Joel Haashiim Administration Focus

 For Radical Change We Must Focus Our Energy,  Not On Fighting The Old But Building On The New.
 If we want change, we have to work for it!

Government:

 

• Improve Detroit's Quality of Life
• Restore Integrity in City Government
• Restore Trust in City Government
• Reconnect the City Government with The People
• Order a Forensic Audit of City Finances and Budget
• Create a True Community Benefit Agreement (CBA) Policy
• Discontinue Detroit Community Benefits Ordinance (CBO)
• Restore Citizen District Council

 

Economics:

• International Trade
• Create a Detroit Municipal Bank aka Public Bank
• Promote and Support Black, Brown, and Female Owned Business
• Promote Equity in Detroit's Economic Development
• Corporations and Business Fair Tax and Utility Payment
• Build and Improve Business Relations with Detroit Corporate Entities.
• Sunset Detroit Business Authority (DBA)
• Human Capital Investment:
• Create a City of Detroit and DPSCD Partnership
• Assist in Reducing DPSCD Unequitable Education Achievement Gap
• Provide City of Detroit Annual Municipal Funding for DPSCD: $1.5M-$2M
• Support Pre-K and K-12 Education
• Assist in Preparing Our Children and Grand Children for Tomorrow 21st Century Jobs
• Design and Create a City of Detroit Career Academy with a Focus on Growth Occupations
• Design and Create a Detroit Child Care Program
• Create a Comprehensive Adult Continuing Education Program

 

Immediate Address:

• Making the City of Detroit Retirees Whole
• Detroit Population Decline
• Residency for City Employees
• Reduce Privatization of City Work
• Tax Abatement, Tax Capture, and Tax Increment Finance Policy
• Public Safety
• Crime, Crime Prevention, and Recidivism
• Homelessness and Mental Health
• Public Transportation Issues: Public and Disabled
• Poverty
• $600M Property Tax Over- Assessment
• City Service Issues