 ccrp poll 350 million to bail out detroit   new poll overview governor snyder in his state of the state message intimated that he was looking to help detroit by giving them 350000000 over 20 years to help them emerge from bankruptcy the deal would also include detroit matching 330plus million in commitments to date from national and local foundations to shore up detroit rsquo s pension plans and prevent the sale of valuable cityowned art other foundations are expected to soon announce their participation in the effort to help address two of the bigger issues facing the insolvent city senate majority leader randy richardville who last year introduced a bill to prohibit the sale of the detroit institute of arts collection to help with detroit s financial crisis said he had seen no plan or request and other lawmakers said snyder spoke more of a concept and not much specifics but richardville was cautiously optimistic that a solution would be put forth soon and said legislators understand the city s importance to michigan for gop senators to agree to help pensioners and the art museum he said they would want assurances that this is a longterm solution and not a bandaid there s interest in seeing dia pieces in other museums around the state and outside oversight of what critics says are mismanaged city pension funds yet there are questions among lawmakers over how meaningful 350 million or so in state funding would be considering detroit s 18 billion or more in debt includes underfunded obligations of 35 billion for pensions and 57 billion for retiree health coverage one potential advantage for snyder federal mediators and others trying to broker a deal is that southeast michigan is home to many of the state s legislators who have a particular interest in seeing the city and surrounding region turn a page residents in michigan s three biggest counties pay property taxes to fund the detroit art museum and city retirees at risk of pension cuts live in many legislators districts not just those representing detroit new poll question should the legislature approve the 350 million dollar bailout for detroit the governor mention in his state of the state message yes no undecided to vote in this poll click on this link http wwwclintoncountygopcom content shouldlegislaturepass350milliondollarbailoutdetroi  to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question are you in favor of the federal government leaving the power to regulate marijuana to the individual states yes 72 no 26 undecided 3 one comment was made on this poll question comment 1 everything to hell with the federal government and their foolishness   all emails addresses  