn't require landlords to comply with the diversion initiative. Other states have mandated a six-month repayment period or implemented longer eviction moratoriums, he said.

Protesters rally in front of the 36th District Court to protest home evictions at 36th District Court, Monday, August 17, 2020. "If you would have told most businesses who have been affected by the virus that you are going to get 90 cents on the dollar, they’d jump on it," he said. "It’s a voluntary program. It is good as it goes, but it’s not good enough."

Attorney Sidney Katz, who represents landlords, said some of his clients aren't participating because it gives residents 12 months to pay any owed rent that isn't covered by the program, and because landlords will have to forfeit 10% of the rent owed.

Protesters rally in front of the 36th District Court to protest home evictions at 36th District Court, Monday, August 17, 2020.
"Landlords have the ability to make choices and decisions as far as their property is concerned and I get it, everybody's losing money," said Sims. "But they're not alone, they're not the only ones losing money ... this is going to put so many people homeless and on the street."

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Friday, August 14, 2020

SIGTARP Is Not Finished With The Detroit Land Bank Authority & Its Legal Geniuses - Gerrymandering


#maytheheavensfall

Detroit Land Bank Authority tears down last house with federal grant money

DETROIT (FOX 2) - The Detroit Land Bank Authority hit a milestone on Friday, August 14, 2020. The grant program that was launched six years ago funded its final demolition.

"We're very excited that we were able to accomplish over 15,000 demos," said Deputy Executive Director Tammy Daniels. A blighted home on Waveney where squatters used to live was the final demo.

Federal grant ends for Detroit Land Bank Authority
The Detroit Land Bank Authority demolished its final home Friday under a federal grant program that has been funding the demolitions for the past six years.

At the height of the program, the Land Bank Authority would demolish sometimes nearly 100 blighted homes a week. But, despite successes, the program faced a federal probe that resulted in criminal charges of two former employees of a demolition firm.

"In a program operating at this scale, there's going to be some problems. This was something that was never done before. We did not have a roadmap so, yes, there were mistakes. And there will continue to be issues," Daniels said.

As the Land Bank demolishes its last house, what happens to the future of demolitions in the city?

"We still have 8,000 properties that need that level of attention and so Proposal N is critically important to finishing the work that we started," she said.

When Detroit residents vote in November, they can support Proposal N (for neighborhoods), a plan to address vacant houses in Detroit through rehabilitation or demolition.

"I think we need it because there's a lot of abandoned houses here in the city because we've got squatters, little kids that could go inside the houses and get hurt," said Stephenie Lee, who lives near the final demolition site.

And if the proposal is not approved?

"Right now we're only budgeted for $9.5 million, and that's really restricting us to emergencies only. And for us, it's even restricting the emergencies," said LaJuan Counts, City of Detroit Demolition Director.

You can read more about Proposal N here.

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Monday, August 10, 2020

Michigan Court Of Appeals Hearing On Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer & Her Magical Emergency Manager Powers Argument Simplified By Me

But, wait!

There is a fourth source of power a governor has to effectuate such sweeping powers of an Emergency Manager.

It is called being duly elected.

See, if you claim to be elected, in an election that was so jacked up, that it is still not certified because no one certified the 2018 Special Election.

That would make Gretchen Whitmer illegitimate, which means she does not possess any duly elected powers of goverening, in any shape or form, which means every single little thing she has ever done is retroactively nullified.

And, because everything I just said has been public information in the form of a play by play, real time narrative, Gretch, and her rogue ass crew cannot claim ignorance because I got the data of reading it all.

And, if they do play that, "Duh, I had no idea," crap, you know they are lying because they were stealin' the children, land & vote, where these "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) arguing on behalf of both parties, being the State House of Representatives and the Office of the Governor, should all be defrocked.

The last time I checked, you are supposed to present your instruments of authority to demonstrate your capacity to bring forth a cause of action, in the form of corporate parental rights, in the form of a certified, sealed, oath of office, filed in the Great Repository of the Great Seal of Michigan.

