Word: remer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Seldom does a major daily newspaper execute as many flip-flops on important stories as the Detroit Free Press did in recent weeks. The first came over an article by Remer Tyson, 40, the paper's political correspondent, and Reporter Dave Anderson, 32, five days before the November elections. Their story accused State Representative James Damman, the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, of conflicts of interest arising from his land deals while a member of the city commission and zoning board of Troy, a Detroit suburb...
...concept plan is based on the best professional judgment of consultants on what sort of land uses are marketable," Robert Remer of the CRA, says. "In the end what gets built is what the developers are interested in and think they can build...
...make tax deals to attract developers which will erase much of the expected revenue. They also point to the $1.5 million in taxes that would have been collected over the past few years if the previous industries in Kendall Square had not been demolished. According to the CRA's Remer, the CRA cannot offer tax breaks to developers, although the City itself may decide...
...officials term such a plan impractical and say that developers have not shown any interest in low density housing. "Low-income housing belongs in the neighborhoods, not in a non-residential area like Kendall Square," Remer says...
...representative of the "banking and development interests" in Cambridge, CRA officials maintain that it is only a facilitator of the City's urban renewal goals and does not have a vested interest in any particular plan. "We don't do anything until the city gives the word," Remer says. "We've always taken our sailing orders from the Council...