This is called a quo warranto because she has no duly granted authority to be the armiger of the state.

She has no right to keep and bear the arms of the State of Michigan.

Tah dah!

My legal arguments are way more funner than these "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending).

Hey Boo Boo & Matt,

You may thank me in that constitutional executive orders thing you contemporaneously got going on.

#sealsmatter


#maytheheavensfall 



JonesDay needs to come out and play.....

Where is Don McGahn & Kevyn Orr?

Appeals court rules against Trump, says House can sue to enforce McGahn subpoena

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the House's subpoena of former White House counsel Don McGahn, ruling that Congress has the right to enforce its subpoenas in court.

The 7-2 decision from the full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals reverses an earlier ruling from a divided three-judge panel that declared that congressional subpoenas were essentially unenforceable.

"The Constitution charges Congress with certain responsibilities, including to legislate, to conduct oversight of the federal government, and, when necessary, to impeach and remove a President or other Executive Branch official from office," Judge Judith Rogers wrote in the majority opinion. "Possession of relevant information is an essential precondition to the effective discharge of all of those duties."


Although the ruling is a clear victory for congressional Democrats, it does not mean that McGahn will be sitting for testimony anytime soon. The majority decision did not address the Trump administration's claim that White House officials are immune to congressional subpoena, so even if McGahn does not appeal the ruling, the two sides will still have more to litigate before the D.C. Circuit.

Kerri Kupec, a spokeswoman for the Department of Justice, didn't say whether the administration would appeal the ruling.

The circuit court on Friday also ruled that the House has standing to sue Trump over his diversion of Pentagon funds to border wall construction.

“While we strongly disagree with the standing ruling in McGahn, the en banc court properly recognized that we have additional threshold grounds for dismissal of both cases, and we intend to vigorously press those arguments before the panels hearing those cases,” Kupec said in a statement.

The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed McGahn last year as part of an effort to follow up on the former special counsel's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. That investigation eventually morphed into President Trump's impeachment by the House and acquittal by the Senate.

Trump directed McGahn, his former legal adviser, not to comply with the subpoena, and the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel said the president and his inner circle were immune from congressional subpoenas.

The House sued in federal court to get the subpoena enforced and a district court judge sided against the president in November, ruling that the president and his close advisers have no such immunity from congressional subpoenas.

McGahn, represented by the Department of Justice, appealed the decision and a three-judge D.C. Circuit panel ruled 2-1 that the House had no standing to sue.

The House then asked the full D.C. Circuit to rehear the case, arguing that the panel's decision would seriously damage Congress's ability to conduct oversight of the executive branch.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) applauded the ruling, saying that it "strikes a blow against the wall of impunity that President Trump has tried to build for himself."

“Today’s decision is a profound victory for the rule of law and our constitutional system of government," Nadler said in a statement. "The court rejected President Trump’s sweeping claim that Committees of the House have no standing before the courts to seek redress of the institutional injury caused when lawfully issued subpoenas are ignored. Today’s decision confirms the Judiciary’s ability to resolve these disputes."

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) also praised the ruling, calling it "a victory for the rule of law and Congressional oversight."

"The Court reaffirmed our Constitution’s system of checks and balances and rejected the President’s outrageous claim that Congress cannot enforce its subpoenas," she said. "The House will continue to pursue justice until Don McGahn and all Administration officials comply with our rightfully-issued subpoenas. We remain committed to our oversight responsibilities and to our nation’s fundamental principle that no one is above the law – not even the President.”

The ruling, which can be appealed to the Supreme Court, affirms that Congress has the power to investigate the president and his branch of government and holds that the authority is especially important during impeachment proceedings.

"To level the grave accusation that a President may have committed 'Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors,' the House must be appropriately informed," Rogers, who was appointed to the appeals court by former President Clinton, wrote in the opinion. "And it cannot fully inform itself without the power to compel the testimony of those who possess relevant or necessary information."

All seven of the judges in the majority were appointed by Democratic presidents, and both dissenters were appointed by Republicans. Two judges, Gregory Katsas and Neomi Rao, both of whom were appointed by Trump and worked in his White House, recused themselves from the case.

The two judges who dissented — Thomas Griffith and Karen Henderson, both appointed by former President George H.W. Bush — argued in separate opinions that the courts should not be mediating disputes between Congress and the president.

"The majority’s decision will compel us to referee an interminable series of interbranch disputes, politicizing the Judiciary by repeatedly forcing us to take sides between the branches," Griffith wrote. "I cannot join the court’s expedition into an area where we do not belong and can do no good."

While Friday's ruling comes months after the conclusion of the impeachment process, it's a blow to the Trump administration, which has repeatedly argued in an unprecedented number of court battles between the two branches that Congress is limited in the ways it can fight back against the president.

The administration has had a mixed record in its legal battles against efforts to investigate the president. In a 7-2 ruling last month, the Supreme Court rejected Trump's argument that he has absolute immunity concerning a grand jury subpoena for his tax returns issued by the district attorney in Manhattan.

But the same 7-2 majority also dealt a setback to congressional subpoenas for Trump's financial records, ruling that the courts must carefully balance the interests of the two branches when faced with such disputes.

Though the high court ruled on the legal merits of those congressional subpoenas, it has yet to consider whether Congress actually has standing to enforce its investigative demands in the courts.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Dear Mike Duggan - NO! You May Not Have $250 Million Bond To Make Up For The $250 Million Stolen By The Detroit Land Bank Authority

One of Mike Duggan's money hustle signs I snatched
because it caused me Post Traumatic Fraud Distress.
NO!

You cannot have any more money.

Do you realize what great lengths I have arduously harrowed just to find out what you did with the Hardest Hit Funds, Neighborhood Stabilization Funds 1 & 2,  property taxes and all the other taxpayer funded Public Private Partnerships that allowed the fraud schemes to go on in the exfiltartion and selling off the land patents of the City of Detroit, replete with those fake ass quiet title, mortgage, quit claim, reverse mortgage, blah, blah, blah, and those foreign tiny humans trust funds?

Cocktails & Popcorn: WXYZ Found The Detroit Development Fund But Forgot To Ask Who Owns The Patent

NO!

What did you do with the last $250,000,000?

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/p/detroit-land-bank-authority-leaks.html

Fund your campaign?

Fund your buddies' campaigns?

Perhaps, we should ask Alexis Wiley what happened to all that money.

I know where lots of these properties you just gave away are.
Then, you used public money through our institutions of learning to come up with some more fake ass laws, like the ones Ian Conyers introduced to expand that fake ass Detroit Land Bank Authority, to set up more fake ass LLCs, or not, to flip, cash, flip, or for the properies that are too blighted, hand out to your next wave of foreign insurgents, so they can be ready, at a moment's notice, to do the bidding of your political handlers.



What are you going to do with the properties you save?

Give them to the Detroit Land Bank Authority to run them through the property tax, mortgage fraud, money hustle system, again?

I have a better question.

What are you going to do with the land?

More land patents?

More gerrymandering?

Forced migration?

I have a better idea.

How about going after all the fraudfeasors who were just a-stealin' the children, land & vote?

Last time I checked you were still an officer of the court.

I bet Dan Gilbert could help you recover all that $250,000,000 so you do not have to burden the residents of the City of Detroit, again.

Dan Gilbert has friends.

Correct me if I err in my assumption, but, do you not still have an active SIGTARP investigation going on for stealin' that money that was supposed to go to saving houses and removing blight?

I had better stop before Mikey forecloses on my property, again.

I hate when that happens because no one in City and County governments, or the "Elected Ones" want to provide me any assistance.

Must be those federal indictments.

Plan N bond proposal would save some Detroit homes, demolish others

Detroit — A neighborhood improvement plan that would hinge on a $250 million bond proposal on the November ballot was introduced Tuesday by Mayor Mike Duggan and other city officials.

The plan — called Proposal N, as in neighborhoods — would stabilize 8,000 vacant but structurally sound houses and demolish 8,000 structures that can't be saved. The city would commit to a goal of awarding more than 50% of all contracts to Detroit companies.

"This will transform the quality of life in the neighborhoods in this city if we secure 8,000 houses and move families in and get rid of the 8,000 burned-out houses that can't be saved," Duggan said during a press conference. "We believe all of this is possible and we're going to put people to work."

Detroit City Council is expected to consider in the next two weeks whether to put the bond proposal on the Nov. 3 ballot. If voters approve the proposal, bonds would go to market in December, officials said.

According to the city, the bond can be sold without raising property taxes by phasing in new debt payments as other debt drops off.

The latest proposal follows the City Council's rejection last fall of Duggan's previous $250 million plan aimed at erasing blight. At the time, some city council members cited unresolved questions and concerns including a long-running federal criminal investigation into the city’s demolition program. Others called for more inclusion in the hiring of Detroit workers.


Earlier this year, the city hired a leader for its new demolition department and the demolition program shifted July 1 from the control of the Detroit Land Bank and Detroit Building Authority to the city government for the first time in six years.

The new proposal puts higher priority on saving structurally sound houses, officials said. The previous plan was more aggressive on demolitions and called for 19,000 demolitions by mid-2025.

According to the city, there are 14,000 houses that require demolition. Under the latest proposal, 8,000 would be demolished during the next three years. The city plans to seek other funding to complete the rest of the demolitions in 2023 and 2024.

The city has depleted the $263 million it received through the federally funded Hardest Hit program. It was used to fund 15,000 demolitions.

Contractors will be required to either comply with the city's executive order requiring that 51% of all hours on the job be worked by Detroit residents — or pay into the city's job training funds. Another option is to interview Detroiters first from a list of applicants provided by the city's Detroit at Work program.

"We're going to be able to knock down homes in our most challenged neighborhoods, in our most low-income neighborhoods — the areas that didn't see these types of resources in the past," Councilman Scott Benson said.

"We're going to be able to hire our residents who are going to be looking for jobs," he said.

After the $600 a week in extra federal unemployment benefits runs out July 25, Benson said, "You're going to see a great change in people's economic standing within the city of Detroit. It's important that we give people a chance to invest and rebuild their own communities."

City Councilman Andre Spivey said Tuesday that after the council rejected the mayor’s previous proposal, he asked for a more robust plan that would include renovation and provide more opportunities for local demolition contractors.

“I support this plan,” he said. “I’m ready to vote on it when the time does come. I still receive phone calls from residents who live near a vacant house, and it is leaning close to their home. I still have residents who cannot get homeowners insurance on their property because they live in an area where they have too many vacant homes."

Securing the 8,000 houses that would be saved would involve clearing out the structures, installing secure exterior coverings over doors and windows, and fixing holes in roofs.

“It adds value to anybody that wants to buy it," Duggan said. "We’ll probably put $10,000 or so into securing the outside, fixing the roof. That means for anybody who to buy that house, we’ve added $10,000 of value right off the bat. It makes it far more attractive to the community groups. And if you’re a buyer, you can put in plumbing and furnace and not have to be nearly as worried that somebody is going to come in and steal them because we have a secure exterior system in place.”

The plan would putt $90 million toward stabilizing homes and $160 million for demolition.

George Preston, president of the Mohican Regent Resident Association, said Tuesday he’s pleased to hear of the plans. Preston has lived in his eastside neighborhood for almost 40 years. One concern among neighbors is blighted vacant properties, he said.

“We try to do our part in terms of trying to keep it as clean as we possibly can, but we want people in these properties,” he said. “I’m excited when I hear that hopefully this is something that going is coming. We’re going to get people hopefully in these properties, we’re going to get these properties cleaned up and bringing about a vibrant neighborhood.”

Preston said he hopes an increase in residents in the neighborhood would attract more businesses to the area.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

SCOTUS & The Right To Bear The Arms Of The United States Is A Parental Right To Be Terminated

This is not going to end well for the Justices because they already figured out that they have been
The Arm of the State of Michigan
#sealsmatter
wrong in the original intent of the constitution.

The Second Amendment is the default of the First Amendment.

The Second Amendment is about removing someone from office for breaching the children's trust, which is posterity of society.

It has absolutely nothing to do with guns.

This is about emoluments.

It is about the seals.

It is about foreign entities invading the United States through the rule of law of the Highest Court of the Land.

We are in Detroit.

#maytheheavensfall

The Right To Bear Arms Has Absolutely Nothing To Do With Guns Because It Is About The Right To Bear Witness To Voting Rights


Yesterday the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in a challenge to New York City’s ban on the transport of licensed handguns outside the city. Because the city had repealed the ban last summer, a majority on the court agreed with the city that the challengers’ original claims are moot – that is, no longer a live controversy. In a concurring opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the majority in concluding that the case should go back to the lower court, but he also indicated that he shared the concern – expressed by Justice Samuel Alito in his dissenting opinion – that the lower courts “may not be properly applying” the Supreme Court’s most recent gun rights rulings, in District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. City of Chicago. Therefore, Kavanaugh suggested, the Supreme Court “should address that issue soon, perhaps in one of the several Second Amendment cases with petitions for certiorari now pending before the Court.” The court’s electronic docket reveals that Kavanaugh’s suggestion may come to fruition soon: By the end of the day yesterday, the Supreme Court had distributed for consideration at Friday’s conference 10 cases that had apparently been on hold for the New York case.

Several themes emerge from the cases that the justices will now review on Friday. The justices are being asked to weigh in on (among other things) whether and to what extent the Second Amendment protects the right to carry a handgun outside the home for self-defense, whether state and local governments can ban assault rifles and large-capacity magazines and whether the federal ban on interstate gun sales is unconstitutional. A full list of the 10 cases distributed for Friday’s conference, as well as a brief description of the question presented in each one, follows the jump.

We expect orders from Friday’s conference on Monday, May 4, at 9:30 a.m. EDT.

Mance v. Barr – Whether the federal ban on interstate handgun sales violates the Second Amendment or the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Rogers v. Grewal – In a challenge to New Jersey’s handgun carry permit scheme, whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry a handgun outside the home for self-defense; and whether the government can condition the right to carry a handgun outside the home on the showing of a special need to carry a firearm.
Pena v. Horan – In a challenge to a California law banning most commonly used handguns, the petition asks the justices to weigh in on the scope of the Second Amendment.
Gould v. Lipson – In a challenge to Massachusetts’ handgun carry permit scheme, whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry a handgun outside the home for self-defense; and whether the government can condition the right to carry a handgun outside the home on the showing of a special need to carry a firearm.
Cheeseman v. Polillo – Challenge to New Jersey handgun carry permit scheme.
Ciolek v. New Jersey – Challenge to New Jersey handgun carry permit scheme.
Worman v. Healey – Challenge to Massachusetts ban on the possession of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.
Malpasso v. Pallozzi – In a challenge to Maryland’s handgun carry permit scheme, whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry handguns outside the home for self-defense.
Culp v. Raoul – Whether the Second Amendment requires Illinois to allow nonresidents to apply for a concealed-carry license.
Wilson v. Cook County – Challenge to Cook County’s ban on assault rifles and large-capacity magazines, as well as to the Second Amendment analysis used by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit to uphold the ban.
This post was originally published at Howe on the Court.

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Monday, June 15, 2020

The Tale Of The Congressional Black Caucus, USCCB, Wilmington Trust, TARP & Detroit Land Bank Authority Gerrymandering Election Interference

Oh my, Auntie Maxie is injecting her minions into the financial sector to cover up her TARP stealin' the children, land & vote.




It seems the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation uses the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops as one of its stealin' vehicles.

The Congressional Black Caucus seems to use Wilmington Trust, because the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops uses Wilmington Trust, too, when it comes to foreign washing of assets operations, particularly when it comes to setting up new databases to do more asset forfeiture operations.

This is a bank of the Congressional Black Caucus.

This is another secret bank of the Congressional Black Caucus.

It also seems, since Wilmington Bank is a Dow/DuPont Bank, that Bill *Smooches* Schuette had sizeable contributions funneled into his Michigan fake ass gubernatorial campaign through Melanie Sloan's old hustle, called CREW.

Yes, the same exact Melanie Sloan who has been psychologically scarred for life because she said my Sweetie sexually harassed her, but have no fear, for she is going to stand by my side, with all her girlfriends, in that female solidarity, as I have survived this harrowing journey of existence in ending Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare and reporting all the gerrymandering TARP operations, by supporting me in 3...2...

Can I get a #MeToo?

Probably not, because they all hate my guts, right Melanie?

Do me a favor, would you, deary, and tell Lisa I said, #MeToo, too.

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation invests $5 million in black-owned banks
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus petitioned the government to aid minority banks during the financial crisis. Fourteen black-owned banks received funding from the Troubled Asset Relief Program, said Michael Grant, president of the National Bankers Association, a trade group for minority banks.
Have no fear, for the Congressional Black Caucus staffers have come up with another one of those absolutely brilliant clout flexers on K Street for the "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending) to make sure they have a solid strategy for not getting disbarred by impeding justice.

Yes, that is correct, try getting an attorney when you are attempting to file false claims actions, when the attorneys, themselves, are the ones facilitating the transactions of the K Street financial fraud schemes and they know the FBI as well as other intelligence agencies are all up in their mix!

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That would be me!

Or should I say, "#MeToo"?

But I have no money, ergo, no justice.

If you have not figured out why I am so bitter, is because Wilmington Trust was a creditor in the fake ass Detroit Bankruptcy, which makes them all co-conspirators in the coup to take my Sweetie out of office.

And that ends another tale of stealin' the children, land & vote.

#maytheheavensfall

Former Congressional Black Caucus staffers flex clout on K Street

The financial services industry is turning to former top staffers from the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) for lobbying talent, a trend reflecting the growing power of the CBC and the increased scrutiny the industry is facing under the Democratic House.

A number of former chiefs of staff to black lawmakers have been recruited to K Street this year. The moves come when  the Black Caucus is at a record membership and with some of its senior members, including House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), putting financial institutions in their crosshairs.

“Financial Services holds a particular distinction for CBC-centered leadership because it [the financial industry] was one of the last industries to desegregate.And its power, in terms of providing access to capital, and its power to deny capital, has had a disproportionate, and at times harmful, impact on black communities for centuries,” a former congressional aide told The Hill. “These are serious matters, politically and policy-wise, that CBC chiefs consistently advise members on.”

Now, those staffers are in demand on K Street as the financial industry faces tougher oversight from Democratic lawmakers.

Among the prominent staffers who have made the jump to K Street this year are Ernie Jolly, a onetime deputy chief to Rep. Greg Meeks (D-N.Y.), now at the Mortgage Bankers Association, and John Jones, former chief of staff to Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), who went to Nareit, the industry group for real estate investment trusts.

Minh Ta, ex-chief of staff to Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), joined the Carlyle Group, and Fabrice Coles, former executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus, is at the Bank Policy Institute. Cedric Grant, former chief of staff to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), who is now the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, is at Subject Matter after a stint lobbying for H&R Block.

For K Street, tapping those with CBC ties is an important step to court House leaders, particularly on banking matters.

The CBC’s influence extends beyond Waters on the Financial Services Committee. Five of the six Financial Services subcommittees are headed by Black Caucus members, including Reps. Meeks, Cleaver, Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), Al Green (D-Texas) and Wm. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.).

James Ballentine, executive vice president of congressional relations and political affairs for the American Bankers Association, said black lawmakers have been attracted to the panel historically because of its oversight on housing issues. Now, lawmakers see it is an important perch to address a host of economic issues.

“The committee has such a wide swath of issues that cover the full array of financial products, services and regulatory oversight. It has become a very attractive committee if you are interested in banking and economic growth,” said Ballentine.

For the banking industry, 2019 has been a tough year, with the Democratic House pushing on a number of progressive priorities including stronger consumer protections, addressing wage inequality and bolstering affordable housing.

The House Financial Services Committee under Waters has taken a tougher stance on Wall Street’s top executives, with the chairwoman and panel grilling them personally at a hearing earlier this year on their compensation and efforts to diversify.

That increased oversight has brought anxiety to business groups, but also new opportunity to ex-CBC staffers.

“This is a relationship-driven time so you will continue to see a trend of CBC members, particularly on House Financial Services, get opportunities downtown as a result of the need to find a way to have a line of sight of how does Maxine Waters, how do progressives, think about the financial services sector,” another former staffer told The Hill.

The Financial Services Committee also added the Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion this Congress, which is chaired by Beatty, raising new, tough questions on those issues.

“Large insurance companies are going to be asked about the policies they sold covering slaves in the U.S. and large banks are being asked about how they accepted black bodies as business collateral,” the former aide said. “Rest assured, they are going to be asked about the lack of senior-level diversity in the financial sector.”

There has also been pressure on K Street to improve diversity in its firms and business associations.


Those who spoke to The Hill welcomed the new ranks of black executives on K Street, even as they cautioned that the influence world should be careful about hiring minority lobbyists only to lobby minority lawmakers.

“When you look at the CBC former staffers and chiefs who have left, they’re brilliant individuals. They’re coming into these firms bringing a lot more value than just being an African American lobbyist,” the former staffer said.

Ssssshhhhh... whatever you do, do not tell anyone those Chiefs of Staff are leaving because they know we have the CBC servers....sssshhhh....it is a secret.

There are “opportunities for former CBC chiefs and staffers who are now downtown to have some impact in what happens and ... translating that for companies and clients,” said Jerome Murray, former chief to Del. Stacy Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands), now at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. “But it’s also ensuring that companies are not looking at former CBC chiefs to only do that.”

Michael Williams, founder of the Williams Group, added that companies are realizing they need to do better in hiring diverse talent.

“The natural inclination is to go and figure out where is the talent pool and can they, in fact, get people who are going to be good from a policy perspective but also have the connections within the Congress, and not just in the CBC,” he told The Hill.

But Williams noted that hiring these former CBC aides does not mean they are just checking a box.

“They’re not saying we should target CBC chiefs because Maxine Waters is a chair, that doesn’t really fly. It’s not going to be helpful to them from a financial services perspective,” Williams continued. “But, if you target them because they happen to specialize in this area and they have great connections on the committee and within the financial services industry, it’s just a bonus that they’re CBC chiefs.”

The top law and lobbying firms have also been tapping CBC staffers for their teams.

In addition to Murray at Brownstein, Virgil Miller, former chief of staff to Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), made the jump to Akin Gump.

For CBC staffers-turned-lobbyists, the challenge is how to use their clout to promote their clients’ interests and navigate House Democrats’ priorities.

“Financial services is important just in general because you’re talking about the U.S. economy,” said Ta, of the Carlyle Group. “CBC members have always been concerned that their constituents, not just black constituents, get a fair economy.”....and to make dat money because they are pushing hard for TARP 5.0 called reparations.

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